Theatre Toronto's new theatre season begins with a bang Reivews of Michael Healey's The Master Plan, daniel jelani ellis's speaking of sneaking and Simon Stephens's Sea Wall
TIFF 2023 TIFF 2023 reviews: Sing Sing and The Critic Experienced stage actors Ian McKellen and Colman Domingo deliver two of the most nuanced performances at the festival
Out-of-town Theatre Two rarely performed plays take centre stage at the Shaw Festival Works by James Baldwin and Edith Wharton add novelty – if not great drama – to Niagara-on-the-Lake
Paid-members only Theatre Taking a chance on theatre and improv Improv ace Rebecca Northan and Shaw Festival veteran Deborah Hay discuss making things up in The Game of Love and Chance and beyond
Theatre Review: Let's Dance stumbles at the Winter Garden New jukebox musical set in the early 1960s reminds you of other, better shows
Theatre SummerWorks reviews: Lady M and i am your spaniel Two Shakespeare-adjacent works at the eclectic performance festival will make you think of the Bard in a whole new way
Members only Theatre Review: King Gilgamesh & The Man of the Wild is thrilling theatre This hybrid tale inspired by the 11th century BCE epic is a raucous, glorious celebration of what it means to be alive
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Choir!, Our Little Secret, Caezus, Patron's Picks and more On the 35th Toronto Fringe's penultimate day, I weigh in on a few more shows, and list the fest's winners, including Patron's Picks
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
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Killing Time, A Woman Is..., All of Our Parents Are Asian A crowd-pleasing musical gets lots of bonus points, triple threat performer Kiki Moritsugu spills the tea about her life and career and an Asian comedy duo deliver improv with a unique POV
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Good Old Days, James and Jamesy and more Day 4's highlights included Michael Ross Albert's timely new play and a surprisingly moving clown show by two Fringe faves
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Blake & Clay's Gay Agenda, Sadec 1965, Mail Ordered and more Day 3 of the Toronto Fringe was my best yet, with hilarious sketch, scathing satire, moving storytelling and a one-of-a-kind opportunity to unleash my inner artist
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Do You Think You're Better Than Me?, Hymns and Hearse and more In which comedy newcomers Zoe Marin and Rebecca Ablack impress me greatly with their smart, witty and clear POV
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: The Will of a Woman, The Man with the Golden Heart, and more In the first of my Fringe reports, I weigh in on three of the most-anticipated shows of the festival, including one that's completely sold out
Fringe Festival Fringe, following careers and being grateful for Canadian comedy In which I reflect on Fringes past and present, discuss following artists' careers over decades and express my gratitude for Colin Mochrie's professionalism
Out-of-town Theatre Seasons of Love Reviews of Stratford's Rent, Spamalot and Richard II; No Save Points gets extended; and R.U.R. A Torrent of Light impresses North American critics
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
Pride Toronto Pride Month shows Bookmark this roundup of day-by-day Pride events, including drag, comedy, cabaret, theatre, burlesque, opera, trivia and more
Theatre Dora Awards 2023 nominations: snubs and surprises Red Velvet, Uncle Vanya, Alice in Wonderland and First Métis Man of Odesa received lots of Dora love, while The Seagull, Indecent and other worthy shows got shut out
Theatre Daniel Brooks: farewell to a titan No one who knew him or saw his work was unaffected by his artistic integrity and his broad, expansive view of humanity
Theatre Reviews: BOOM X, The Sound Inside, Shirley Valentine, The Rage of Narcissus and more Rick Miller's Gen X show, two tales about storytelling and yet another great Deborah Drakeford performance are among this week's must-see offerings; plus the winners of the 5th Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund Awards
Theatre Reviews: The Chinese Lady, Bone Cage and theatre bars and cafés Lloyd Suh's play about historical figure Afong Moy and Catherine Banks's play about working-class Nova Scotians both deal with people stuck in literal and metaphorical cages
Theatre Review: New is a completely absorbing tale about "new" Canadians Pamela Mala Sinha's play about Indian immigrants living in a 70s apartment complex in Winnipeg is one of the best new Canadian plays to debut this season
Theatre Stoic moms, guilt-ridden dads and Cirque du Soleil: this week in Toronto theatre Reviews of Maggie: A New Musical, Niizh, Paint Me This House of Love, A Number and Kooza, plus a new Sam Shepard biography giveaway
Theatre Three new plays grapple with friendship and identity, while Harry Potter play announces closing date Reviews of Body So Fluorescent, Maanomaa, My Brother and Vierge
