17 stories by "Special To National Post"
Come From Away's return to Toronto marks the latest success in a remarkable year for the show's creators, Irene Sankoff and David Hein
When Zhuge Liang was given 10 days to produce 100,000 arrows for battle, it was the year 208 in ancient China. No machines could help the military strategist produce so much ammunition in a …
In The Watershed, Soutar ponders our relationship with fresh water on both a national and personal level
Brandy Leary has choreographed pieces everywhere from India to the Bata Shoe Museum, working in every discipline from modern dance to martial arts to aerial acrobatics
'I live with the characters of my plays day in and day out'
An actor, choreographer and Governor General's award-winning playwright, Anita Majumdar is putting all those talents to use in her latest play, Same Same But Different
Theatre 20 aims to change the way you see Canadian song and dance
Brennan is best known as the co-creator of Chappelle's Show, the sketch comedy program that infamously ended in flames.
No other show has changed what it means to be under the big top quite like Cirque du Soleil.
The dark and stormy weekend weather made the perfect backdrop for the opening of the National Ballet of Canada's Hamlet
Neil Simon's coming-of-age comic drama stumbles in its choice of villain, but some smart young actors make the most of it
The Bolshoi Ballet marked its return to Toronto with the ever-popular Swan Lake
After reading the Post's review of Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat wrote in to give her own take.
When staging Beauty for The National Ballet of Canada in 1972, the late Rudolf Nureyev drew on his classical Russian roots. He demanded absolute perfection from the dancers and rehearsed the…
By Tristin Hopper For Toronto's Nuit Blanche, performance artists Tibi Tibi Neuspiel and Geoffrey Pugen will attempt to resurrect a piece of tennis history. In a downtown courtyard fringed b…
By Lia Grainger When Judith Thompson and Nancy Palk get together, there's always much to discuss. "We met at Queen's in '73," Palk says between sips from a glass of Argentinian malbec. "We d…
By Alison Broverman Alice Ripley loves roller coasters. The Tony Award-winning actress is in Toronto for two weeks with the musical Next to Normal, and her only plans (aside from performing …
