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'Girls and Boys' is a painful solo show about loss and betrayal. But for Fiona Mongillo, the play's future at Crow's Theatre couldn't be mor by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

'Girls and Boys' made a splash in Stratford last summer, a quick jaunt from the behemoth Stratford Festival. Its upcoming remount will play at the Streetcar Crowsnest in Toronto.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:56pm on January 10, 2023[SHARE]

'Fifteen Dogs' at Crow's Theatre offers a dog's eye view of Toronto by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

This month Crow's Theatre is producing the world premiere stage version of "Fifteen Dogs," adapted and directed by Marie Farsi and featuring a cast of six.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on January 10, 2023[SHARE]

'It's been the greatest adventure of my life': Panto legend Ross Petty says farewell by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

Petty took his final bow Saturday, bidding adieu to Toronto's yearly Christmas pantomime after 25 years.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:32pm on January 8, 2023[SHARE]

For Ann-Marie MacDonald, a 'Fall on Your Knees' theatrical adaptation was inevitable by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

MacDonald says she always saw her groundbreaking novel "as a 3D experience for the reader." Part One opens in Toronto Jan. 20.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on January 6, 2023[SHARE]

From Soulpepper to Stratford, here are the Star's top theatre picks for 2022 by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter,aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter,karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Live theatre came back blazing to Toronto and the GTA in 2022.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on December 26, 2022[SHARE]

Top 5 opera, dance and classical music experiences from 2022 by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star,joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

Post-pandemic life saw companies entering a brave new world marked by unpredictable and shifting consumer habits, declining attendance rates and general economic uncertainty

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:00am on December 24, 2022[SHARE]

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a crowd-pleaser but shows its age at times by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The show's simple, hooky premise " a song cycle in different pop genres retelling the Biblical story of Joseph " is an opportunity for one spectacular musical number after another

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:46pm on December 17, 2022[SHARE]

Bad Hats Theatre's 'Alice in Wonderland' is a love letter to childhood by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

This "Alice in Wonderland" is nothing short of a delight " and Bad Hats Theatre puts on a very good show.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:12pm on December 15, 2022[SHARE]

Can Christmas shopping be viewed as a form of theatre? Well, sort of by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

When retail stores deck the halls for holiday shopping, they're using many of the same tenets of design that make theatrical productions pop, according to experts in both fields.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:23pm on December 15, 2022[SHARE]

There's no blubber in this stunning 'Moby Dick' at Harbourfront Centre by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

This isn't the "Moby Dick" of your high school English classroom and these aren't the puppets from days of Jim Henson yore.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:35pm on December 14, 2022[SHARE]

Entertaining and hard-hitting, ''da Kink in My Hair' still holds up 20 years later by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

New Soulpepper and TO Live production is updated with topical references while maintaining the dramatic situation and structure that are key to the play's success.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:09pm on December 12, 2022[SHARE]

National Ballet's triumphant return of The Nutcracker by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

Tchaikovsky's classic ballet is back with many changes " all of them good.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:52pm on December 11, 2022[SHARE]

Jac Yarrow is living the dream as star of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

From Jac Yarrow's offstage charisma to his vocal chops, it's clear why Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber chose him as his leading man.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:49pm on December 9, 2022[SHARE]

Ross Petty and Toronto pantomime favourites take one last bow in the delightful 'Peter's Final Flight' by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

Dan Chameroy, Eddie Glen and Sara-Jeanne Hosie return for a magical final goodbye.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:25pm on December 9, 2022[SHARE]

Forget the 'hoity-toity tuxes and gowns' " at Opera Revue you can cheer and holler. No shushing allowed by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

Events by companies like Opera Revue, Against the Grain and Tapestry Opera are part of an effort to make the art form more accessible.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on December 8, 2022[SHARE]

Cirque du Soleil will return to Toronto next spring with touring show 'Kooza' by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

The Montreal-based circus company will bring their iconic big top to the site of the former Mr. Christie factory.

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

WinterSong's 'Holiday Season' show gives high school-age hopefuls a leg up in the dance world by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre's annual WinterSong performance features the lore and traditions around the winter solstice.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:00am on December 6, 2022[SHARE]

The Second City has a swanky new venue, but its inaugural main stage show, 'Home Sweet New Home,' can't compete by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

The spirited ensemble draws some laughs from the material, but some of it feels stale and overlong.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:07pm on December 5, 2022[SHARE]

Revisiting 'da Kink': Playwright Trey Anthony on theatre, hair and Black self-love by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

"The staying power of ''da Kink in My Hair' is rooted in authenticity. And truth," says Anthony. "Everyone wants to feel seen, heard, listened to, loved, accepted."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on December 2, 2022[SHARE]

Ross Petty couldn't leave 25 years of pantos behind without playing his 'favourite evil person' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Now that his company's holiday pantos are coming to an end, Petty will take one final bow as Captain Hook in "Peter's Final Flight."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on December 2, 2022[SHARE]

Francophone stage director Marie Brassard wins prestigious Siminovitch Prize by Aisling Murphy - Staff Reporter

"It's especially lovely because I've been chosen by my peers," says groundbreaking director Brassard.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:30pm on December 1, 2022[SHARE]

'Shenanigans and love happen': Alexis Gordon welcomes her role in 'White Christmas' after a year of darker theatre material by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Gordon won a Dora Award for "Room" and starred in "The Doctor's Dilemma," with more to come in 2023. She's tired, but it's a "champagne problem."

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on December 1, 2022[SHARE]

Actors' union to assist performers with recovery of unpaid wages after criticism it did not warn members for weeks by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

ACTRA Toronto said in an email it was reaching out to the production companies involved to recover cheques that were cashed by a talent agency which has ceased operations.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:24pm on November 30, 2022[SHARE]

Meet the band behind Mirvish's 'Fisherman's Friends' musical by Joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

These sea shanty-singing Cornish men started a 'buoy band,' inked a million-dollar-plus record deal and now have a musical celebrating their unlikely story, playing at the Royal Alexandra Th…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:00am on November 30, 2022[SHARE]

Allan Louis is excellent as pioneering Black actor Ira Aldridge in 'Red Velvet' by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Lolita Chakrabarti's 2012 play is an ambitious work of activist theatre history served up in an entertaining package of 19th-century backstage drama.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 2:30pm on November 28, 2022[SHARE]
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