Penny Plain dazzles the eye, disappoints the brain
The eternal struggle between style and substance that Ronnie Burkett has been waging for the past 25 years continues in Penny Plain.
The eternal struggle between style and substance that Ronnie Burkett has been waging for the past 25 years continues in Penny Plain.
The 87-year-old performer returns to the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company in Toronto.
Media get preview of play, which begins in Toronto on Feb. 10.
Caroline, or Change, the co-production between Acting Up Stage Company and Obsidian Theatre Company, is tantalizingly elusive: a stunning production of a flawed show.
New group will present Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company, Joseph Aragon's Bloodless and a workshop of Andrew MacBean's Raindogs.
Musical biography of famed stager Hal Prince will open directly on Broadway.
The great irony about the Canadian Opera Company's production of Tosca, which opened on Saturday afternoon, is that it succeeds the most when it does the least.
Playwright Tony Kushner on racism and the Kennedy assassination, part of the context for his musical, Caroline, or Change.
Kevin Smith, the bad boy of movies, may be best known for his character Silent Bob, but when it comes to violence in hockey, he's got a lot to say.
Ins Choi's play about a Korean convenience store is funny and touching.
Ralph Fiennes reveals the psychotic complexities of Coriolanus, the man, the play and now the movie.
Four-part work will be mounted at 13 theatres around the world between now and 2015.
Amaluna is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and directed by Diane Paulus.
Margaret Atwood's work, The Penelopiad, is given a superb production by Nightwood Theatre, Star theatre critic Richard Ouzounian writes.
Korean-Canadian's play about a convenience store is poised to open Soulpepper's 2012 season.
Robert Lepage's tale of three mismatched souls in modern Shanghai is filled with visual richness in this Royal Alexandra Theatre production, but it's weaker on the emotional front.
Officially declares his candidacy for artistic directorship after Des McAnuff leaves in 2013.
Playwright/actor Ins Choy is one of the Star's 12 people to watch in 2012.
Gabe Antonacci shines as Johnny in the Green Day musical at Toronto Centre for the Arts.
Pakistani-Canadian actor Zaib Shaikh is shifting into high gear as Little Mosque on the Prairie winds down.
From seafood to dim sum, a look at top dining experiences in the bustling, beautiful city of Hong Kong.
Pakistani-Canadian actor Zaib Shaikh is shifting into high gear as Little Mosque on the Prairie winds down.
Ten productions to explore at the current Next Stage Festival.
As The Wizards of Waverly Place ends its run, she looks to the future.
American Idiot, Mary Poppins and Two Pianos, Four Hands are three ways to have a great time this week.