National Ballet: The smoke clears to reveal a triumph by Paula Citron

Program devoted to American choreographers mixes the sweet neoclassical with explosive contemporary

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:13pm on June 16, 2011☆⚑

The smoke clears to reveal a triumph by Paula Citron

Program devoted to American choreographers mixes the sweet neoclassical with explosive contemporary

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:13pm on June 16, 2011☆⚑

A mother and daughter reunion by J. Kelly Nestruck

With 50 women onstage all at once, Tout Comme Elle sums up the human paradox of being alone while being together

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 6:01pm on June 15, 2011☆⚑

More bladder-busting laughs from Women Fully Clothed quartet by Brad Wheeler

If there was a dry seat in the house, it was a tribute to absorbent underwear

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:41pm on June 15, 2011☆⚑

Spider-Man swings back to normal by Adam Feldman

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SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:13pm on June 15, 2011☆⚑

Spider-Man swings back toward normal by Adam Feldman

TWO AND A HALF STARS

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:13pm on June 15, 2011☆⚑

Lloyd Webber’s Stratford trip spurs Superstar chatter

Epic rock-opera composer pays a visit to Shakespeare Festival, which is staging the musical this season

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:34pm on June 14, 2011☆⚑

International dream team wrestles with TAJ’s repetitive script by Paula Citron

There is a beautiful production within the concept but producer Lata Pada should rework the writing and integrate the actors with the dancers

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:26pm on June 13, 2011☆⚑

A thrilling Iraq-inflected update of a Racine masterpiece by Martin Morrow

Khanjian pours scorching intensity into her role as anguished mother in reinterpretation of classic about obsessive love

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:23pm on June 13, 2011☆⚑

One Thousand and One Nights is a night too long by J. Kelly Nestruck

Scheherazade could keep her audience at the edge of the seat, but part of this production doesn’t

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:17pm on June 13, 2011☆⚑

Glee is shamelessly happy, and oddly infectious by Lynn Crosbie

The cast of the hit show sang, danced and pleased a crowd of 20,000

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:14pm on June 13, 2011☆⚑

‘The Book of Mormon’ steals the show at Tony Awards by Mark Kennedy

Host Neil Patrick Harris opens with dancing nuns, sailors, flight attendants and Mormons

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 9:04pm on June 12, 2011☆⚑

Tony Awards kick off with two ‘The Normal Heart' wins by Mark Kennedy

Host Neil Patrick Harris opens with dancing nuns, sailors, flight attendants and Mormons

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 9:04pm on June 12, 2011☆⚑

Celebrities walk the red carpet at the Tonys

Who do you think is the best and worst dressed at the 65th annual Tony Awards?

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 8:34pm on June 12, 2011☆⚑

Tony Awards celebrities walk the red carpet

Who do you think is the best and worst dressed at the 65th annual Tony Awards?

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 8:34pm on June 12, 2011☆⚑

Staging rebellion: images from the Luminato production of Arabian Nights

Tim Supple's two-part, six-hour reimagining of the exotic literary classic makes its world debut at Luminato this weekend.

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 8:00am on June 11, 2011☆⚑

Luminato's new reading of Arabian Nights by Kate Taylor

Debut staging of the Scheherazade story is part of a showcase that seeks to reveal the home truths of Arab culture

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 8:00am on June 11, 2011☆⚑

Bob Martin: from Drowsy Chaperon to sitcom shrink by Gayle Macdonald

His complex relationship with one neurotic patient is the focus of the new CBC-TV series

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:30pm on June 10, 2011☆⚑

Opera at Spoleto over the moon - sometimes a bit too far by Paula Citron

Three productions at Spoleto USA are decidedly ambitious, but occasionally could do with a less-is-more approach

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:00pm on June 10, 2011☆⚑

Bard on the Beach 2011: Shakespeare, as we like him by Marsha Lederman

Under a bigger (and more comfortable) new tent, Bard on the Beach delivers Shakespeare’s As You Like It with a stunning view of English Bay

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:00pm on June 10, 2011☆⚑

The Book of Mormon: South Park takes the missionary position by J. Kelly Nestruck

Trey Parker and Matt Stone hit the bull’s eye with an irreverent and heartwarming take on two American naifs’ Mormon mission to Uganda

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:00pm on June 10, 2011☆⚑

Spoleto USA sees surreal and eccentric lives on stage by Paula Citron

The performing arts extravaganza put a spotlight on experimental work from the British Isles

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:44pm on June 9, 2011☆⚑

Dora Mavor Moore Awards give multiple nods to a train, a toad, a brothel and Blasted by Martin Morrow

Soulpepper Theatre Company, the Canadian Opera Company and Billy Elliot also fare well as the finalists announced ahead of June 27 awards ceremony

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:31pm on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Wainwright opera, ‘Billy Elliot’ among Dora nominees

Soulpepper and Cahoots lead the way with nine nominations each

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:31pm on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Toronto theatre critics name inaugural award winners by J. Kelly Nestruck

Stephen Massicotte's The Clockmaker takes honours as the best Canadian play of the 2010-2011 season

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 6:00pm on June 6, 2011☆⚑