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No reviews but food for thought at the Rhubarb Festival by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

2018 edition includes works by Yolanda Bonnell, Diana Lopez Soto, Lois Weaver, Chayla Hunter, Vivek Shraya and plenty more.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:00pm on February 6, 2018

Five ways to fix Canada's theatre schools by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Five instructors offer clear solutions to help make school, and professional theatre, a safer space for young actors.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:05pm on February 3, 2018

Bang Bang's topical gambles pay off for playwright by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Kat Sandler's latest creation drops us into the aftermath of a police shooting and we find not only thoughtful drama but rip-roaring comedy.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00am on February 3, 2018

Progress theatre festival brings 'transgressive work' to Toronto by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Progress curators explain why local audiences should see work like Race Cards, Dis Merci and LOST in TRANS.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:00pm on February 2, 2018

Female-focused Medieval Times show bound for Toronto by Victoria Ahearn - The Canadian Press

The new show with the queen in the lead role is already in three U.S. cities and will launch in Toronto later this year.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:47pm on January 31, 2018

Canadian Stage faces leadership uncertainty of its own by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Theatre company has not yet begun search for successor to Matthew Jocelyn, who leaves in June.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:00pm on January 30, 2018

Dark Heart a smart, sexy thriller on settler-Indigenous relationships in 17th-century New France by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Genevieve Adam's Dark Heart has written seven rich characters whose lives are revealed to be intertwined in fascinating and often quite unexpected ways, Karen Fricker writes.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:26pm on January 27, 2018

Measha Brueggergosman returns to Opera Atelier by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Soprano to reprise role of Elettra in Mozart's Idomeneo in 2018-19 season, with Colin Ainsworth in title role.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:52pm on January 26, 2018

Declarations is a devastating but joyous statement about life and grief by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Cast is superb in Jordan Tannahill's interdisciplinary production created in response to mother's cancer diagnosis.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:48pm on January 26, 2018

Brodsky/Baryshnikov a reflection on aging and testament to Baryshnikov's ongoing creativity by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Legendary ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov radiates life and wisdom in tribute to the poet Joseph Brodsky.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:24pm on January 25, 2018

Residencies let Theatre Centre's offbeat ideas bear fruit by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Unconventional structure and approach to funding paying off, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:18pm on January 23, 2018

Mikhail Baryshnikov finds the motion in the poetry of Joseph Brodsky by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

Ballet superstar says he won't be dancing so much as evoking the spirit of the words in Brodsky/Baryshnikov.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:00pm on January 22, 2018

Racial drama Calpurnia is smart and important " but imperfect by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Insightful script and cast overcome a few implausible moments in tale of dinner party gone wrong, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:28pm on January 22, 2018

Ingenuity enlivens Bears' ecological message and lets us in on hero's journey by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Clever staging places the audience in a more natural frame of mind, the better for lead Sheldon Elter to lead us on the chase, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:54am on January 22, 2018

Indigenous-led production Bears combines ingenuity, humour and a powerful message by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Bears, a production from Edmonton currently visiting Toronto's Theatre Centre, pulls off the improbable task of translating a thrilling chase story to the theatre, while leaving the audience…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:33pm on January 20, 2018

COC's Rigoletto plays into debate on male entitlement by John Terauds - Special To The Star

In recent months, we've confronted the self-entitlement of so many men. Yet we continue to hum "La donna e mobile."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on January 20, 2018

Soulpepper resumes with all-too-timely A Delicate Balance by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Edward Albee classic A Delicate Balance a good fit for a theatre company still reeling from sexual harassment allegations against founder Albert Schultz.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:15pm on January 19, 2018

Krapp's Last Tape shows Theatre Passe Muraille's best years are far from gone by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Under Mac Fyfe's direction, Bob Nasmith is pitch-perfect as the regretful character in Beckett's 1958 monologue.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:59pm on January 19, 2018

2 Ontario school boards cut funding for musical play about gay couple's fight to attend prom by Peter Goffin - The Canadian Press

The two London-area school boards said they had concerns with language and portrayals in the play's script, which takes a portion of its dialogue directly from court transcripts.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:08pm on January 18, 2018

Alexander Graham Bell's deaf wife is the focus of new play Silence by Victoria Ahearn - The Canadian Press

'Mabel Hubbard was a genius in her own right,' says playwright Trina Davies.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:00pm on January 16, 2018

Stratford Festival kicks off $100-million fundraising campaign by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Money will be used to rebuild Tom Patterson Theatre and fund the programs to be contained in it.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:53pm on January 15, 2018

Exploration of homophobia fallout in My Funny Valentine disconnected by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Play delving into responses to school shooting could improve with stronger connections between the characters, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:26pm on January 13, 2018

Mother-daughter relationship takes centre stage in Lear, Groundling's innovative take on a Shakespeare classic by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Seana McKenna's all-out, heart-wrenching performance as Queen Lear is more than enough to recommend Graham Abbey's production, Karen Fricker writes.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:37pm on January 13, 2018

Bard rockers a bit out of tune in Tarragon's Hamlet by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Production's use of rock music has its moments but it often swamps and flattens the characters, writes Carly Maga.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:31pm on January 12, 2018

Soulpepper set to stage its next show after Albert Schultz allegations by Victoria Ahearn - The Canadian Press

As A Delicate Balance nears premiere, the Schultz scandal poses a conundrum for patrons and artists alike.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:24pm on January 11, 2018
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