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Greg Campbell's celebration of homosexual cultural icons, music, sex and protest could benefit from highlighting darker realities, writes Carly Maga.
The musical about a flawed teenager 'is about all of us. We all want to be liked to some degree,' says the head of Mirvish Productions, who chased the show for two years.
Old Stock veers from noisily confrontational to lyrical to sardonic, with a buildup of character through beautifully observed, often wryly funny dialogue, writes Karen Fricker.
Performances dazzle in satire-rich play that takes on good vs. evil, on until May 12 at the Coal Mine Theatre.
The Toronto company known for The History of the Village of the Small Huts now has its own building in Toronto's east end.
Former artistic director of Cahoots Theatre takes over from Andy McKim at 51-year-old theatre company.
Old Stock is meant to put a human face on the refugee experience.
Despite the theatre community embracing inclusion onstage with gender identity and non-traditional casting, when it comes to directors, there's still a gender imbalance.
Soprano Angel Blue excels as Mimi in traditional production that's still impressive. Well, except the wigs.
New Crow's Theatre season also includes Annie Baker's The Flick, Dave Malloy's Ghost Quartet, Groundling's Julius Caesar, a reprise of Secret Life of a Mother and the second play in Obsidian…
For performer Sky Gilbert, trigger warnings are 'dangerous for art.' The Coal Mine Theatre, on the other hand, plans to change what it stages to avoid triggering audiences, writes Karen Fric…
The 10th anniversary season will feature Annie Baker's The Flick, set in a cinema, and the immersive production The Tape Escape in an old Queen Video storefront.
Drama about a complex sexual encounter is informative for those who can't relate to the #MeToo movement, and empowering for those who do.
Soulpepper production is clearest when the script dives into personal territory, Carly Maga writes.
The language barrier proves no obstacle for show full of rude, fun energy.
Story built around Phil Spector's gun is a complete misfire as script and direction leave actors mostly handcuffed.
Grimly potent details about Sarnia's petrochemical industry brought to light in production whose ambitions sometimes outstrip its reach.
Now in their 60s, they first met as National Ballet School students. The former Royal Winnipeg prima ballerina and National Ballet artistic director explain why they've paired up once more i…
Noting Indigenous history and legacy now seems obligatory for public arts events, but no consensus has emerged about the right notes to strike, and Hayden King, for one, sees harm in how the…
A new block of tickets is on sale for the Tony Award-winning musical.
Canadian Brock Hayhoe and his reality-TV star alter ego glad to be back for First Wives Fight Club on April 10.
Against the Grain produces great staging of a strange opera.
More than a glimpse at the inner workings of leveraged buyout schemes, production offers a vantage on the mentality of those whose world is defined by them.
Staging is imperfect but structure and capable cast help make new show at Tarragon Theatre worthwhile.
Jenny Brizard soars in title role as four theatre companies pool their efforts for a demanding play that should be produced more often.
