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Mirvish throws open the Princess of Wales Theatre for a royal wedding viewing party for 2,000.
Soulpepper Theatre, director Mumbi Tindeyebwa Otu and star Alana Bridgewater take some creative risks that pay off in production of August Wilson's 1982 drama, which remains topical about th…
Fiona Byrne and Martin Happer play the developing intimacy between their characters effectively, but the dials don't go high enough on the hijinks around them, writes Karen Fricker.
Audience buy-in is required to make the design and performance come together in adaptation of C.S. Lewis novel, writes Karen Fricker.
Kaitlyn Riordan stands up impressively to a major acting challenge, playing Pierre and Margaret Trudeau plus a journalist in revival of landmark 1980 show, writes Karen Fricker.
Former Buddies in Bad Times artistic director aims to capture city's 'eclectic dynamism'.
Philippe Ducros' play is full of intense material, which this Arcstage production amps up several notches, but sometimes it becomes overwhelming, writes Karen Fricker.
Judith Thompson wrote 'juicy scenes' for her characters in After the Blackout, in which their disabilities are 'just a by the way'.
In engaging with Frank Wedekind's work, co-creators Susanna Fournier, ted witzel and Helen Yung work through anger to find love on the other side.
Strong singing is the backbone of compelling Canadian Opera Company production, bringing the doomed story of Anne Boleyn to dramatic life.
Thalia Gonzalez Kane's play tells the story of a group of 15-year-old girls who start a sex club.
Early years theatre, a European movement to create stage productions for audiences as young as 2 weeks old, comes to Toronto with WeeFestival, writes Karen Fricker.
Mean Girls is an adaptation of Tina Fey's much-beloved 2004 high school comedy movie and SpongeBob SquarePants is the goofy undersea adaptation from the cartoon.
Hit show adds 12 weeks to its run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.
Though the plucky orphan girl's sunny disposition might clash with modern cynicism, Annie is still the earworm musical fans know and love, writes Carly Maga.
40 Days and 40 Nights is clearly personal and important to its mid-career, married creators, but shades of Orientalism and mandatory, intimate audience participation makes it uncomfortable a…
Husband and wife Hannah Moscovitch and Christian Barry are nominees for their musical refugee love story, created by Halifax's 2b theatre.
The characters are all generous and pretty harmless, and they're trying to find their way through the experience of difference while frequently falling on their faces, writes Karen Fricker.
With all its wonderful elements, it's a shame Placey ends the play with a sombre estimation of female friendship
The Pretty Little Liars actress got engaged in Toronto last fall and returns to play Sandy in musical version of 1978 film.
The change will take effect for the awards in June 2019, which will mark the 40th anniversary of the Doras, celebrating performing arts in Toronto.
Annual Harbourfront event returns this weekend, with new creations flowing out of new social bonds forged among the gathered artists.
Artistic director Dennis Garnhum of the London, Ont., theatre keeps going bigger and better. Up next: seats have been removed to recreate a racetrack for Chariots of Fire.
Harold Green Jewish Theatre production tells a familiar newcomer-in-a-closed-world story, set in a women's ritual bath in Jerusalem, writes Karen Fricker.
Soprano Marcy Richardson also performs as an aerialist in Orphée+. The retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice is in Toronto April 26 to 28.
