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Two women, two views about mixed race identity. Together they created Mixie and the Halfbreeds by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Adrienne Wong and Julie Tamiko Manning put their differing views of their mixed heritages into their play, opening April 3 in Toronto.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:29pm on March 27, 2018

Come From Away actress is coming from away to host the Dora Awards by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Astrid Van Wieren, Beulah in the Broadway version of the hit musical, will spend her day off in Toronto hosting theatre awards.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:17pm on March 27, 2018

Guillermo Verdecchia's 'bloom' is an anti-war play for a ridiculous universe by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Soheil Parsa's second staging of the work asks all the big questions.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00pm on March 27, 2018

Watching Les Misérables without music, with Toronto's original Fantine by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

A new pared-down adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic takes Louise Pitre back to her breakthrough role.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on March 25, 2018

Crow's Theatre announces its largest season yet for 2018-19 by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

New season includes bringing Shaw Festival hit Middletown to Toronto and several documentary plays, such as Pulitzer finalist The Wolves.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 8:34pm on March 23, 2018

What a Young Wife Ought to Know, with its focus on pregnancy and childbirth, is shocking and necessary by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Set in 1920s Ottawa, Hannah Moscovitch's play adds to an important conversation about gender inequity and female sexuality, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:39pm on March 23, 2018

Jukebox Hero: The Musical brings the songs of Foreigner to a Toronto stage by Raju Mudhar - Staff Reporter

Musical being written by team behind The Commitments, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, to play Ed Mirvish Theatre next February.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:13pm on March 22, 2018

This Les Misérables without music has powerful moments, but others miss their mark by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Overall, the production is missing the typical Theatre Smith-Gilmour wit and physical invention, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:31pm on March 22, 2018

For Théâtre français de Toronto, an audience is found in translation by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

French-language company established in 1967, which has boosted its audience with English surtitles, unveils its 2018-19 season.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00pm on March 20, 2018

Mike MacDonald called 'pound for pound' the best standup comedian in Canada by Tony Wong - Television Critic

Mark Breslin, Tom Green, Kathy Griffin and others express their appreciation for Ottawa's MacDonald, who died Saturday at 63.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:51pm on March 19, 2018

Toronto Dance Theatre celebrates 50 years by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Modern dance company founded in 1968 by Patricia Beatty, David Earle and Peter Randazzo still thriving under artistic director Christopher House.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:45pm on March 19, 2018

Desire for comedy trumps message in Soulpepper adaptation of Orwell classic Animal Farm by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Anthony MacMahon's version of the middle-school staple, directed by Ravi Jain, turns George Orwell's drama into a comedy. Despite some strong performances, the play veers into unwieldly come…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:59pm on March 17, 2018

Kate Barron didn't get into comedy until her 30s but now she's moving up in standup by Garnet Fraser - Toronto Star

Brassy prizewinning local comedian has many rungs to climb but a lot of momentum going into March 18 show at Comedy Bar.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:30pm on March 16, 2018

Jani Lauzon's version of The Monument is about more than a rapist and his saviour by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Mejra's decision to save Stetko's life and make him her dependant reflects how Canada's Indigenous people must continue to live with systems and people that hurt them.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:11pm on March 16, 2018

Gobsmacked! should let vocalists loose and pull audience in by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Beatboxer Ball-Zee holds the a cappella event together, but the conceit that he's manipulating all the others stifles the energy in show's first half, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:31pm on March 16, 2018

The confessions of 1920s housewives are at the heart of What a Young Wife Ought to Know by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch finds herself increasingly drawn to authentic stories about female experience.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on March 14, 2018

Eric McCormack to return to Stratford Festival in The Fantasticks by The Canadian Press

Will & Grace star will take the stage in October for what's being called a "special concert version" of the stage institution.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:32pm on March 12, 2018

Canadian Screen Awards Exclude Some Of Canada's Most Popular Movies. And Everyone Seems Okay With That

Simply put, nominating popular movies and shows could make the Canadian Screen Awards more popular, which could theoretically bring more attention to other, less prominent nominees. There is…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:32pm on March 9, 2018

Come From Away adds standing-room-only tickets by Star Staff

The 16 tickets per show will only be available in person at the Royal Alexandra Theatre on the day of the performance.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:48pm on March 9, 2018

The characters in Idomeneus have been through war and so have the Soulpepper cast who play them by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Play about the aftermath of the Trojan War resonates in wake of the fall from grace of former artistic director Albert Schultz.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:08pm on March 9, 2018

How Colleen Wagner's play The Monument became a story about murdered and missing Indigenous women by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Métis director Jani Lauzon hopes to change minds about the realities of truth and reconciliation through Factory Theatre production.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00pm on March 8, 2018

Nina Lee Aquino adds a layer of truth-telling to The Drawer Boy by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Casting an Indigenous and a Black actor as farmers who suppress past trauma reframes Michael Healey's classic as a parable of colonization, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:45pm on March 8, 2018

For Karen Kain, the National Ballet's Sleeping Beauty is personal by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

Karen Kain's career soared when she performed in The Sleeping Beauty. Now, her dancing days behind her, she's keeping the ballet alive for new generations.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:36pm on March 8, 2018

After Wrestling at Factory Theatre has us fighting … to understand by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Despite strong performances and an adventurous production, elements of After Wrestling leave our critic perplexed.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on March 5, 2018

Honest emotion and raw carnality make Bunny a smash by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Hannah Moscovitch's play focuses fully on a woman's inner life and her sexuality, anchored by a magnificently realized performance by Maev Beaty, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:48pm on March 2, 2018
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