Theatre Winter review roundup #4: Some Like it Hot, Summer and Smoke, Night at the Grand Guignol and more Genre play inspired by a notorious Paris theatre gets the week’s highest recommendation
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
Theatre Review: all-Canadian & Juliet is cause for rejoicing A spectacular new all-Canadian cast brings Elbows Up energy to the Max Martin musical
Theatre Holiday show reviews: The Sound of Music, Narnia, Shrek, Hallmark(ish) Parody The theatres are alive with the sound of musicals: classic, all-ages friendly, and hilariously satiric
Paid-members only Theatre Paid-member exclusive: Bright Star’s George Krissa The scene-stealing star of Great Comet, Bright Star and the upcoming & Juliet discusses breaking through, making history at Hallmark and his dream roles
Theatre Thanksgiving roundup: Bright Star, Bremen Town, The Sankofa Trilogy and Concord Floral In which I give thanks to the rich and varied bounty of the Toronto theatre scene
Theatre Fall openings (Part 2): Slave Play, Tell Tale Harbour, Blackbird, The Green Line, Ride the Cyclone Here’s the second part of my openings roundup, with offerings by Canadian Stage, Mirvish, Buddies, Talk is Free and Shifting Ground Collective
Theatre Fall openings (Part 1): MJ, Godot, Octet, The Veil, Romeo Pimp, Enormity The Toronto theatre season is now in full swing, with offerings by Mirvish, Crow’s, Coal Mine and more
Paid-members only Theatre Setting the stage for great theatre Set designers Julie Fox, Joshua Quinlan and Tim Hatley discuss transferring shows to bigger houses, West End vs. Broadway costs and the ubiquitous use of video projections
Theatre Great Comet soars at the Royal Alex Chris Abraham’s hugely successful production of the Dave Malloy musical transfers to the most elegant theatre in the city, with gorgeous results
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 Fall openings, Part 2: Roberto Zucco, 1939, Izad Etemadi, Come From Away and more Reviews of season openers from Buddies in Bad Times and Canadian Stage, plus the long-awaited return of Come From Away
Theatre Fall openings, Part 1: Puppet-tastic Pi, new Annie Baker and George F. Walker The Toronto theatre season opens with a bang with new offerings from Mirvish, Coal Mine and promising indie company The King Black Box
Theatre A Roy Orbison musical, a Pulitzer-winning two-hander and a sizzling Almodóvar short Reviews of In Dreams, Topdog/Underdog, Spaciousness, Six The Musical, Appropriate, Heroes of the Fourth Turning and more
Theatre Review: Hadestown is hellishly good Anaïs Mitchell's musical often seems to be searching for a central metaphor to unify the show, but that doesn't matter in this rousing, foot-stomping spectacle
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 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 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 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
