Montreal dancers show a 'different perspective' on love and intimacy by Robert Everett-green

Avec pas d'coeur, by Montreal dance company Maï(g)wenn et les Orteils, explores the difference in emotional perspectives of three dancers with unusual genetic conditions

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:02pm on March 14, 2016☆⚑

You Will Remember Me explores reality of dementia and uses it as metaphor by J. Kelly Nestruck

English translation of François Archambault's play is funny and moving, too

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:26pm on March 11, 2016☆⚑

National Ballet of Canada: A pairing of Balanchine and Ekman by Martha Schabas

The National Ballet's Mixed Spring Program features two Balanchine ballets, Rubies and The Four Temperaments, alongside Ekman's Cacti

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:02pm on March 10, 2016☆⚑

Da Kink in My Hair, new Joe Clark play coming to Calgary theatres by J. Kelly Nestruck

Trey Anthony will reprise the role of Caribbean Canadian hairdresser Novelette in a new co-production that will also run at Ottawa's National Arts Centre

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:01am on March 10, 2016☆⚑

For Tapestry Opera, The Devil Inside is all in Michael Mori's expansion details by Robert Harris

The new opera, co-commissioned by Scottish Opera and Music Theatre Wales, is part of the artistic director's continuing plan to create an energetic, relevant and expanding role for one of To…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:26pm on March 9, 2016☆⚑

How Pink Floyd's Roger Waters came to terms with operatic take of The Wall by Robert Everett-green

The l'Opéra de Montréal convinced the Pink Floyd singer and bassist to accept an orchestral version of the album with a Another Brick in the Wall " The Opera

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:28pm on March 7, 2016☆⚑

Luminato adds to lineup with Rufus Wainwright's Rufus Does Judy and contemporary-dance piece monumental by Brad Wheeler

Toronto's Luminato Festival continued its rollout of show announcements on Monday with the news of a pair of remount whoppers

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:46pm on March 7, 2016☆⚑

Soulpepper presents The Just, a classic tale about the cost of extremism by J. Kelly Nestruck

Director Frank Cox-O'Connell believes French philosopher Albert Camus's drama deserves to be better known in the English-speaking theatre world

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:24pm on March 4, 2016☆⚑

The price of Mike Ward's 'edgy' comedy and the failure of civility by Robert Everett-green

Quebec Human Right Commission gets involved in comic Mike Ward's use of 'edgy' free speech

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:46pm on March 4, 2016☆⚑

Quebec comedian Mike Ward wants to be a martyr for 'edgy' free speech by Robert Everett-green

Quebec Human Right Commission gets involved in comic Mike Ward's use of 'edgy' free speech

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:46pm on March 4, 2016☆⚑

Canadian Rachael McLaren on dancing with New York's Alvin Ailey company by Martha Schabas

Canadian dancer Rachael McLaren she faced repeated rejections from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. She moved to New York and was invited to join the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:10pm on March 3, 2016☆⚑

National Ballet of Canada's La Sylphide is a magical, almost disorienting, experience by Martha Schabas

It has a hauntingly timeless quality " the story tragic, ineluctable, and then so excruciatingly familiar

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:47pm on March 3, 2016☆⚑

How to see live shows without paying Broadway prices by Deirdre Kelly

Volunteers can score free tickets to shows and young adults qualify for special deals, but the rest of us have access to discounted ducats as well

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:18pm on March 2, 2016☆⚑

Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch wins literary prize by J. Kelly Nestruck

Hannah Moscovitch awarded a Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize and $150,000 (U.S.) for work that focuses on ways the 'past ruptures the present'

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00am on March 1, 2016☆⚑

The Watershed to tour country, launch Tarragon Theatre's 2016-17 season by J. Kelly Nestruck

The Watershed, Annabel Soutar's acclaimed documentary play about the politics of science during the Harper years, will kick off a national tour at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in September

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:45pm on February 26, 2016☆⚑

'Sensory friendly performances' relax rules to welcome people with autism by J. Kelly Nestruck

Relaxed performances adjust sound and lighting cues to be less startling, and allow the use of phones or other 'fidget devices'

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:05pm on February 25, 2016☆⚑

Grey Gardens: Musical springs to life in song and living colour by Brad Wheeler

With music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie and a book by Doug Wright, Grey Gardens is the Tony-winning adaptation of the 1975 Maysles brothers' cult-classic documentary

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:18pm on February 24, 2016☆⚑

François Barbeau: Master in the art of costume design by Deirdre Kelly

He devised fantastical creations for nearly 700 productions of theatre, opera, film, television and the circus during five-decade career

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 6:08pm on February 21, 2016☆⚑

Musical adaptation of Grey Gardens hits the stage in Toronto by Brad Wheeler

Stage production of the 1975 documentary cult classic brings both of the infamous Edies back to life

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00pm on February 21, 2016☆⚑

Factory Theatre artistic director does the local legwork to find diverse talent by J. Kelly Nestruck

Nina Lee Aquino looks for artists that reflect Toronto's diverse population

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:48am on February 19, 2016☆⚑

Badke is an ebullient display of verve and stamina by Martha Schabas

Using formations that shift between solos, duets and unified ensemble work, the piece has a delightfully charming messiness

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:09pm on February 18, 2016☆⚑

National Ballet of Canada goes traditional for 2016-17 by Martha Schabas

The season full of opulent story ballets and repertoire classics, then contemporary work by Wayne McGregor, John Neumeier and Jerome Robbins

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00pm on February 16, 2016☆⚑

Sept. 11-based Canadian musical Come From Away heading to Broadway by J. Kelly Nestruck

Canadian musical to play in Washington and Toronto on its way to New York

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:30am on February 16, 2016☆⚑

Mirvish announces promising new season with five musicals by J. Kelly Nestruck

Come From Away, The Bodyguard, Mrs Henderson Presents, Strictly Ballroom: The Musical and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical are featured prominently in the 2016-17 lineup

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:30am on February 16, 2016☆⚑

Actor Prince Amponsah on returning to the stage after a tragic accident by Brad Wheeler

After having his arms amputated, Prince Amponsah returned to the stage last summer. This week he stars in Contempt, a new play about romantic love for the physically disabled

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:46pm on February 12, 2016☆⚑