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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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

'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[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]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

'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[SHARE]

'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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

'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[SHARE]

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[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]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

'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[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]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]

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[SHARE]
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