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Thursday, January 19, 2017

What comedian Sandra Shamas is watching and reading by Brad Wheeler

Call them the seeds of her content. This time of year, the unsinkable comedian and vegetable enthusiast Sandra Shamas reads seed guides as she envisions her summer garden. The annual catalog…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:46PM
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Director Christopher Newton wins Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award by Brad Wheeler

The biennial award honours a Canadian artist who demonstrates excellence in the performing arts and who is dedicated to the championing of the arts

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:51PM
Thursday, January 5, 2017

Kristen Thomson on her new comedic play The Wedding Party by Brad Wheeler

Actress-playwright Kristen Thomson talks about progression of her career and the theatrical elements of weddings

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:42PM
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Playwright-performer Bessie Cheng warms up Next Stage Theatre Festival with Silk Bath by Brad Wheeler

Silk Bath is a fake reality show in which immigrants battle Hunger Games-style for citizenship

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:36PM
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Pembroke Welsh corgis Butters and Hachi add adorability to The Audience by Brad Wheeler

Although the fabulous Fiona Reid stars as the Queen in the upcoming production of Peter Morgan’s The Audience at the Royal Alex, some applause will undoubtedly go to corgis Butters and Hac…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:34PM

Standing room only for Canadian-made musical Come From Away by Brad Wheeler

According the Mirvish Productions, the show sold more than $1.7-million of new tickets in the days following its opening on Nov. 23

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:40AM
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Comedian Mark Forward on making a career in stand-up by Brad Wheeler

Comedian Mark Forward, who is about to tape his first comedy special, talks to The Globe about his early days and what drove him to succeed

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:23PM
Monday, December 5, 2016

Vampires, and other things Sean Cullen is into right now by Brad Wheeler

His tastes run so dark we’re getting seasonal affective disorder just hearing about it

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:01PM
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Actor-playwright Daniel MacIvor on his connection to Spalding Gray by Brad Wheeler

Daniel MacIvor, the actor-playwright, explores in a one-man play his own dark connections with monologist who killed himself in 2004

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:17PM

Greta Hodgkinson celebrates 25th anniversary at National Ballet by Brad Wheeler

On Nov. 26, during the evening performance, Hodgkinson will be honoured as she dances opposite Guillaume Côté as Eugene Onegin

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:03PM
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

NAC pulling out all the stops for Canada’s 150th birthday bash by Brad Wheeler

National Arts Centre’s programming will feature more than 1,000 artists

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:00AM
Thursday, November 10, 2016

DAREarts brings storytelling workshops to remote Ogoki Post by Brad Wheeler

Charity that empowers young at-risk Canadians visits remote place in Marten Falls First Nation

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:07PM
Monday, November 7, 2016

Fight Night: A fun and lively satiric exercise in democracy by Brad Wheeler

Fight Night by Ontroerend Goed gives attendees a hand-held voting gadget, then makes them complicit in a dynamic and playful skewering of democracy

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:44PM
Thursday, November 3, 2016

Fight Night explores playful electoral cynicism by Brad Wheeler

The show at Panasonic Theatre invites audiences to probe their own political inclinations

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:12PM

What actress Cara Ricketts is reading and watching by Brad Wheeler

Is he or she the one? Is it in the stars?Constellations , from the gifted British playwright Nick Payne, explores the possibilities of love and the idea of infinite universes. In advance of …

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:03PM
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Alistair McDowall’s urban-horror play Pomona lands in Toronto by Brad Wheeler

The young ARC company will stage Pomona in an industrial-type setting

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:04PM
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Harrison James is a dashing star on the rise at the National Ballet by Brad Wheeler

The New Zealander is one of four dancers cast as Prince Charming in next month’s production of Cinderella

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:06PM
Thursday, September 29, 2016

What comedian Tim Meadows is watching, reading and listening to by Brad Wheeler

The long-time cast member of Saturday Night Live says he is a Howard Stern fan

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:22PM
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Norm Macdonald finds another comedic outlet with new memoir by Brad Wheeler

Stand-up comic’s book is revealing in its saner, more reflective moments

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:11PM
Thursday, September 22, 2016

What comedian Dana Gould is watching and reading by Brad Wheeler

American standup comedian and television writer Dana Gould says he ‘binged’ Stranger Things

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:39PM
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Why you should check out DeAnne Smith at JFL42 by Brad Wheeler

DeAnne Smith, an established comedian with a potential for a breakthrough any moment now

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:47AM
Thursday, September 8, 2016

Actor James Hayes on Laurence Olivier and nationally subsidized theatre by Brad Wheeler

The Irish actor is now coming to Toronto with the Abbey Theatre, which is the national theatre of Ireland, for its production of The Plough and the Stars

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:44PM
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Avi Hoffman discusses Yiddish take on Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman by Brad Wheeler

Yiddish production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman will be presented at the Toronto Centre for the Arts

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:55PM

What comedian Rebecca Kohler is watching and waiting for by Brad Wheeler

Rebecca Kohler discusses ESPN’s O.J. Simpson documentary and upcoming festival City of Craft

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:30PM
Thursday, August 18, 2016

What Ron Sexsmith is reading and listening to by Brad Wheeler

The Toronto singer-songwriter has written a novel, Deer Life

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:02PM
Friday, August 12, 2016

Toronto Fringe show Tonight’s Cancelled looks at anxieties of sketch comedians by Brad Wheeler

The show interspersed sketches with short soliloquies in which two comedians discuss their own in-flux situations as it pertained to their careers and personal lives

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:34PM
Thursday, August 11, 2016

What performer Adam Lazarus is watching and reading by Brad Wheeler

Master clown Adam Lazarus stars in Daughter at the SummerWorks festival

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:44PM
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Theatre actress Natasha Mumba shows promising start to Shaw career by Brad Wheeler

Natasha Mumba stars in the Shaw Festival’s The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God and Alice in Wonderland

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:57PM
Thursday, July 28, 2016

How artistic director Kim Blackwell does downtime by Brad Wheeler

Blackwell is checking items off her bucket list, visiting magical places and watching a crime noir Netflix series

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:05PM
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Three local actors to take over role of Matilda from Sarah McKinley Austin by Brad Wheeler

McKinley Austin from the U.S. touring production will play the plucky title character for the first week

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:34PM

What Kaeja d’Dance’s Allen Kaeja is reading and listening to by Brad Wheeler

Kaeja d’Dance co-artistic director Allen Kaeja hosts Porch View Dances

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:37PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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