Toronto's If/Then strings together expectations versus reality, but loses the thread
'Was my lack of interest due to my inability to follow both stories, or could I not follow them because I wasn't interested?'
'Was my lack of interest due to my inability to follow both stories, or could I not follow them because I wasn't interested?'
Viet Thanh Nguyen won for fiction for his debut novel The Sympathizer, while the history prize went to T. J. Stiles for Custer's Trials
Dan's hopes of challenging Mirvish Productions for theatre supremacy in Toronto were dashed by a rough economy and the fact Dancap didn't control its own venue
Transgender theatre-goer walks out of opening-night show after mocking references to the wolf character being a cross-dresser, use of the word "Tranny"
'The rhythmic clapping of the clearly delighted crowd indicated that I was in the grouchy minority'
'Masks slip, the more painfully because neither man suspected he was wearing a mask to begin with'
After the TSO banned Lisitsa for a series of provocative political tweets, the musician played a resounding set at Koerner Hall
This production reflected the virtues of the resourceful Toronto company and perhaps a few of the shortcomings
With a knack for poking fun at all things 6, from the Jays to JT, we got together the cast of Second City's latest revue to review the 6 God, naturally
We are frequently jolted by a phrase so familiar that we think it could have been written yesterday
'The clichés in the writing infect the supporting performances, of which several are mediocre and a couple downright dreadful'
Verdi is taken very seriously by the Sarasota Opera, where the conductor Victor DeRenzi has been firmly in charge of matters artistic for 34 years
The marriage in Blood Wedding is cursed before it happens, and the play echoes that sentiment
'Should I have put back more into English theatre than I have? In truth I never really had the desire to'
'Twinned with the ill-fated events of our time... It speaks to the enduring, contemporary relevance'
Even set in a province where memory is a fetish, the play doesn't work hard enough to establish its political dimension
Cross is at his best when he shifts into long monologues of resentment-filled dogma that spiral into increasing absurdity
David French's 1979 play Jitters is back on at Soulpepper, and the cast could teach you a thing or two about learning to just breathe
Seven years ago, at a White House poetry slam, creator Lin-Manuel Miranda performed the first slice of the show for the Obamas
David French's play " premiered in 1984, set in 1925 - has two characters. Jain's version gives it three
It was an esteemed show, if not quite a hit, on Broadway 10 years ago and has been brought to us now by Acting Up Stage
My condiments to the chef
A wildly successful entrepreneur, Stuart received two Emmys, 13 Emmy noms and an ACTRA Award for lifetime achievement
Winterson will share The Gap of Time, which revisits The Winter's Tale, while Jacobson's Shylock Is My Name will be his release
Mirvish Productions announces five new musicals for the upcoming season