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"I still have a lot of ideas and energy to give," says Ridge, who resigned last week as the festival artistic director, in an interview with the Star.
It's Montagues vs. Capulets in Shakespeare in High Park's enjoyable soccer-inspired take on Romeo and Juliet, writes Karen Fricker.
The Toronto-based theatre is currently entangled in a costly legal battle over sexual misconduct allegations, a six-figure deficit and hiccups in government funding.
Bartlett Sher's production of the Broadway Classic The King and I, presented in Toronto by Mirvish Theatre, makes a valiant effort to deliver a polished, old-fashioned musical for audiences,…
It began with a glance from Karen Kaeja's living-room window and now the dance series is welcoming participants from outside where it began in Seaton Village.
More than anything, the cancer patients, friends and families who attend the standup shows are 'here to just have a good time,' says Gilda's Club program director Dani Taylor.
The production gains energy in the second act, as the title character becomes female and realizes she's expected to behave the way she previously expected women to be: "obedient, chaste and …
The 2018-19 bill also includes sci-fi thriller The Nether, black puppet comedy Hand to God and a new holiday improv show, The Wonder Pageant.
Star critics Karen Fricker and Carly Maga unleash 22 U of T undergraduates to review shows now playing at Toronto Fringe.
Five students had their Fringe festival reviews vetted by the Star's Karen Fricker and Carly Maga, who are teaching a theatre criticism course.
Director Bartlett Sher dusted off the dated musical for an acclaimed revival that played Broadway and London before arriving for a run at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre.
"When we are no longer allowed to step into someone else's shoes … theatre is denied its very nature," says Lepage, director of the controversial slave-song show, which was cancelled this …
Star theatre critics Karen Fricker and Carly Maga share what they're looking forward to, including Morro and Jasp's latest, The Merkin Sisters and The Preposterous Predicament of Polly Peel.
Bob White has more than 40 years experience as a dramaturge and director, including 10 seasons at Stratford.
Tony-winning, Toronto-born show will do six weeks in Dublin, Ireland before moving to London's Phoenix.
Aimée Ambroziak will be the first queen as the production marks its 25th season.
In the play, Greenblatt embarks upon a birthright trip to Israel. Jabr, feeling oppressed in Nablus, seeks several paths out of Palestinian territory, writes Carly Maga.
Jerusalem takes six awards, including Outstanding Performance for Kim Coates, with another six for Life After, including Outstanding New Musical for Britta Johnson.
Sarena Parmar's first produced play, The Orchard (After Checkhov), will frame future viewings of Checkhov's original work.
Director Robert Lepage re-invisions William Shakespeare's play Coriolanus in his latest production at Statford.
The Icelandic musician is coming to Toronto with a string quartet and percussionist for Luminato at the Elgin Theatre on June 24.
The friendship at the heart of the story isn't believable, dooming this Shaw Festival production, writes Carly Maga
Creative choices mean the lives of famed English writers seldom get very lively, writes Karen Fricker.
The new production of Wicked shows fine attention to detail and is flawlessly executed. But it's stars Mary Kate Morrissey and Ginna Claire Mason that really make it shine.
Kimberley Rampersad's charming production revives the tradition of a short lunchtime show at the Shaw Festival, writes Karen Fricker.
