Shaw Festival to take chance on Ragtime by Richard Ouzounian

Musical that premiered here in 1996 to be festival's big musical next summer.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 4:00pm on August 1, 2011☆⚑

Urban Trash Art: Recycling the streets by Murray Whyte

Brazilian duo rummages through the back alleys of Chinatown enroute to eco-informed public art

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:27am on August 1, 2011☆⚑

Pellan canvases, removed for Queen's portrait, will find new public home

The government says it took down Pellan's paintings of Canadian scenes, which hung in the Foreign Affairs building, to pay tribute to Canada's head of state in advance of her 50th anniversar…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 3:04pm on July 29, 2011☆⚑

Brian Dennehy: Finding the laughter inside the darkness by Richard Ouzounian

Veteran actor is loving his turns at Stratford

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

General Idea: Haute Culture at the AGO by Murray Whyte

A stunning AGO retrospective demonstrates why and how a collective trio from Toronto turned the art world on its stuffy head

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 1:25pm on July 29, 2011☆⚑

From Stratford, Ont., to Stratford, England by Richard Ouzounian

Simon Marsden moved from Ontario to Macau to becoming head of production for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 5:21pm on July 28, 2011☆⚑

Turning dancers into dance-makers by Michael Crabb

National Ballet School holds annual choreographic workshop showcase.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 1:02pm on July 28, 2011☆⚑

iPhone, iPad art exhibit to open at ROM this fall

The exhibition at the ROM will be the renowned England-born David Hockney’s first major show in Canada in more than two decades.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:58pm on July 28, 2011☆⚑

Additions to Billy Elliot shine by Richard Ouzounian

Is it possible for a great show to get greater?

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:20pm on July 26, 2011☆⚑

Review: The Marvelous Wonderettes are pure Wonder Bread by Richard Ouzounian

Musical about a 50s girl group is hopelessly simplistic.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01am on July 23, 2011☆⚑

AGO lands blockbuster Picasso show for 2012 by Martin Knelman

The Art Gallery of Ontario has scored a spectacular coup by securing a blockbuster Picasso retrospective from Paris, the Star has learned.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:30am on July 22, 2011☆⚑

Hume: First city hall, then the city by Christopher Hume

Vaughan’s new city hall is everything Vaughan isn’t — cool, elegant and urban

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01am on July 22, 2011☆⚑

Paul Nolan, Superstar by Richard Ouzounian

Stratford actor faces the greatest challenge of his life on the opening night of Jesus Christ Superstar

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01am on July 22, 2011☆⚑

Hi-tech wizardry and childlike goofiness by Michael Crabb

Travelling Blue Man Group's endearing aliens amuse and distract at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:00am on July 21, 2011☆⚑

Review: Alice Ripley amazes in Next to Normal by Richard Ouzounian

One of the great performances in modern musical theatre is taking place on the stage of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts until July 30.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:10am on July 21, 2011☆⚑

Meg Tilly's comeback lights up Victoria theatre by Richard Ouzounian

Brian Richmond's Blue Bridge Repertory theatre scores big with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 2:14pm on July 20, 2011☆⚑

Review: Wishful Drinking is a refreshingly different cocktail by Richard Ouzounian

One woman show combines wicked humour with touching insights.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:40pm on July 19, 2011☆⚑

Critics hand out theatre honours

A new tradition holds its formalities.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 9:33pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Steeling the Gaze at the McMichael by Murray Whyte

A mixed show of aboriginal artists alternately challenges and is subsumed by the dominant culture

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 2:38pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Stratford's Superstar is going to be a surfer boy by Richard Ouzounian

Hit production of Jesus Christ Superstar going to California's LaJolla Playhouse

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 1:36pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Twelfth Night at Stratford: midsummer madness delights by Richard Ouzounian

Des McAnuff's Twelfth Night is brilliant and different and yet somehow perfect

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 7:13pm on July 17, 2011☆⚑

Urban shrines: Statements in the cast-off and derelict by Murray Whyte

Sasha Foster and Felix Kamelson build shrines out of discarded materials to honour forgotten corners of our urban experience

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 3:26pm on July 17, 2011☆⚑

Review: Kreutzer Sonata a searing portrait of a soul in hell by Robert Crew

You won't see much better work anywhere this summer.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 1:35am on July 16, 2011☆⚑

Changes in the wings for Canadian Stage by Martin Knelman

Is it time to demolish the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts and build something better in its place? If so, how could such a costly project be financed? And would the City of Toronto continu…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 4:45pm on July 15, 2011☆⚑

An uneven revenge tragedy by Robert Crew

Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare's convoluted revenge tragedy, does not easily cross the divide of centuries.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:48am on July 15, 2011☆⚑