Theatre Reviews: The Land Acknowledgement and Anahita's Republic A second look at Cliff Cardinal's groundbreaking monologue, plus a bold new play set in Iran, the Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund Awards deadline and a Cirque du Soleil show ticket giveaway
Theatre 10 Toronto shows to see this spring From radical takes on classics to a love story set against COVID and the brutal war in Ukraine, here are some must-see shows this season
Out-of-town Theatre Review: Mahabharata soars at Shaw Festival and gets ready to tour Eight years in the making, Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes's adaptation of the 4000-year-old Sanskrit poem is a remarkable multidisciplinary achievement
Theatre Under-the-table workers, glam rockers and eco explorers: this week in Toronto theatre Review roundup includes Behind the Moon, Rock of Ages, I Love the Smell of Gasoline, The Yellow Wallpaper and Fairview
Theatre news Mirvish season mounts Six in the 6ix, and Come From Away returns to the Rock Mirvish's main subscription season includes seven musicals, while the most successful show in Canadian history makes a comeback
Theatre A bold new family drama and three iconic singers: this week in Toronto theatre Reviews of Paolo Santalucia's Prodigal, the diva-fest Billie, Sarah, and Ella and The Darkest Dark
Theatre Review: Hamilton settles in for a good long stay Even if you've seen Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary musical live or on Disney+, this North American tour will make you appreciate its greatness anew
Theatre Iranian students, intimate Lear and biting cultural satire: this week in Toronto theatre Reviews of English, The Tragedy of King Lear and Redbone Coonhound, plus a look at my first month as an independent theatre blogger
Theatre Fractured families, historic storms and brave pilots: this week in Toronto theatre Reviews of Things I Know to be True, Pressure and The Flight, a list of holdovers and a Redbone Coonhound ticket giveaway
Theatre Review: Sarah Gadon makes a scorching theatre debut in Yerma The acclaimed film and TV actor delivers a white-knuckle performance as a woman who desperately wants to have a child
Personal Featured Goodbye, dad My father loved Les Mis and Come From Away, did a great imitation of Mr. Kim and taught me never to pretend that I liked something when I didn't
Paid-members only Theatre 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.
Theatre 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
Theatre Featured 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
Theatre 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
Film 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
Theatre Featured 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
Theatre 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
Theatre 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
Comedy 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
Theatre 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
Personal So NOW what? In which I discover I've been shut out of the newspaper where I worked for 25 years
