Friday, November 25, 2022
Two actors play all 14 characters in this brilliantly directed production that has something in stores for audiences of all ages.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:27PMThursday, November 24, 2022
Puppet master Ronnie Burkett’s somewhat parodic adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ is an R-rated campy affair filled with a multitude of marionettes.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:57PMFriday, November 18, 2022
The English folk group the Young’uns have crafted a touching ode to a working-class hero. It’s deceptively simple, powerfully moving and often hilarious.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00PMTuesday, November 15, 2022
Fifteen shows will be presented across Toronto’s three major civic theatres: St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Meridian Arts Centre and Meridian Hall.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:34PMThe company’s 2023 season features four distinct acts, the first of which, announced Tuesday, begins in February and includes four mainstage shows.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:26PMWednesday, November 9, 2022
Running from Thursday to Nov. 20, the 35th edition of the festival will feature works by more than 15 artists.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:01PMFriday, November 4, 2022
“It means the world to be bringing a homegrown production of our show back to Gander,” says co-writer Irene Sankoff.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:21PMTuesday, November 1, 2022
Festival favourites Seana McKenna, Lucy Peacock and Diana Leblanc will appear in Michel Tremblay’s classic comedy ‘Les Belles-Soeurs.’
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:11AMMonday, October 31, 2022
The improv sketch comedy troupe’s sprawling 28,700-square-foot venue at One York Street officially opens Nov. 30.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00AMFriday, October 28, 2022
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 04:59PM“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 09:00AMWednesday, October 26, 2022
Artists, some owed more than $22,000, claim Compass and its president withheld payment for months after gigs.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:14PMThe 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 10:00AMTuesday, October 25, 2022
For Farmer, advancing honest Indigenous representation onscreen and behind the scenes has been a key pillar of his work.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:10PMThursday, October 20, 2022
Brueggergosman-Lee stars as the Sorceress in Henry Purcell’s baroque opera, a beloved production in Opera Atelier’s repertoire
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00AMSunday, October 2, 2022
The musical took its final bow Sunday, concluding a record-breaking, five-year run at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:30PMWednesday, September 28, 2022
Theatre leaders say the funding boost will help them produce larger and more daring productions, ultimately altering programming for the seasons to come.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:15PMMonday, September 26, 2022
Shimmering with rich language, colourful characters and Hanna Kiel’s beguiling choreography, ‘Cockroach’ delves deep into a deceptively simple story.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:34PMFriday, September 23, 2022
Renovation includes upgrades to YPT’s original theatre space plus a three-storey facility across the street with studios, classrooms and a mainstage-size rehearsal hall.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:18PMThursday, September 22, 2022
The new comedy, a co-production among three Canadian theatre companies, mostly cracks instead of crackles, despite strong performances.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00AMWednesday, September 21, 2022
Ian Shaw plays his father, Robert Shaw, who died three years after starring as maniacal shark hunter Quint in the blockbuster thriller.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMJac Yarrow will star in the title role, with West End and Broadway actor Linzi Hateley as the narrator.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AMMonday, September 19, 2022
The awards show marked the first in-person Dora ceremony since 2019. Check out the full list of winners here.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:29PMThursday, September 1, 2022
Kazmi stars in the Crow’s Theatre production of the Chekhovian classic as Astrov, a role his father played 15 years ago.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMTuesday, August 23, 2022
The new production, which played London’s West End, is slated to start a two-month run in December at the Princess of Wales Theatre
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AMMonday, August 22, 2022
Erin Shield’s ‘Queen Goneril,’ set seven years before ‘King Lear,’ is playing in repertory with the Bard’s bleak tragedy at Soulpepper
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:36PMSunday, August 14, 2022
‘Rent’ will be directed by Broadway veteran Thom Allison, a source close to the production told the Star.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMTuesday, August 2, 2022
The two-hour show weaves together music, comedy and improv into a story that follows six characters and their relationship with guitar music
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:21AMFriday, July 15, 2022
Will King’s macabre play, about a broke student squatting in an abandoned house, has a winning script packed with dark humour.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:43PMThursday, July 14, 2022
She grew up as a Filipina Muslim with a Moro father and a Christian mother. Now in her mid-30s, Rasul reflects on her childhood and family
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:53PMTuesday, July 12, 2022
As Flo, Flo, Merchant traverses decades to tell a story about immigration, assimilation and family ties.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:46PM 
