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The Second City to unveil new home in Toronto " with three theatres, a restaurant and a piece of comedy history by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

The improv sketch comedy troupe's sprawling 28,700-square-foot venue at One York Street officially opens Nov. 30.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:00am on October 31, 2022

From Toronto stages to the 'Interview With the Vampire' writers' room, playwright Hannah Moscovitch is having a moment by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

Moscovitch's corporate drama 'Post-Democracy' premieres at Tarragon Theatre in November.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:49pm on October 29, 2022

'Mean Girls' receives an uneven musical update but with Tina Fey's signature humour still intact by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

The 2004 film has been refreshed for the social media age, showcasing Fey's masterful wit, but Jeff Richmond's and Nell Benjamin's score drags down the production.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:59pm on October 28, 2022

'The Waltz' at Factory Theatre is a sweet romance with substance by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

This sequel to Marie Beath Badian's "Prairie Nurse" shows how the lives of that play's heroines diverged and shaped the experiences of their Filipino-Canadian offspring.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:24pm on October 28, 2022

Calgary native brings solo show about anti-brown racism to off-Broadway by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

"Being a Canadian expat out here in the States, I've seen this rise of xenophobia firsthand. And it's felt very scary at times," says Sundeep Morrison.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on October 28, 2022

Are Toronto theatregoers having too much fun? These Broadway productions show theatre can challenge, provoke and even offend by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

"A Strange Loop," and revivals of "The Piano Lesson," "Death of a Salesman," "1776" and "Into the Woods" provide daring, stirring and groundbreaking theatre.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on October 28, 2022

Actors allege they are owed thousands after Toronto talent agency ceases operations by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

Artists, some owed more than $22,000, claim Compass and its president withheld payment for months after gigs.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:14pm on October 26, 2022

In 'Human Measure,' multimedia artist Cassils and choreographer Jasmine Albuquerque explore the tension between trans visibility and civil rights by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

The contemporary dance piece transforms the theatre into an analogue dark room " with nothing more than red safety lights illuminating the space.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on October 26, 2022

Trail-blazing actor Gary Farmer on his career, Indigenous representation and receiving the August Schellenberg Award of Excellence by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

For Farmer, advancing honest Indigenous representation onscreen and behind the scenes has been a key pillar of his work.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:10pm on October 25, 2022

In his 'Double Murder' double dance bill, Hofesh Shechter balances bleakness with hope by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

Shechter has paired the violent "Clowns" with the gentler "The Fix" on a world tour that stops at Toronto's Harbourfront.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:06pm on October 24, 2022

'The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale' at Soulpepper is as good as its title and just as charming by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

Haley McGee and director Mitchell Cushman are a dream team, two masterminds with a penchant for controlled chaos and mess, and they're both at the top of their game.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:58am on October 23, 2022

'Indecent' confronts the history of Jewish theatre with style and verve by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

Studio 180's take on Paula Vogel's gorgeous play corrects the record of Sholem Asch's "God of Vengeance," and it does so with heart and grit.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:33pm on October 21, 2022

That's so fetch! Meet the Mirvish It girls lighting up the stage in Tina Fey's 'Mean Girls' by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

"This is an age-old tale. And it'll always be around because it will always matter," says Jasmine Rogers on the staying power of "Mean Girls."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on October 21, 2022

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee on her deliciously devilish turn in 'Dido and Aeneas,' as Opera Atelier returns home to the Elgin Theatre by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

Brueggergosman-Lee stars as the Sorceress in Henry Purcell's baroque opera, a beloved production in Opera Atelier's repertoire

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:00am on October 20, 2022

How do you translate Shakespeare into Mohawk? Ask Stratford Festival artist Wahsontí:io Kirby by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

"Ultimately, it's all to serve," said Wahsontí:io Kirby, who acts in "1939" and contributed Mohawk translations of Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well." "The spirit of the play, to s…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on October 16, 2022

'This is what theatre is supposed to be:' How Paula Vogel's 'Indecent' remembers a century of dramatic censorship by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

"Indecent" premiered on Broadway in 2017 when Vogel was 65 and had already won a Pulitzer Prize for "How I Learned to Drive."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on October 12, 2022

New production of Pina Bausch's version of 'Rite of Spring' features African dance troupe by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

Bausch would almost certainly have been delighted by what the foundation dedicated to preserving her artistic legacy, in partnership with Senegal's internationally renowned African contempor…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:00am on October 12, 2022

Iraqi actor Ahmed Moneka came to Toronto in 2015 and couldn't go home. Now he's on stage in 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Ahmed Moneka marks a professional milestone by playing a major role at a Toronto theatre " one in which he brings his life experience to bear.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on October 10, 2022

Child-army play 'The First Stone' combines the best of theatrical tradition with the worst of human obscenity by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard's haunting story of child slavery and community loss is unspeakably sad " and impeccably well staged.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:53pm on October 7, 2022

Four Canadian theatre directors shortlisted for prestigious Siminovitch Prize by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

The Siminovitch Prize is the most significant theatre award in Canada, worth $100,000 in all.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on October 6, 2022

'Come From Away,' Canada's most successful musical, concludes record-breaking Broadway run by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

The musical took its final bow Sunday, concluding a record-breaking, five-year run at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:30pm on October 2, 2022

This 'Jaws' play didn't need a bigger theatre by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The waves never peak, nor does the action in the intimate three-header 'The Shark is Broken,' now struggling to fill the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:30pm on October 2, 2022

Stage version of 'Singin' in the Rain' makes a delightful splash at the Princess of Wales Theatre by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

There's so much of water, not just during the title song " cue iconic umbrella and lamppost " but also in the grand finale that patrons in the front rows are likely to get wet.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:07pm on September 30, 2022

Climate activism takes centre stage in 'Sea Sick' by journalist Alanna Mitchell by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

Her non-fiction book of the same name won the Grantham Prize for excellence in environmental journalism in 2010.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:30am on September 29, 2022

Why is there a 300-pound shark on King Street West? Because theatre, obviously by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

He's been lovingly nicknamed "The Brucester," and he joins a long line of fibreglass statues made for Mirvish by Gerald McLoughlin.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:43pm on September 28, 2022
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