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Mirvish raises the curtain on new theatre lineup for Toronto including Tina Fey's 'Mean Girls,' and 'Hamilton' by Dorcas Marfo - Staff Reporter

Mirvish lineup includes six main season shows, three off-Mirvish shows and five bonus stagings and marks the long-awaited resumption of Toronto's theatre scene after a 16-month break due to …

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00am on June 8, 2022[SHARE]

Toronto's WeeFestival a thrill for city's littlest theatregoers by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

The festival takes place across Toronto and features programming for children aged 0-6, many of them seeing the curtain open for the first time.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:32pm on June 6, 2022[SHARE]

Amaka Umeh is engrossing and revelatory in the Stratford Festival's 'Hamlet' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Umeh, the first actor of colour to play the role, rivets attention in monologues that take us deeply into her character's thoughts and feelings.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:35pm on June 3, 2022[SHARE]

Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt are still spinning theatre gold from their failure as concert pianists by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

"2 Pianos 4 Hands," based on the theatre artists' unrealized musical dreams, is back for its sixth major Toronto run June 4.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:28pm on June 1, 2022[SHARE]

The Shaw Festival's 'Damn Yankees' isn't a home run, but there are many pleasures by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The show is musically strong and looks great, but large-scale dance numbers feel overextended and there's a spark missing in central relationships.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:45pm on May 30, 2022[SHARE]

Tweaked 'Gaslight' at Shaw Festival is skilled and suspenseful by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

This much-adapted story has been given a smart and satisfying update by Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson, writes Karen Fricker.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:09pm on May 29, 2022[SHARE]

'I imagine in the future, sound permeates': New opera 'R.U.R. A Torrent of Light' integrates technology into performance by Mike Doherty - Special To The Star

World premiere by Tapestry Opera is taking place at OCAD U.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 8:00am on May 29, 2022[SHARE]

From Martin Short, Jayne Eastwood and Paul Shaffer to Victor Garber: The stars of 1972's 'Godspell' share their memories

Never in the history of Canadian theatre has there been a single company whose members would go on to find such success.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on May 29, 2022[SHARE]

Soulpepper's 'Where the Blood Mixes' is a love letter to residential school survivors and the terrain of Lytton, B.C. by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

Director Jani Lauzon and actor Craig Lauzon both feel a sentimental connection to Loring's Governor General's Award-winning text

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:01pm on May 26, 2022[SHARE]

'The job kept me sane': How some Stratford Festival actors filled their days and their pocketbooks when the show couldn't go on by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

This year's opening is a welcome return for a workforce that was particularly hard-hit during the pandemic.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:20pm on May 20, 2022[SHARE]

'Evil Queen' in Grimm-inspired immersive dance project inspired by performer's gender fluidity by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

Joey Arrigo's approach to the Evil Queen was a collaborative one with TranscenDance artistic director Julia Cratchley.

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

Dozens of Indigenous ironworkers died in the Quebec Bridge disaster of 1907. Their story is the inspiration behind 'Sky Dancers' by Michael Crabb Special To The Star

Louis D'Ailleboust, one of the dead, was the great-grandfather of dance artist Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo. Her new work, "Sky Dancers", arrives at Harbourfront Centre this week.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:27pm on May 17, 2022[SHARE]

How 'Come From Away' came back: dogged lobbying and a federal minister who listened by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic,joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

The announcement in December 2021 that the musical would close for good in Toronto kick-started a process that will see it return in 2024.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on May 11, 2022[SHARE]

Indigenous theatre like 'The Herd' is taking up space on main stages, but work remains to be done, say Tara Beagan and Andy Moro by Aisling Murphy - Special To The Star

"The opportunities are great, but these institutions need to offer understanding and time," says set designer Moro. His life partner Beagan is directing the Kenneth T. Williams play at Tarra…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:13pm on May 5, 2022[SHARE]

The world premiere of 'Fall on Your Knees' and Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney's 'Choir Boy' highlight the new Canadian Stage season by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The works in the 2022-23 season "grapple in different ways with discussions about race, climate and political divisiveness that are dominating global conversations right now."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:28pm on May 4, 2022[SHARE]

Wayne McGregor-Margaret Atwood ballet 'MADDADDAM' will finally gets its world premiere in National Ballet of Canada's new season by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Hope Muir's first full season as artistic director also includes works by Alonzo King and David Dawson, and the return of "The Nutcracker," "Cinderella," "Frame by Frame" and "Romeo and Juli…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:00am on May 4, 2022[SHARE]

VideoCabaret is back to being busy on Busy Street in the spirit of its late co-founder Deanne Taylor by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The company has revived its hit 1995 show, "The Cold War " Part One," one of Michael Hollingsworth's epic series of plays lampooning Canadian history.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:19pm on May 3, 2022[SHARE]

A mythical creature and human misbehaviour are at the heart of Guillaume Côté's 'Crypto' by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

"Let's say it's an adult fairy tale," says the dancer and choreographer of his multimedia work, which draws inspiration from cryptozoology and "The Little Mermaid."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:30pm on May 2, 2022[SHARE]

'Is God Is,' an 'audacious piece' of theatre about Black twin sisters on an epic journey of revenge, makes its Canadian debut by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The play presents "Black women in a way that I hadn't seen them portrayed onstage before," says director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:09pm on May 2, 2022[SHARE]

Drinking, insults and stunning poetry paint a portrait of two CanLit icons in 'among men' by Sue Carter - Special To The Star

Canadian poets take centre stage in David Yee's play about Milton Acorn and Al Purdy at Factory Theatre and "The Shape of Home: Songs in Search of Al Purdy" from the Festival Players of Prin…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:21pm on April 27, 2022[SHARE]

Baritone Simone Piazzola celebrates 200 performances as Giorgio Germont in 'La Traviata' by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

"The challenge is not to make this character a villain," says Piazzola, who will mark his first 200 performances with the Canadian Opera Company May 3.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:27pm on April 26, 2022[SHARE]

A mother's fear for her Black son animates the play 'Pipeline.' Director Weyni Mengesha and actor Akosua Amo-Adem can relate by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The play's title refers to the school-to-prison pipeline, the policies and procedures that send a disproportionate number of Black students toward the criminal justice system.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:34pm on April 11, 2022[SHARE]

Visually arresting and emotionally rich, Emma Donoghue's 'Room' is boldly realized for the stage by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

Though lacking the playful humour of the novel and the propulsive drive of the Oscar-winning movie, the play with music still resonates.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:07am on April 9, 2022[SHARE]

Two theatre friends dive beneath the surface in 'The House of Bernarda Alba' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Soheil Parsa is directing Beatriz Pizano in the play by Federico Garcia Lorca, about a domineering matriarch who essentially puts her five adult daughters under house arrest after the death …

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:21pm on April 7, 2022[SHARE]

Another male dancer leaves the National Ballet as Brendan Saye departs for Vienna by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

The National Ballet of Canada needs an experienced man to take his place. Artistic director Hope Muir says she has a plan.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:46pm on April 7, 2022[SHARE]
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