Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Family angst, pure theatrical bliss by J. Kelly Nestruck

Shaw Festival’s new production of the Tennessee Williams classic features a pair of performances that will knock your socks off

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:30pm on May 27, 2011☆⚑

The many resurrections of Jesus Christ Superstar by Dave McGinn

With the Stratford Shakespeare Festival staging the latest version of Jesus Christ Superstar, Dave McGinn surveys four decades of a rock-opera classic

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:30pm on May 27, 2011☆⚑

Shaw’s Heartbreak House more absurd than romantic by J. Kelly Nestruck

The acting is skillful, but the show runs long and it’s not always clear what tack director Christopher Newton is taking

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:09pm on May 26, 2011☆⚑

Heartbreak House: Surrealist play will test, but not sap, patience by J. Kelly Nestruck

Shaw Festival’s fascinating, well-acted production features skyscraping speeches, ‘strange seas of thought’

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:39am on May 26, 2011☆⚑

Stephen King-John Mellencamp musical ready for the stage

Pair teamed up 11 years ago to write play about ghosts in a cabin

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:56am on May 25, 2011☆⚑

‘Tear the Curtain!’ leads the way in Jessie nominations by Marsha Lederman

Theatre/film hybrid receives 10 nods in annual Vancouver theatre awards

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 8:30pm on May 24, 2011☆⚑

Paris/Toronto Project offers sombre strength and beauty in motion by Paula Citron

Christopher House reaches across the Atlantic to bring in new blood

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 6:16pm on May 24, 2011☆⚑

Profane ‘Book of Mormon’ takes five Drama Desk Awards

Brian Bedford wins featuring acting award for role he originated in Stratford

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:22pm on May 24, 2011☆⚑

Toronto improv trio teases out the laughs by Brad Wheeler

The National Theatre of The World improvises from well-known playwright’s scripts

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:12pm on May 23, 2011☆⚑

Trio teases out the laughs by Brad Wheeler

The National Theatre of The World improvises from well-known playwright’s scripts

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:12pm on May 23, 2011☆⚑

Christopher Newton: What Shaw taught me by J. Kelly Nestruck

Artistic director Christopher Newton is tackling George Bernard Shaw’s masterpiece Heartbreak House for the third time at this season’s Shaw Festival. He shares several decades of …

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 8:00am on May 21, 2011☆⚑

Production highlights from Shaw 2011

Scenes from some of the works on this season's Shaw Festival playbill

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 8:00am on May 21, 2011☆⚑

Shakespeare in Stratford: A tradition in preview by Staff

The Globe and Mail starts its coverage of this summer’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 6:30pm on May 20, 2011☆⚑

Setting the scene at Stratford

Globe and Mail photographer Fernando Morales captures some of the behind-the-scenes preparation at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:30pm on May 20, 2011☆⚑

A Borges story becomes brilliant theatre by Paula Citron

Daniel Brooks and Diego Matamoros have turned The Aleph into a perfect gem of a play for Soulpepper

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:30pm on May 20, 2011☆⚑

Rousing toast to Jewish life is a class act by Paula Citron

A new musical revue salutes four great Jewish vaudevillians, then weaves together 34 songs from 13 musicals

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:53pm on May 19, 2011☆⚑

Bryna Wasserman leaving Montreal to head oldest theatre in New York by Matthew Hays Montreal

Veteran Montreal director leaves a legacy of building the city’s Segal Centre into a major cultural force

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:30pm on May 16, 2011☆⚑

Vancouver actor suffers stroke during performance of ‘Hairspray’ by Marsha Lederman

Jay Brazeau hit with minor stroke backstage, forcing cancellation of show

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:18pm on May 13, 2011☆⚑

A masterful German program from Les Grands Ballets by Paula Citron

Montreal troupe showcases best of modern German choreography

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00pm on May 13, 2011☆⚑

Fronteras Americanas: Remount without a cause by J. Kelly Nestruck

One-man show about being a hyphenated Canadian won a G-G’s Award on its 1993 debut, but now just feels dated

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 3:17pm on May 12, 2011☆⚑

Reboot of Broadway's troubled ‘Spider-Man’ set to take off

Broadway's most expensive (and most jinxed) show back after three-week hiatus to fix multiple problems

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:53pm on May 12, 2011☆⚑

Peggy Baker at the AGO: An intimate encounter in a public place by Paula Citron

Live action meets paintings and sculptures as the AGO hosts a series of simultaneous dance performances

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:28pm on May 12, 2011☆⚑

An intimate encounter in a public place by Paula Citron

Interior with moving figures

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 1:28pm on May 12, 2011☆⚑

The You Show: Love, loss and conflict from a master storyteller by Kaija Pepper

Crystal Pite’s Canadian premiere of "The You Show" brings fierce physical language to the stage

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:01pm on May 11, 2011☆⚑

Love, loss and conflict from a master storyteller by Kaija Pepper

Crystal Pite’s Canadian premiere of The You Show brings fierce physical language to the stage

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 2:01pm on May 11, 2011☆⚑