Star of Little Mosque on the Prairie Zaib Shaikh has a bright future by Richard Ouzounian

Pakistani-Canadian actor Zaib Shaikh is shifting into high gear as Little Mosque on the Prairie winds down.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:41am on January 6, 2012☆⚑

Star of Little Mosque on the Prairie Zaib Shaikh has a bright acting future by Richard Ouzounian

Pakistani-Canadian actor Zaib Shaikh is shifting into high gear as Little Mosque on the Prairie winds down.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on January 5, 2012☆⚑

Demetri Martin strips down by Philip Brown

Traded for Jonah Hill in Moneyball, quirky comic moves on.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 8:31pm on January 5, 2012☆⚑

Canadian-born writer Moira Young wins British children's book prize

The New Westminster, B.C.-born writer has been honoured with a Costa Book Award for children's literature, which carries a prize of 5,000 British pounds.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 1:15pm on January 4, 2012☆⚑

Ten productions to see at Toronto's Next Stage Festival by Richard Ouzounian

Ten productions to explore at the current Next Stage Festival.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 1:02pm on January 4, 2012☆⚑

Hugh Jackman plans Broadway return as Harry Houdini in Aaron Sorkin musical by Mark Kennedy

Hugh Jackman liked his record-setting Broadway run so much this winter that he's handcuffing himself to a future musical about Harry Houdini.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:04am on January 4, 2012☆⚑

Life after the plague by Murray Whyte

Power Plant show looks at gay art made a generation after the AIDS crisis

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on January 3, 2012☆⚑

Knelman: Tantalizing questions for 2012 by Martin Knelman

Cultural queries for 2012: From who paints the queen to the spread of Enron

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 6:00pm on January 3, 2012☆⚑

Selena Gomez: She's more than Bieber's baby. by Richard Ouzounian

As The Wizards of Waverly Place ends its run, she looks to the future.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 4:45pm on January 3, 2012☆⚑

Czech dissident, celebrated author Josef Skvorecky dies in Toronto by Thestar.com

Josef Skvorecky, who fled the Soviet invasion of his home country in 1968 and made his way to Canada, has died.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:17am on January 3, 2012☆⚑

Ouzounian: Idiots, nannies and piano prodigies a post-holiday treat by Richard Ouzounian

American Idiot, Mary Poppins and Two Pianos, Four Hands are three ways to have a great time this week.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 4:02pm on January 2, 2012☆⚑

Ouzounian: A dark past, a shining future by Richard Ouzounian

Meg Tilly survived a horrible childhood to go on and become famous in movies and stage and now she's poised for TV in Bomb Girls.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on December 29, 2011☆⚑

Review: Beautiful sound, bitter fury in American Idiot by Richard Ouzounian

Touring production of Green Day musical is a poignant portrait of a generation in despair, writes Richard Ouzounian.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:08pm on December 29, 2011☆⚑

The Big Interview: Meg Tilly poised for TV's Bomb Girls by Richard Ouzounian

Meg Tilly survived a horrible childhood to go on and become famous in movies and stage.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:49pm on December 29, 2011☆⚑

A showgirl in search of a good time by John Terauds

Lara Ciekiewicz shines as Toronto Operetta Theatre's Gypsy Princess

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:07pm on December 28, 2011☆⚑

Why I will miss Peter Donaldson

Stratford veteran who died last January is still sorely missed.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on December 28, 2011☆⚑

Why I will miss author Anne McCaffrey

Obits for authors who died in 2011

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on December 28, 2011☆⚑

Why I will miss dance great Alexander Grant

1925 to 2011

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on December 28, 2011☆⚑

Review by Murray Whyte: 10 art installations that got it right by Murray Whyte

A necessarily subjective list of the top 10 visual arts events of the year.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on December 27, 2011☆⚑

Ouzounian: Theatrical cheers and jeers by Richard Ouzounian

Our theatre critic retro views, in his Hall of Fame and Walk of Shame roundup, the best and worst of our theatre fare in 2011.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 1:29pm on December 26, 2011☆⚑

Opera in 2011: something to sing about by Richard Ouzounian

COC and Opera Atelier both come up with winning productions.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 1:16pm on December 26, 2011☆⚑

Crabb: Dancing their way into our hearts by Michael Crabb

Ten amazing dance performances that moved our critic, Michael Crabb, mightily in 2011.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on December 25, 2011☆⚑

Brent Carver drops out of Broadway-bound Superstar by Richard Ouzounian

Tony Award-winning performer declines to continue and is replaced by American Tom Hewitt

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:00am on December 22, 2011☆⚑

Problem-free divas in Toronto operetta by Trish Crawford

Sopranos keep it light, onstage and off, during The Gypsy Princess.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on December 21, 2011☆⚑

Review: Oakville Gallery's Hyper Spaces by Murray Whyte

Oakville Gallery's Hyper Spaces conjures up the strange things that occur when real and virtual space collide"We have entered the future," or so says the intro blurb to Hyper Spaces, the cur…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01pm on December 21, 2011☆⚑