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"You have too many opinions," a high school bully told me. Guilty! I've been writing abt the arts for more than 25 years. Now that my regular outlet is dying a painful death, I'm doing it here.

Contest alert! Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Contest alert! Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

First impression of Fall on Your Knees: Part One (Family Tree)

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First impression of Fall on Your Knees: Part One (Family Tree)

Fans of Ann-Marie MacDonald's epic novel will likely be enraptured. But others might have a hard time caring about its characters.

Fifteen Dogs, listings beta version and Buddies begins its search

Fifteen Dogs, listings beta version and Buddies begins its search

Wagging my tail over Stephen Jackman-Torkoff and Peter Fernandes, hoping Buddies finds its way and introducing So Sumi's new listings section

Can a one-minute trailer convince you to see a show?

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Can a one-minute trailer convince you to see a show?

Long before TikTok, some savvy theatre producers figured out how to sell their product to mass audiences

Review: Martyr is a provocative look at religious extremism

Review: Martyr is a provocative look at religious extremism

ARC's production of Marius von Mayenburg's play might not have the most elegant plot, but you can't argue with its staggering performances

Contest! Free tickets to ARC's MARTYR

Contest! Free tickets to ARC's MARTYR

Review: Adult Adoption is a quirky, poignant look at loneliness

Review: Adult Adoption is a quirky, poignant look at loneliness

Stage artists Ellie Moon, Michael Healey, Rebecca Northan and Leah Doz star in Karen Knox's intriguing film about a Gen Z woman looking for parental guidance

10 Toronto shows to mark on your calendar this winter

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10 Toronto shows to mark on your calendar this winter

From adaptations of two bestselling Canadian novels and the stage debut of Sarah Gadon to a controversial Pulitzer Prize-winning play about race, here are some of the season's must-see shows

Starry, starry nights

Starry, starry nights

The Top 10 Toronto theatre productions of 2022

The Top 10 Toronto theatre productions of 2022

Is God Is, our place, Where The Blood Mixes, Sweeney Todd and The Antipodes stood out in arguably the most diverse and thoughtful theatre season ever

The Top 10 Toronto theatre artists of 2022

The Top 10 Toronto theatre artists of 2022

Fatuma Adar, Deborah Drakeford, Yolanda Bonnell, Virgilia Griffith, Craig Lauzon, Vanessa Sears and others all made theatres come back to life with a vengeance

The Top 10 Canadian comedy albums of 2022

The Top 10 Canadian comedy albums of 2022

Jon Dore, John Mostyn, Zabrina Douglas and Nathan Macintosh head up my list of the funniest albums of the year

The breakthrough Toronto stage artists of 2022

The breakthrough Toronto stage artists of 2022

Here are six people who were so memorable they got audiences to Google their names after leaving the theatre

So NOW what?

Late Wednesday night, I successfully set up this site and felt rather proud that my home page wasn’t reading Error 404. Then, on Thursday morning, I discovered I was locked out of my NOW Magazine email account. No warning. No explanation. No goodbye. No Gee, thank you for your

Wilkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!

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Wilkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!

My name is Glenn Sumi. I've been covering the Toronto theatre scene full-time for exactly 25 years, mostly at NOW Magazine, a once wonderful news and entertainment weekly whose days are numbered. Hence this newsletter. Pre-pandemic, I saw and reviewed hundreds of shows a year, primarily theatre but also comedy,