Monday, September 19, 2011
With a gender-bending role in The Maids and a new take on Elizabeth I, the award-winning actor sees aging as a time for challenges
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00AMWednesday, September 14, 2011
How 8 plays made the transition into TIFF-worthy films
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMDespite Rick Miller’s obvious talents, his hit Shakespeare spoof is getting a bit stale after 15 years
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMWednesday, September 7, 2011
This hot off-Broadway ticket is immersive theatre at its best. Here are four things the British company does that set it apart
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:30PMSunday, September 4, 2011
Arthur Miller’s psychologically sophisticated play has great comic dressing, but the dramatic meat is hard to invest in
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:22PMThursday, September 1, 2011
Australian playwright's epic work explores multi-generational effects of fathers who leave their sons behind
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:13PMFriday, August 19, 2011
Despite several stellar performances, Soulpepper’s redo of Judith Thompson’s 1984 play is all bark with no bite
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:25PMThursday, August 18, 2011
The latest remount of the famous Canadian play is put on by students at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:17PMWednesday, August 17, 2011
Soulpepper’s production of this classic by absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco takes a while to find its feet
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:47PMSunday, August 14, 2011
The Misanthrope lets the audience feel feel how little has changed from Louis XIV’s time to ours
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMFriday, August 12, 2011
Director Jennifer Tarver and her Stratford cast find all the laughs and the malevolence in Harold Pinter’s script
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:46AMThursday, August 11, 2011
Cast of Pinter classic at Stratford is impressive, especially Dennehy and Krohn
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:16PMThe central performance is strong but the character’s identity crisis feels small, even petty. Here’s why
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:41PMThe central performance is strong but the character’s identity crisis feels small, even petty. Here’s why
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:41PMTuesday, August 9, 2011
The play, currently on in Toronto, won outstanding production and also picked up awards for lighting design and sound design
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:27PMMonday, August 8, 2011
American Suzan-Lori Parks’s history-tinged drama features top-notch performances from its two lead actors
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:55PMSunday, August 7, 2011
The score is enchanting, but the songs are often littered with clichés
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMThe score is enchanting, but the songs are often littered with clichés
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMFriday, August 5, 2011
In the four years since Hannah Moscovitch became a young playwright to watch, she’s learned a thing or two about her craft, but also wildlife, wine and caffeine
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMCast members of the accalimed musical have been asked not to pursue roles at the festival next season, adding to rumours that the show will live on - maybe even on Broadway
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:56PMWednesday, August 3, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
An alarming, yet absorbing portrayal of a man’s jealous rage
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMThursday, July 21, 2011
While Tony-winning Alice Ripley is clearly the draw, it’s her on-stage daughter who really shines
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:16PMMonday, July 18, 2011
Will start a month-and-a-half run at La Jolla Playhouse in November; move spurs more talk the production is Broadway-bound
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:13PMWill start a month-and-a-half run at La Jolla Playhouse in November; move spurs more talk the production is Broadway-bound
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:13PMSunday, July 17, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Director Darko Tresnjak gives Shakespeare’s over-the-top revenge tragedy a darkly comic tone
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMAt the Stratford festival, Canadian playwright Vern Thiessen’s imagining of the life of Shakespeare’s widow is juicy and well-acted, but is blunted by its subject’s status as …
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMThursday, July 14, 2011
The play also ponders the nature of time and whether it can really be wasted when we have so little control over it
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:48PMWednesday, July 13, 2011
PMO’s claim that a SummerWorks’ production glorified terrorism is not just wrong, the festival’s subsequent funding cut sends a chilling message
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMPMO’s claim that a SummerWorks’ production glorified terrorism is not just wrong, the festival’s subsequent funding cut sends a chilling message
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM 
