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Andrew Kushnir's Towards Youth is about more than theatre; it's about seeing the world in a more hopeful way by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Accompanied by U of T professor Kathleen Gallagher, Kushnir interviewed young people in five countries for play that opens this week at Streetcar Crowsnest.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on February 27, 2019

We laugh along with Harold Pinter's 'comedy of menace' in Little Menace: Pinter Plays at Soulpepper by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The actors find the key to the humour and Pinter's cultural criticism in this 90-minute collection of short plays, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:48pm on February 25, 2019

Do you like Foreigner? You're better off listening to the original songs than attending Jukebox Hero: The Musical by Ben Rayner - Pop Music Critic

The plot is linear and predictable, and most of the cast sang flat a good 60 or 70 per cent of the time during the musical's world premiere, writes Ben Rayner.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:51pm on February 22, 2019

Paolozzapedia is awkward and charming, playful and self-indulgent, but needs more time to come into focus by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

First presented in a workshop version in the 2015 RISER Project, Adam Paolozza's Paolozzapedia still has a strong work-in-progress vibe, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:15pm on February 22, 2019

Good Morning, Viet Mom grows beyond the Fringe by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Tales of boyhood from immigrants' son benefit considerably from more ambitious presentation at Toronto's Aki Studio.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 8:55pm on February 21, 2019

Kindred collaboration has artists dancing in the dark by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:43am on February 21, 2019

There are some impressive elements in The Last Ship, but it's not all smooth sailing by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Sting's orchestral score shows off the cast's divine vocals. He and the set by 59 Productions are reasons to potentially forgive the musical's missteps, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:04pm on February 20, 2019

Designer Nick Blais specializes in bringing theatre to life in unconventional spaces by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The designer behind the woodsy set in last year's Jerusalem is converting St. Matthew's Clubhouse for Human Animals and the Don Jail for Kiss of the Spider Woman.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on February 20, 2019

Tyler Gledhill and Edwin Huizinga let their creativity take flight for Opera Atelier by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The dancer and violinist have co-created new work for Atelier's The Angel Speaks, debuting Feb. 21 at the Royal Ontario Museum.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:27pm on February 18, 2019

Mules explores class, choice and drug smuggling, all inside Vancouver Airport's washroom by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The world premiere play Mules, about a first-time drug smuggler (Eva Barrie), holed up in the washrooms at Vancouver Airport with her trafficker (Anita Majumdar), waiting for the goods to re…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00am on February 17, 2019

Oslo's long, macho march toward peace delivers for audience by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Director Joel Greenberg's production at CAA Theatre of J.T. Rogers' play about a daring real-life peace mission overcomes slightly thin characterizations.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:49pm on February 15, 2019

The Father at Coal Mine Theatre builds empathy for its aging lead character with its combination of farce and tragedy by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Eric Peterson is best at capturing Andre's childlike helplessness, culminating in a moving final breakdown, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:41pm on February 15, 2019

'Good luck with your fight': Sting supports GM workers as they battle plant closure by David Friend - The Canadian Press

Thousands of GM employees gathered Thursday to hear the British musician deliver a free acoustic performance as a gesture of support.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:00pm on February 14, 2019

Karen Kain will revamp Swan Lake for the National Ballet of Canada by The Canadian Press

In her directorial debut, the company's artistic director will restage the ballet to accentuate the love story at its heart.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:22pm on February 13, 2019

Sting brings The Last Ship, a musical about his hometown of Newcastle, to a place where he's always felt at home: Toronto by Raju Mudhar - Staff Reporter

Sting was happy to be putting the finishing touches on his musical in the city that 'adopted' him and the Police, despite the snowstorm and missing the Grammy Awards, he tells Raju Mudhar.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on February 13, 2019

Kate Lushington put aside her idea for a play when her daughter, Natasha Greenblatt, was 2. Now that Natasha's 34, they've finished it together. by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The two have collaborated on The Apocalypse Plays: A Legacy Project, the end of a trilogy that Lushington began in the 1980s, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on February 13, 2019

We Are All Treaty People treats the serious subject of Indigenous-settler relations with a light touch by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

As Trickster, Marshall Vielle is a trustworthy guide through history and his sense of humour stops We Are All Treaty People from feeling too much like a lecture, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:21pm on February 12, 2019

Cirque Éloize's Hotel has beautiful images and inventive acts but could use some dramatic development by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The production fuses a Downton Abbey-like look at both the menial workers and famous guests at a nameless hotel with the jazzy sights and sounds of the 1920s, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:31pm on February 12, 2019

Come From Away celebrates its reopening at the Elgin Theatre by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic,carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The cast had to adjust to the new space after nearly a year at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, while the Elgin was made cozier for audience members with fewer seats and a new back wall.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:31pm on February 11, 2019

While Come From Away took a break, its Toronto cast visited Gander by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The actors who star in the hit musical set in Gander, Newfoundland, got a chance to meet some of the real people they play.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:37pm on February 8, 2019

Shakespeare Bash'd version of Othello presents an unsettling night of theatre

The play purports to expose a societal evil with devastating outcomes: brutal onstage murders of two innocent women; Othello's almost immediate succumbing to violence and anger and jealousy;…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:36pm on February 8, 2019

Karen Kain will be the first Canadian to receive the highest honour of the Royal Academy of Dance by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Academy will given Kain its Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award for her 50 years with the National Ballet of Canada, making her the first recipient outside the U.K.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:11pm on February 6, 2019

Actor and playwright Jeff Ho explores his Chinese identity via the Greeks by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Ho " Ophelia in Why Not Theatre's Prince Hamlet and the author of Iphigenia and the Furies " gravitates toward the Greek tragedies because they were his first experience of theatre, he tells…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on February 6, 2019

Canadian premiere of Hamilton is the highlight of the new Mirvish season by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The main subscription series also features Tony winner The Band's Visit, Hello, Dolly!, the Toronto premiere of Piaf/Dietrich and the stage version of Emma Donoghue's Room.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on February 6, 2019

Historians say smash hit musical Hamilton out of tune with its portrait of U.S. founding father by Mark Kennedy

Many academics argue the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the star of U.S. $10 bills, is a counterfeit. Now they're escalating their fight against the musical.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00am on February 5, 2019
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