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John Doyle's touring production arrives in Toronto just before the Burton/Depp movie. Why so much Sweeney? Why are we ready right now to "attend the tale of Sweeney Todd"?
For two decades, Eleanor Bergstein has been listening to people gratefully explain how her 1987 movie changed their lives, but now she's upped the ante by creating a live version.
The star of the past 10 years of the Stratford Festival hasn't been invited back for next year.
The Windy City's gain is our gain, too.
William Hutt's own words on audio and videotape remind us of what we lost
I did the fandango ..... and so can you.
Yesterday afternoon, I joined the cast of We Will Rock You, appearing in the show's final scene as one of the Bohemians and singing "We Are The Champions."
On a summer night 32 years ago, I sat watching The Ritz on Broadway and laughed 'til tears streamed down my face. Earlier this week, I caught the revival of the same play that the Roundabout Theatre is presenting at Studio 54. There were still moments when I laughed uproariously, but more often I sat there merely smiling - and a lot of the time I was thinking, "What had caused the change? Was it me? The play? The production? Or the 32 years in between?" The answer is probably "all of the above."
Did you know that one of the most prolific inventors of the late 19th century was a black Canadian named Elijah McCoy? You likely didn't and that's just how the white establishment wanted things to remain. That's the disturbing kernel of truth that lies at the heart of The Real McCoy, Andrew Moodie's play now on at Factory Theatre.
When Shakespeare wrote about how in our lives we all play "many parts," it sometimes seems like he was thinking about Adrienne Clarkson. The elegant 68-year-old woman who sits above Spadina …
Helium-voiced actor played TV's beloved Georgette and loves to make people laugh
What's on Toronto stages between now and the end of the year.
Shattered skulls, scalded hands, torn-off toenails, gouged-out eyes and a very dead cat. Welcome to the world of Martin McDonagh. The 37-year-old Irish playwright has been responsible for th…
Sometimes it takes more than a couple of stars to brighten a gloomy night. Even though Yanna McIntosh and Nancy Palk give performances to remember in the Soulpepper production of Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, which opened Wednesday night at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, the rest of the evening is such a galaxy of mistakes that their lustre is dimmed.
Jude Law, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh may have come to Toronto to promote Sleuth, their movie about two murderous Englishmen, but yesterday afternoon, they all wanted to talk about a melancholy Dane.
Let's get one thing straight from the start: any show that can get kids into a theatre and have them on their feet cheering by the end is just fine with me. And if it had nothing else going for it, High School Musical, which opened last night at the Princess of Wales Theatre, would deserve your attention on those grounds. But it also happens to a bright, buoyant musical comedy that will leave you clapping your hands and grinning as happily as the kids you've brought with you.
It's almost an axiom of Toronto theatre that if you have a difficult part to cast, then call on Yanna McIntosh.
Disney hopes stage version of popular TV movie will keep its young audience seeing plays
The Star has learned of two fascinating world premieres by Joanna McClelland Glass and Morris Panych on the Stratford Festival's schedule for next season and the difference between them is, …
Many people have been saying it would take a team of superheroes to turn around the Stratford Festival. It looks like they've got their wish.
Profile of John O'Hurley, starring as King Arthur in Spamalot at Wynn Las Vegas.
