Losses in the limelight: the education of Aubrey Dan by Michael Posner and James Bradshaw

Aubrey Dan’s plan to shake up Toronto’s theatre scene appears dashed by his inability to see the big picture

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:55pm on May 16, 2012☆⚑

Shen Yun Performing Arts ousted from Calgary's Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium by Marsha Lederman

Shen Yun had been planning to perform three shows in Calgary and three shows in Edmonton in April, 2013

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 7:52pm on May 16, 2012☆⚑

Stockholm: A lively voyage into relationship hell by J. Kelly Nestruck

As spring arrives, Toronto theatre turns to thoughts of love - in dark and disturbing tones

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:00pm on May 16, 2012☆⚑

Cavalia's Odysseo a four-legged feast for the eyes by Brad Wheeler

Audacious acrobatic undertaking a spectacle of leaping, trick riding and well-choreographed manoeuvres

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:15pm on May 16, 2012☆⚑

Bolshoi steps up the dancing in Swan Lake by Paula Citron

In the Russian company’s version of the classical ballet, most of the mime is gone, as is the original story

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:45pm on May 16, 2012☆⚑

Grandmother role a new stage for Happy Days mom by Brad Wheeler

In Toronto to perform in Neil Simon’s play Lost in Yonkers, Marion Ross talks about parenting in prime time

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:01am on May 15, 2012☆⚑

In photos: Inside Cavalia's Odysseo

A photographer visits the Odysseo big top in advance of the show's Toronto premiere

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 6:00pm on May 13, 2012☆⚑

'You see me here, you gods, a poor old man,' said King Lear. But the audience needs strength by J. Kelly Nestruck

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SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:02pm on May 13, 2012☆⚑

Choreography in the Woodland Style by Paula Citron

TransMigration is dance company’s tribute to the great native painter Norval Morrisseau

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:30pm on May 11, 2012☆⚑

West Side Story: Alarmingly charming, stumbles aside by J. Kelly Nestruck

It’s not perfect, but this West Side Story scratches the itch one gets every couple of years for this classic American musical

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:27pm on May 11, 2012☆⚑

In '97 Positions of the Heart,' Words overwhelm movement by Paula Citron

The Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers attempt an ambitious program based on Elizabeth Smart’s work

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:04pm on May 11, 2012☆⚑

Des Femmes: Oration versus naked mud wrestling by J. Kelly Nestruck

A Sophocles-a-thon that gets the ratio off

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:18pm on May 11, 2012☆⚑

The Shipment turns identity politics on its head by J. Kelly Nestruck

Watching an all-black cast skewer African-American stereotypes is unsettling but the awkwardness is part of the appeal

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:31pm on May 10, 2012☆⚑

From the House of Mirth: A tragic heroine for the age of greed by Kathleen Smith

James Kudelka’s multidisciplinary tribute to Wharton’s House of Mirth has contemporary resonance

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:24pm on May 10, 2012☆⚑

Ballet needs to find the key to Cohen by Paula Citron

Inspired by iconic songs, RWB piece offers mostly conventional choreography

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:31pm on May 10, 2012☆⚑

An earthy Kathleen Turner almost raises High by Martin Morrow

The playwright seems addicted to sensationalism, judging by this tale of addiction and redemption

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:52pm on May 10, 2012☆⚑

East and West meet as strangers in COC's Semele by Robert Everett-green

In this rented Asian-themed production, Handel’s great tragic opera is turned into a sex comedy with Buddhist overtones

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:22pm on May 10, 2012☆⚑

Choreographing 'the undanceable' by James Kudelka

There was none of the love that might inspire an erotic duet. No juicy opera or ballet heroine. Just the story of a woman who loses everything. James Kudelka recounts the creative challenges…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:39pm on May 7, 2012☆⚑

The Little Prince: The choreography is compelling but doesn't grab the heart by Paula Citron

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SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:19pm on May 7, 2012☆⚑

In photos: The cast of Lear in rehearsal

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SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:00pm on May 6, 2012☆⚑

NAC's all-aboriginal King Lear begins to take shape by J. Kelly Nestruck

Set in Shakespeare’s time but relocated to the Algonquin nation of what would become Canada, an ambitious new production of the playwright’s greatest tragedy tackles themes of patr…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:00pm on May 6, 2012☆⚑

Impressive introduction to an up-and-coming U.S. playwright by J. Kelly Nestruck

With Gruesome Playground Injuries, BirdLand Theatre presents the Canadian premiere of a 2009 play by Ravij Joseph, and audiences should try to catch it while they can

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:30pm on May 4, 2012☆⚑

Time for theatre to get past the first stage of grief: denial by J. Kelly Nestruck

In the wake of the demise of the Vancouver Playhouse and Dancap productions, we should be asking some serious questions

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:00pm on May 4, 2012☆⚑

From harrowing to alienating: Two plays, different results by J. Kelly Nestruck

Two plays take audiences on two very different trips

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:30pm on May 4, 2012☆⚑

Bring It On: Backflipping, backstabbing, Glee-evoking fun by Martin Morrow

Musical is witty, unabashedly light and frothy take on the high-school mean-girl genre

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:30am on May 4, 2012☆⚑