Wednesday, 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 06:00PMMonday, July 11, 2011
Lorne Kennedy sparkles as the fast-talking fixer in the Shaw Festival’s whirlwind comedy of quick changes and makeovers
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:03PMLorne Kennedy sparkles as the fast-talking fixer in the Shaw Festival’s whirlwind comedy of quick changes and makeovers
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:03PMWhen the order of things is turned on its head and underlings are allowed to mix with their betters, the least you expect is some good drama
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:41PMSunday, July 10, 2011
The limits of democracy, a Western empire in decline. Originally written in 1933, On the Rocks is still fresh
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:57PMFriday, July 8, 2011
Staged in an outdoor theatre in a Huron-Wendat village, the play spills out over the thrust stage and flows deep into the woods
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:16PMWednesday, July 6, 2011
To an uninformed visitor to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., George Bernard Shaw must appear less like a politically provocative playwright than a town mascot, a patron saint of fudge and souvenir…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:16PMFriday, July 1, 2011
In its 50th year, the Canadian theatre festival’s namesake is under viral attack as a genocide booster
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMReinvented by a new creative team, Anne of Green Gables: The Musical has also been impressively reinvigorated with a spirit and pluck worthy of its heroine
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMTuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Buddies production of Blasted scoops five awards at annual Toronto theatre honours, while kids’ show at Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People is the surprise winner in the musical-the…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:00PMSummerWorks sees funding eliminated at last minute; company last year produced play that prime minister’s office claimed was a glorification of terrorism
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:47AMThursday, June 16, 2011
Clownish works of physical theatre don’t necessarily jibe with tales centred on the humanity of peasants and society’s casual cruelty against them
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMClownish works of physical theatre don’t necessarily jibe with tales centred on the humanity of peasants and society’s casual cruelty against them
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMWednesday, June 15, 2011
With 50 women onstage all at once, Tout Comme Elle sums up the human paradox of being alone while being together
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:01PMMonday, June 13, 2011
Scheherazade could keep her audience at the edge of the seat, but part of this production doesn’t
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:17PMFriday, June 10, 2011
Trey Parker and Matt Stone hit the bull’s eye with an irreverent and heartwarming take on two American naifs’ Mormon mission to Uganda
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMMonday, June 6, 2011
Stephen Massicotte's The Clockmaker takes honours as the best Canadian play of the 2010-2011 season
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMWith the artistic director term’s ending in 2013, speculation has begun about his successor
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:53PMSunday, June 5, 2011
Even though the lead was suffering from a bronchial infection, the show was truly inspired
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:14PMSaturday, June 4, 2011
Tony-winning director to complete six years as artistic director at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:31PMFriday, June 3, 2011
Spectacular cast and staging garner this Stratford show four stars
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:02PMActress Seana McKenna takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s Richard III. Her performance makes this plausible, even if the production loses its focus
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:30PMThursday, June 2, 2011
Stratford Festival provides fresh take on classic with actress Seana McKenn playing the king
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:34PMTragic parable given a dark and unremittingly grim treatment
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:47PMSteinbeck's tragic parable given a dark and unremittingly grim treatment
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:47PMWednesday, June 1, 2011
In this mostly marvellous production, Geraint Wyn Davies shines as King Arthur, despite the fact that he can hardly sing at all
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:07PMTuesday, May 31, 2011
His debauched knight, transplanted from Shakespeare’s Henriad, is calculating and objectionable, but almost loses the spotlight to Tom Rooney’s Ford
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:10PMMonday, May 30, 2011
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival kicks off its season with its namesake playwright’s only middle-class comedy
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:13PMIn a pair of plays, one grand, one slight, the festival’s actors impress even in the smallest roles
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:48PMSunday, May 29, 2011
The classic gets an enjoyable rendition, but not enough depth
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:32PM 
