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580 stories by "Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic"

The ballet 'MADDADDAM' should be like Margaret Atwood's novels: something you can't put down, says Wayne McGregor by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

McGregor's ballet based on the 'MaddAddam' book trilogy has its world premiere in Toronto Nov. 23 and Atwood's looking forward to being surprised.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 8:00am on November 18, 2022[SHARE]

The music makes this Canadian Stage production of 'Choir Boy' soar by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The play's plotting is not always strong, but its cast, led by Andrew Broderick, digs beautifully into its language and songs.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:31pm on November 14, 2022[SHARE]

Here goes 'UnCovered' again with the music of ABBA by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Latest in Musical Stage Company's 'UnCovered' concert series puts a new spin on the songs of the Swedish supergroup Nov. 8 to 10.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on November 8, 2022[SHARE]

This excellently acted 'Three Sisters' doesn't always connect by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Cavernous theatre and raised stage can put emotional and psychological distance between actors and audience, but it's worth going for Robert Persichini's performance alone.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:12pm on November 4, 2022[SHARE]

'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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

Family bickering and a current of violence keep things dark and edgy in 'Public Enemy' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Canadian Stage boldly launches its 2022-23 season with a precise performance of a troubling play by Québécois provocateur Olivier Choinière

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:51pm on September 25, 2022[SHARE]

Stratford Festival's 2023 season to headline venerable classics, new Canadian works and two musicals by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter,karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Kimberley Rampersad's production of "King Lear" will open the festival, which runs from mid-April through October

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on September 21, 2022[SHARE]

Stratford's 'Hamlet-911' suffers from too many layers of issues and subplots by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The riff-on-'Hamlet' play by Canadian novelist and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald collapses under the weight of all it tries to achieve.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on September 20, 2022[SHARE]

Indigenous stories find expression through Shakespeare in the Stratford Festival's '1939' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Jani Lauzon's and Kaitlyn Riordan's play shows Shakespeare may not necessarily always represent the cold, dead hand of colonialism.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:09pm on September 12, 2022[SHARE]

Stephen Sondheim's 'Gypsy' and Sanskrit epic 'Mahabharata' set for 2023 Shaw Festival season by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic,joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

The theatre's 2023 lineup also features plays by James Baldwin, Edith Wharton and Tom Stoppard.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on August 31, 2022[SHARE]

Wole Soyinka's masterpiece 'Death and the King's Horseman' gets a thrilling Stratford Festival production by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The festival has provided the resources and time to do the script justice and Tawiah M'Carthy leads a world-class company in a staging as moving as it is thought-provoking.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:39pm on August 29, 2022[SHARE]

Stratford's 'The Miser' gets a richly comic reward from star Colm Feore by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Thoroughly up-to-date script and a production right in director Antoni Cimolino's wheelhouse add up to a delight, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:45pm on August 28, 2022[SHARE]

Making theatre safe, culturally specific and nuanced is the job of these professionals by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Stratford and other theatres are turning frequently to consultants in the wake of the #MeToo movement and the global racial reckoning sparked by the murder of George Floyd.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 8:00am on August 25, 2022[SHARE]

Actors shine in a longish modern spin on beloved 'Little Women' at Stratford by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Jordi Mand's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's beloved autobiographical novel as directed by Esther Jun, begins with a delightful flourish but sags in the second half

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:30am on August 13, 2022[SHARE]

Insider tips on where to go, shop and eat in Stratford this summer by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Thinking of taking in a few shows in Festival City? The little Ontario town is more than just theatre.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on August 13, 2022[SHARE]

A tangled love story unfolds with lavish costumes and expert performances in Stratford's 'All's Well That Ends Well' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The riddle of Shakespeare's dark comedy is taken to extremes but comes around to a resolution, thanks to arresting stagecraft and an excellent cast

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:30pm on August 8, 2022[SHARE]

Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' is reimagined as a 'utopia' with talking plants for the Dream in High Park by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Director Anand Rajaram wanted it to work for children or those who don't know Shakespeare. "There's a very strong cartoon esthetic to the show."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on August 4, 2022[SHARE]

Thomas Mitchell Barnet is still figuring out Scorpius Malfoy in 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

"You can't count on getting a part with this much to do, ever. So I'm just trying to enjoy this," Barnet says.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:03pm on August 3, 2022[SHARE]

Two very different Hamlets open a conversation about where the Stratford Festival is heading by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Amaka Umeh is the festival's first female, Black "Hamlet." Mike Shara plays an actor in "Hamlet-911," a "middle-aged white guy making room for the next generation of Hamlets."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 8:00am on August 2, 2022[SHARE]

Pitch-perfect Fringe festival satire takes aim at straight culture's representation of LGBTQ+ experience by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic,theatre Critic

Characters Blake and Clay stage a hilarious presentation calling out stereotypes and hypocrisies in the entertainment industry

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:20pm on July 13, 2022[SHARE]

With a winning smile, Aliya Kanani drops truth bombs at the Fringe festival about doing comedy as a Muslim woman by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The Toronto-based performer is taking this well-structured and entertaining hour of stand-up around the world

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:22pm on July 12, 2022[SHARE]

He went viral with his I-quit-from-Starbucks song. Now comic songwriter Anesti Danelis has a Fringe revue taking aim at self-help books by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Having built a following on YouTube, the Toronto-based artist is back with a new laugh-filled, live-music how

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:34am on July 11, 2022[SHARE]

Trauma clown John Michael's got dead mommy issues and he's coming for you in the remarkably funny 'Meatball Séance' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Audience participation, onstage cooking, and Fleetwood Mac are all on the menu in this award-winning solo show.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:44am on July 9, 2022[SHARE]
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