Huff: An unflinching solo show that documents life on a reserve by J. Kelly Nestruck

Huff, written and starring Cree performer Cliff Cardinal, is on at Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:29pm on October 15, 2015☆⚑

An Enemy of the People: Featuring a woman in a man's role by J. Kelly Nestruck

Laura Condlln plays Dr. Stockmann in An Enemy of the People in Tarragon Theatre's fantastic present-day production

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:43pm on October 12, 2015☆⚑

Illusionist Nicholas Wallace on supernatural scares by Brad Wheeler

Nicholas Wallace will be performing Séance at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto until Oct. 11

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:59pm on October 9, 2015☆⚑

Lisa Dawn on the challenges of bringing Beckett to the stage by J. Kelly Nestruck

The Irish actress will perform the Beckett triology this month in Toronto at Canadian Stage

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:57pm on October 8, 2015☆⚑

Arin Arbus on directing Canadian Opera Company's La Traviata by Robert Harris

Theatre director Arin Arbus takes on Verdi's La Traviata for the Canadian Opera Company

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:04pm on October 6, 2015☆⚑

Gifted Les Mis star Michael Burgess made hearts swell by Martin Morrow

Best known for his stage role as Jean Valjean, the powerful tenor also sang the national anthem at Leafs and Blue Jays games

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 7:57pm on October 2, 2015☆⚑

Upside Downton: One man's loving parody of Downton Abbey lacks acuity by J. Kelly Nestruck

British impressionist Luke Kempner's one-man Downton Abbey spoof has arrived in Canada as Upside Downton, but it's little more than a series of cross-over sketches

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:19pm on October 2, 2015☆⚑

A homegrown musical-theatre movement emerges across Canada by J. Kelly Nestruck

Theatre productions big and small are filling out the season from coast to coast, which could mean the country has finally reached a tipping point

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:25pm on October 2, 2015☆⚑

Toronto festival aims to crack exclusivity of dance world by Martha Schabas

Fall for Dance North, which debuts next week, attempts to address pressing issues in the city's arts scene

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:18pm on September 28, 2015☆⚑

The comedy ceiling: Toronto's comics of colour are ready for their close-up by Julian Carrington

They're young, they're hungry and they're damn funny. So why can't Toronto's young comics of colour break into the Canadian mainstream?

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 6:28pm on September 25, 2015☆⚑

Five events in Toronto that will bring up your political spirits by Brad Wheeler

Canada's first-ever federal election debate devoted to foreign policy will take place on Sept. 28

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:54pm on September 25, 2015☆⚑

The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God is a feel-good play by J. Kelly Nestruck

Receiving a major revival in Montreal, The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God tells a feel-good story about faith and coming to terms with death

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:00pm on September 25, 2015☆⚑

Comedians still getting the last laugh in Internet age of online heckling by Brad Wheeler

Sad, angry online commenters are the new hecklers " a lonely, frustrated type seeking a stage, who shouldn't dictate what jokes are allowed

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:27pm on September 25, 2015☆⚑

ProArteDanza: A thrilling, 21st-century perspective on Beethoven by Martha Schabas

Beautiful partner work and robust choreogrpahy highlight ProArteDanza's triple bill at Toronto's Fleck Dance Theatre

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:06pm on September 25, 2015☆⚑

Shortlist out for $100,000 Siminovitch Prize by J. Kelly Nestruck

Theatre prize will award $100,000 to a Canadian designer

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:00am on September 22, 2015☆⚑

Game of Thrones star Owen Teale joins Mirvish production of Gaslight by J. Kelly Nestruck

Teale and Ian McElhinney will play the bad guy and the good guy, respectively, in Patrick Hamilton's 1938 psychological thriller

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:47pm on September 21, 2015☆⚑

Four rules for buying a house (from the woman who bought a nightmare home and wrote a play about it) by Brad Wheeler

We spoke to Ms. Hines, now living in Calgary, about her real estate debacle and the do's and don'ts of a virgin house-purchaser

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 6:23pm on September 18, 2015☆⚑

Director Alexander Shelley bringing adventurous life to NAC Orchestra by Robert Everett-green

Under the helm of new music director, Alexander Shelley, the NAC Orchestra appears poised to shake off the stupor of recent years, with a more risky and adventurous lineup for the season

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:25pm on September 18, 2015☆⚑

Here are five films made for new romances by Brad Wheeler

Canadian actress Rebecca Northan names five movies for those who aren't into the glitzy premieres at TIFF

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:12pm on September 4, 2015☆⚑

Full House: The Musical! embraces a fetid mess of grotesque performances by Martin Morrow

With tasteless jokes, gross sight gags and grotesque performances, this deliberately cruddy show embraces its own badness as enthusiastically as the Tanner clan used to engage in cure-all hu…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00pm on August 30, 2015☆⚑

The Alchemist: Evil triumphs over good in Ben Jonson's 1610 comedy by J. Kelly Nestruck

The Stratford Festival's zany new production of The Alchemist features a trio of con people who have set up shop in a plague-vacated house to part fools from their money " and have found no …

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00pm on August 23, 2015☆⚑

The Alchemist: Evil triumphs over good in Ben Johnson's 1610 comedy by J. Kelly Nestruck

The Stratford Festival's zany new production of The Alchemist features a trio of con people who have set up shop in a plague-vacated house to part fools from their money " and have found no …

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00pm on August 23, 2015☆⚑

Broadway star Idina Menzel finds success embracing her power by Courtney Shea

Idina Menzel has forged her career playing strong and sensational females, from Maureen in the original cast of Rent to Princess Elsa in Frozen. Here, the Grammy winner talks about the secre…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00pm on August 23, 2015☆⚑

Kinky Boots actor Alan Mingo Jr. on divas, diversity and cheesy delights by Brad Wheeler

Kinky Boots actor Alan Mingo Jr. plays Lola, a drag queen with big shoes and a bigger heart

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:19pm on August 21, 2015☆⚑

Exit stage left: Lakeshore Collegiate's drama students take a final bow by J. Kelly Nestruck

To renew his faith in the art form he loves, J. Kelly Nestruck went back to where it all began: high school. But, as he reports in his final dispatch, the critic discovered the problem with …

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:25pm on August 21, 2015☆⚑