585 stories by "J. Kelly Nestruck"
Teale and Ian McElhinney will play the bad guy and the good guy, respectively, in Patrick Hamilton's 1938 psychological thriller
The Stratford Festival's zany new production of The Alchemist features a trio of con people who have set up shop in a plague-vacated house to part fools from their money " and have found no …
The Stratford Festival's zany new production of The Alchemist features a trio of con people who have set up shop in a plague-vacated house to part fools from their money " and have found no …
To renew his faith in the art form he loves, J. Kelly Nestruck went back to where it all began: high school. But, as he reports in his final dispatch, the critic discovered the problem with …
Canadian-born director John Caird is directing the most thoroughly diverse cast of the season in Love's Labour's Lost
The problem isn't the international individuals who are hired but the boards and search committees who think 'world-class' is something you ship in rather than grow
As Lakeshore Collegiate's Les Misérables opens, ticket sales, and the state of criticism, are causes for concern. But it turns out the exhausting, exhilarating and seemingly impossible jour…
Counting Sheep and Like There's No Tomorrow are two politically charged performances that reel audience members in to this summer indie film festival
Deborah Hay and Ben Carlson shed light on the delicate dynamics of The Taming of the Shrew through the lens of their own relationship
It's easy to become discouraged by how often bureaucracy puts up roadblocks in the way of art. This week's report from Lakeshore Collegiate shows those obstacles can start at the high school…
Drama programs are increasingly shrinking in public schools. It might not only affect the future careers of artists, but the future of theatre itself
How to walk the fine line of offence in an increasingly sensitive culture
The largest and longest-running queer theatre company in the world has named evalyn parry as the replacement for Brendan Healy
To pursue a career in the arts, sacrifices must be made. But economics play an all-too-heavy role, even in high school
This comfortable and private spot features 21 spacious rooms and four 'petite suites'
As Lakeshore Collegiate's actors start to get a feel for the Les Mis script, Bradley stretches his range in a play written by castmate Olivia
Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland will help bring an end to Jackie Maxwell's time at the head of the Shaw Festival in 2016
The Irish actress's performance of three short works by Samuel Beckett " Not I, Footfalls and Rockaby " has been praised to the roof by critics in London and New York
After a decade of writing about the art form he loves, critic J. Kelly Nestruck found himself in a moment of crisis. Theatre, it seemed, had grown elitist and out of touch with the country i…
Stage version of Oscar-winning film will receive North American premiere at Stratford
New show will include some of the pop star's unreleased recordings
Two performance powerhouses teaming up to cross-promote and co-produce programming
The final collaboration of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb uses minstrelsy to tell a dark Southern tale
Acclaimed film director just one of many high-profile names announced for company’s 2011-2012 season
The great Canadian actor explains his late-life conversion to filmed theatre
