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Critics honour Toronto's best theatre " lockdown or no lockdown by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic,carly Maga - Theatre Critic

'The Flick,' an Outside the March and Crow's Theatre co-production of Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about three young adults working in a rundown cinema, picked up several award…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on June 3, 2020

How 'Phantom of the Opera' survived the pandemic by Jennifer Schuessler - The New York Times,su-hyun Lee

The musical, with its 126-member company and hundreds of costumes and props, is believed to be the only large-scale English-language production running anywhere in the world. And it has rema…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:14pm on June 2, 2020

Shaw Festival delays performances again until August by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Niagara-on-the-Lake theatre festival takes an incremental approach to cancellations, whereas the Stratford Festival has already suspended the entire season.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:48pm on May 29, 2020

Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84 by Mark Kennedy

Kramer's husband, David Webster, told The New York Times that Kramer died of pneumonia on Wednesday.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:33pm on May 27, 2020

American theatre union insists actors shouldn't work until epidemic 'under control' by Michael Paulson - The New York Times

Actors' Equity Association has barred its 51,000 members from in-person auditions, rehearsals and performances since April 24, and made clear at a news conference Tuesday that it is not read…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:50pm on May 27, 2020

Stratford Festival faces $20-million budget shortfall despite cost cutting by David Friend - The Canadian Press

Stratford was scheduled to roll out 15 productions in four theatres, including Colm Feore's 'Richard III'' as the inaugural show at the new $70-million Tom Patterson Theatre, before the clos…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:23am on May 22, 2020

Dora Awards ceremony will proceed virtually on June 29 by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Nominees and further details about the Toronto theatre, opera and dance awards will be announced June.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:00pm on May 20, 2020

Your best bets, from a drag cabaret to Shakespeare, for a virtual theatre fix during COVID-19 by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic,carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Theatre companies are keeping the artistic juices flowing with new online content and streaming filmed versions of past productions. Theatre critics Karen Fricker and Carly Maga sort out the…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on May 20, 2020

London's West End faces existential crisis as theatres stay dark by Alex Morales - Bloomberg News

As the U.K. faces months of restrictions on social gatherings, there's no prospect of any of London's West End hits opening again soon.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:04pm on May 18, 2020

'Frozen' musical on Broadway not to reopen by Mark Kennedy

The Disney show opened in March 2018 and placed among the top five Broadway productions for both gross and attendance over both years it ran, often pulling in over $1 million, and even $2 mi…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:16pm on May 15, 2020

Digital theatre is all the rage, but could it destroy the live stage? by Charles McNulty - Los Angeles Times

Even provisionally establishing the idea that you don't really need to be there is fraught with peril in an age in which gratification is measured in clicks.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:48am on May 14, 2020

'Hamilton' will return to Toronto, Mirvish tells ticket holders by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The goal is to have the Lin-Manuel Miranda music back onstage in Toronto within 18 months.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:40pm on May 7, 2020

They're the early experts in virtual performance: for disabled theatre artists, it's 'been there, done that' as COVID-19 forces work online by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Artists with disabilities have long used livestreaming, Zoom play readings and digital broadcasts that have taken centre stage in most workplaces

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on May 5, 2020

SummerWorks postpones 30th anniversary festival but announces a summer of virtual performances due to COVID-19 by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:59pm on April 30, 2020

Watch: In the musical 'In Real Life,' characters communicate online. When COVID-19 struck, life imitated art on Zoom by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Thanks to technology and the perseverance of all involved, Sheridan College put on a workshop production of the show this month, with rehearsals and a performance all happening online, write…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:14pm on April 29, 2020

Stratford Festival suspends 2020 season indefinitely due to COVID-19 by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

'It's heartbreaking on many levels,' says artistic director Antoni Cimolino.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00pm on April 27, 2020

Mirvish will delay theatre season until January due to COVID-19 pandemic by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

"For the health and safety of all the artists, crew and staff working in our theatres, and for that of our audience, I think it is best to begin our new season … in January of the new year…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:09am on April 27, 2020

Dancing swans, demented toymakers and men in tutus: how to escape to the ballet online by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

With theatres closed for the foreseeable future due to COVID-19, the web offers a cornucopia of compelling performances, from classics like "Swan Lake" and "Coppélia" to arts streaming site…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on April 27, 2020

Disaster insurance keeps the Shaw Festival going by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

As theatres across Canada close their seasons due to COVID-19, a policy update three years ago keeps the Shaw's staff employed and rehearsing

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:53am on April 26, 2020

Hamilton-born Broadway star Nick Cordero has leg amputation due to coronavirus by Mark Kennedy

The Canadian actor entered the intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on March 31 and has been on a ventilator and unconscious after contracting COVID-19.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00pm on April 19, 2020

Toronto production of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' delayed till 2021 by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible to carry out the months of detailed preparations for the Canadian production's debut in October.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:31am on April 16, 2020

In about-face, musicians' union agrees to Broadway coronavirus fundraiser by Michael Paulson - The New York Times

The fundraiser will feature the streaming of a benefit concert, recorded in November, in which 79 singers and dancers performed songs from Disney musicals, backed by 15 musicians.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:20pm on April 14, 2020

Mirvish pays tribute to Canadian actor Victor A. Young by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The musical theatre veteran died of cancer on April 8 in Toronto.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:36pm on April 12, 2020

How do Broadway stars cope with silent theatres? They sing by Mark Kennedy

Musical theatre stars are taking to social media to sing, offering fans a front seat to a Broadway show and a much needed intermission amid the coronavirus pandemic.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:58pm on April 9, 2020

Mirvish solicits inspirational slogans for its theatre marquees during COVID-19 pandemic by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:09pm on April 7, 2020
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