Members only Theatre Winter review roundup #1: Kimberly Akimbo, Company, Pu Songling, A Question of Character The theatre scene heats up with two Tony Award-winning musicals, an adaptation of a 17th-century Chinese writer’s stories and a tense historical two-hander
Sponsored post Curtain rises on new season of CBC theatre podcast PlayME This year’s audio dramas include Kim’s Convenience, The Drawer Boy and a new play by Nicolas Billon that’s at the Tarragon in late February
Theatre What to look for on Toronto stages this winter From star turns by Clare Coulter and Louise Pitre to the remount of a canonical Canadian musical, here are some shows getting big buzz this season
Theatre The Lion King receives a regal return The legendary Julie Taymor-directed musical returns in an open-ended run with a largely Canadian cast; plus a Spamalot Diaries book giveaway
Theatre Crow's Theatre announces its most ambitious lineup yet The east-end theatre presents a dozen premieres and extensions, plus brief reviews of half a dozen spring shows
Theatre Classics revisited: Vanya on Yonge St, Macbeth with puppets, a twisty Don Giovanni and lots more Long overdue reviews of winter shows, including Uncle Vanya, MacBeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot, Dion, As I Must Live It and more
Theatre Review: Heartless wraps up an ambitious, epic trilogy Early Canadian settler history and its connection to Indigenous populations comes alive in the conclusion of Genevieve Adam's lively New France trilogy
Theatre Dealing with criticism In which I explain why I haven't kept up with every theatre opening, and discuss comments about my "mean-spirited" reviewing
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