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What it looks like when a group of amateurs run away to join Montreal's Complètement Cirque Festival by Words By Mike Doherty; Photos By Christinne Muschi, Special To National Post

There, in front of some 3500 people, acrobats jump, lift, twist and dangle, while the citizens join in the roiling choreography

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 4:02pm on July 13, 2016[SHARE]

The music might miss its mark, but Mirvish's Matilda is a fast and slick production by Robert Cushman

The standout? Dan Chameroy as Trunchbull, who 'brings something to the role and to the show that I never thought to see'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 1:54pm on July 8, 2016[SHARE]

The immersive escape game phenomenon gets new life by plunging players into the real world by Calummarsh

Escape-games get you out in the world, and invite you to manipulate it directly " no joysticks, no keyboards, no touch screens

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:19pm on July 5, 2016[SHARE]

Toronto Fringe Festival award winners Cam Baby and Life After deserve their early honours by Robert Cushman

The two productions arrive at this year's Fringe as winners of the festival's awards for Best Play and Best Musical

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 1:23pm on July 5, 2016[SHARE]

A guide to navigating Toronto's Fringe Festival and its last year collaborating with Honest Ed's by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

Part of the fun of Fringe is seeing theatre outside of its usual context, and some of these shows are taking that far more literally than others

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 6:30pm on June 29, 2016[SHARE]

'Palpable and moving': Stratford Festival's A Chorus Line beats strong with sentimentality by Robert Cushman

'The audience dutifully applaud as if they'd been given a happy ending though it is, at the most, bittersweet'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 5:50pm on June 28, 2016[SHARE]

Mirvish musical Kinky Boots among big winners at Dora Mavor Moore Awards by The Canadian Press

The Mirvish musical, featuring a score by pop star Cyndi Lauper, nabbed three awards in the musical theatre division

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 11:40am on June 28, 2016[SHARE]

Can classical music reach a new audience through unlikely venues? by Colin Eatock, Special To National Post

'It's an engagement strategy based on the idea that context matters " that an arrestingly unusual venue can alter the way a classical concert is perceived'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 11:24am on June 27, 2016[SHARE]

Dancer Ferri flies in the face of Father Time with role of Juliet on the Metropolitan Opera House stage by Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times

Alessandra Ferri left the stage " as most dancers do " in her mid 40s, but the 53-year-old returns to dance the teenage Juliet in New York

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 4:19pm on June 23, 2016[SHARE]

Stratford's Shakespeare in Love and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe offer real talent and wit by Robert Cushman

Shakespeare in Love is in repertory through October 16; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe through November 5

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 4:19pm on June 23, 2016[SHARE]

Charna Halpern is the hidden architect behind comedy legends, but few outside the industry know her name by Jason Zinoman, The New York Times

Halpern is the co-founder and owner of the iO, with booking power on Saturday Night Live that has birthed icons

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 4:19pm on June 23, 2016[SHARE]

Where everybody knows your name: Television series Cheers is getting adapted for the stage by Mark Pratt, The Associated Press

'The main through-line is the relationship between Sam and Diane but done in a way so it feels fresh'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 4:03pm on June 22, 2016[SHARE]

Combining dance, music and video, the power of 'monumental' is in the minutiae by Matt Bobkin

Exploring the idea that 'the monumental is in the minutiae,' The Holy Body Tattoo's remount integrates music, video, dance for an experience of totality

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 8:02pm on June 17, 2016[SHARE]

Can we add Jared Leto to the list of true Method actors, like Brando, De Niro and Pacino? by Robbie Collin, The Telegraph

There's always a lot of talk about actors 'disappearing into roles,' but in situations like Leto's Joker, is that what's actually happening?

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 2:00pm on June 17, 2016[SHARE]

'We're both populist and rule-breaking': Laurie Sansom talks The James Plays and Scottish theatre by Robert Cushman

The ambitious Scottish production will be put on by Sansom at the Luminato Festival in Toronto this month

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:40pm on June 15, 2016[SHARE]

If Stratford's Macbeth is straightforward, its As You Like It is anything but by Robert Cushman

Macbeth is in repertory until November 5, while As You Like It is until October 22, both at the Festival Theatre

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:40pm on June 15, 2016[SHARE]

Scarborough high school goes viral in hopes of being first to adapt Broadway smash Hamilton by Matt Bobkin

A video of Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts students performing a musical number from Hamilton has amassed 18,000 views in five days

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 1:42pm on June 15, 2016[SHARE]

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will no longer feature live owls during the show by Christopher D. Shea, The New York Times

In doing what birds do best on one performance night, the owl has apparently written itself out of future stagings of the play

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 1:42pm on June 15, 2016[SHARE]

Tony Awards drew highest ratings in 15 years this week, with nine million viewers by John Koblin, The New York Times

Viewership was fuelled by the popularity of the hit Hamilton, which won 11 Tonys, including the award for Best Musical

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:15pm on June 14, 2016[SHARE]

The Situation Rooms is an immersive journey, opening the fourth wall between spectator and performer by Mike Doherty, Special To National Post

'It's disconcerting to emerge when it's over and then have to deal with the reality of speaking directly to someone, without being issued instructions'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:15pm on June 14, 2016[SHARE]

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and Makeup, as it goes less Gorey and more glam by Matt Bobkin

There may not be a Tony Award for Best Makeup Design, but Brian Strumwasser's work on A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is of worthy calibre

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 7:15pm on June 14, 2016[SHARE]

'Toronto, grow up, become an adult': Luminato Festival artistic director is tired of a city that imagines itself in puberty by Matt Bobkin

By using the Hearn as Luminato's core event space, Jörn Weisbrodt hopes to break down the institutional walls separating facets of artistic expression

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 1:25pm on June 14, 2016[SHARE]

Hamilton wins big at the Tony Awards; Lin-Manuel Miranda recites sonnet about Orlando shooting by Matt Bobkin

The 2016 Tony Awards were dedicated to the victims of the Orlando massacre, with touching commemorations from host James Corden and award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 12:40pm on June 13, 2016[SHARE]

'Why am I alone?' How time off from work opened Kim Cattrall up to the rest of her life by Jane Mulkerrins, The Telegraph

'When you are an achiever, and you've always been OK, people assume you always will be OK'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 6:25pm on June 10, 2016[SHARE]

Outstanding productions of Incident at Vichy and All My Sons honour the memory of Arthur Miller by Robert Cushman

Reviews of Soulpepper's production of Incident at Vichy and the Stratford Festival's performance of All My Sons

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 5:01pm on June 7, 2016[SHARE]
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