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'We got one winner and that's wonderful,' says one town resident.
Everything feels spontaneous, lived, felt, and everyone gets a little moment to shine in Shaw Festival production.
Shepard, who died Thursday from complications related to Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at his home in Kentucky, produced 44 plays and was nominated for an Osca…
ShawFest production of Dracula has humour, charming title character, but relies too heavily on vampire clichés.
A soundtrack titan comes to town and a wee music fest fills a void this week.
The production throws Shaw and its audience into the deep end of debates around representation, appropriation and privilege.
Dutch hit Poison, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in concert and Belinda Cornish's Category E also on 2017-18 playbill.
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre presents two Canadian operas about magic in the village, both performed July 28 at Toronto's Robert Gill Theatre.
There are potentially interesting but not groundbreaking themes in Canadian premiere of British Fringe hit.
Actors don whiteface, blackface and redface in Canadian premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' headline-grabbing play.
Bizet's popular opera gets multiple airings throughout the GTHA
Characters' sense of crisis and despair, as evoked by Andrew Garfield and others, carries us past any concerns about current relevance of the play, being performed at London's National Theat…
Developed by artist Santee Smith, this iteration focuses on contemporary and experimental work by Indigenous people around the world.
Audiences attending Billy Bishop Goes to War give spontaneous ovation to Canadian veterans, who say show is authentic.
Canadian Stage production is a bit too high-concept and fuzzy in places.
Johnny Issaluk, Ujarneq Fleischer and Lisa Cromarty co-star in The Breathing Hole, which draws on Inuit knowledge.
This Avenue Road home wasn't just where several Second City stars resided. It was where SCTV ideas were first brought to life.
A nimble neighbourhood, burlesque stars, and an indie between the fests are your leading theatre options.
Flipping the gender of the monarch, and subtler swaps among the rest of the cast, freshens the story. And there's one more change to come when Robert Persichini returns.
Bob and Doug McKenzie reunion just part of what Martin Short touts as a 'loose, fun party.'
WWI play lends sympathy to characters and highlights the brutality of war, but its message doesn't feel new.
A woman playing King Lear should not be an oddity, says Diane D'Aquila, who's doing so for Shakespeare in High Park.
Cast of T.O. return in February includes Lisa Horner, Barbara Fulton, Eliza-Jane Scott and Steffi DiDomenicantonio.
Beloved play's capacity for critical comment has drained away and what's left is self-regarding sentimentality.
Past and present stars, including Colm Feore, Megan Follows and Antoni Cimolino, to gather onstage July 13.
