After the MMIWG report 'Tapwewin: Her Inquiry' tries to fill in 500 years of blanks by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

"The inquiry as it was constructed was not looking far enough back," said Yvette Nolan. "It doesn't talk about why or how we got to this moment."

"Besbouss: Autopsy of a Revolt" speaks to both present and political history by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Production based on 2010's Arab Spring appreciates the sacrifices happening around the world to attain what many Canadians already have.

Jaber Ramezani's 'Swim Team' keeps its head above water but the story could use expanding by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

'The Pianist of Willesden Lane' preserves memories of the Holocaust with music by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Written by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohenm, this 90-minute solo piece involves Golabek sitting at a piano playing works by many of the great classical composers, and telling the eventful and ins…

Dazzling 'Giselle,' a challenging classic, earns rapturous response in Toronto by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

National Ballet's production shares the roles out among its principals, letting many take a place in this triumphant production.

Didn't score tickets for 'Hamilton' in Toronto? Mirvish has good and bad news for you by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The good news is shows aren't truly sold out until performance day. The bad is those resellers out there might be offering fakes.

Let's Run Away a charming mix of artistic sensibility and lack of restraint by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

This is Daniel MacIvor's seventh solo collaboration with director Daniel Brooks over the span of three decades.

Mandy Patinkin explains his outlook through the songs he'll sing in Toronto by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Productive, magnetic star " in town later this month for solo shows " lets you peek behind the curtain.

Three singers, one Prince song: behind the scenes of Musical Stage Company's latest UnCovered concert by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

'Hamilton' a record-breaking hit before box office even opened, Mirvish says by The Canadian Press

'Pass Over' is 'Waiting for Godot' in the 21st century by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Play at Buddies in Bad Times is sobering exploration of two men who await death " not as an existential concept like in Beckett's play, but as an immediate and visceral possibility.

Is Don Giovanni a #MeToo monster or an honest seducer? Opera Atelier weighs in by John Terauds Special To The Star

American bass-baritone Douglas Williams " who certainly looks the part of a charismatic, young seducer " has been cast in the title role.

Gutsy acting, menacing props and spooky sounds: this Trout Stanley is a wild ride by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Why theatre should get into the Halloween spirit by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

At this time of year, it's not surprising that plays like "Yaga" and "Ghost Quartet" have earned such positive response. The mystery is why more theatres don't embrace the spooky spirit of t…

The Particulars is like witnessing one man's midnight fever dream by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

In the Mush Hole, the terrible legacy of residential schools is impossible to ignore by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The production by Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, the title of which is a nickname for the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Branford, draws on interviews with and writings by residential school…

'Almighty Voice and his Wife' is a big, bold play, realized through restraint, at Soulpepper by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

A play that's now part of the Canadian theatre canon becomes not only a success, but a first of its kind, at Toronto's largest not-for-profit theatre.

A Black woman as Hamlet makes history at Stratford by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Veteran Colm Feore will do double duty at 2020's festival in "Richard III" and "The Miser" while Toronto's up-and-comer Amaka Umeh will take on the title role in "Hamlet."

The Election revisits 2015 and crosses all sorts of lines along the way by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

New play is a look at how our political affiliations (or our political oppositions) form and challenge our identities, values and beliefs.

'The Jungle' makes clear that working this hard isn't working by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Play at Tarragon is a brisk, lively look at the numbing grind of working-class living in 2019.

With new Soulpepper production and more, Indigenous history is entering the spotlight at last by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Stories like Almighty Voice's bring the past of Canada's Indigenous peoples the attention it's been deprived of for decades.

Ghost Quartet's shape-shifting, foot-stomping dreamscape another win for Crow's Theatre by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Dave Malloy's raucous song cycle plays in stark contrast to the solitude of The Flick, the theatre's other standout autumn offering.

'The Flick' taps into the melancholy of millennials and the magic of moviegoing by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The buzz surrounding "The Flick" meant that Toronto audiences were ready to sit in silence, having already been waiting patiently and quietly for years for the play to finally arrive.

This 'Bohème' takes on the lives of today's 20-somethings by John Terauds - Special To The Star

Against the Grain Theatre's new "La Bohème" resets the tragic boy-meets-terminally-ill-girl in modern-day Toronto, complete with references to shopping on Bloor St and friends texting each …

Choreographer Yang Zhen's creation puts dancers from China's minority groups in the spotlight " but not in China by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

'I do not see myself as a rebel. I'm not that political,' insists the creator of 'Minorities,' coming to Toronto on Oct. 17.