Here's what the Shaw Festival, the Stratford Festival, Mirvish Productions and other theatre companies in Toronto have planned as they welcome patrons back to live performances " with plenty…
Montreal's 7 Fingers brings 'Together Apart, Summer Cirque' to the Markham Fairgrounds. Its artists have been missing performing 'death-defying acts,' says 7 Fingers co-artistic director Isa…
But given the immersive show's otherwise impressive attention to detail, it's disappointing that the English-language soundtrack still features the voices of actors from the London, U.K., pr…
Toronto's Musical Stage Company presents 'BLACKOUT' from July 23 to Aug. 15 " fittingly, under the stars at the High Park Amphitheatre.
Close to 100 arts organizations ask the province to amend its Roadmap to Reopen or risk more damage to the already devastated performing arts industry.
Toronto actors Blythe Haynes and Ryan G. Hinds have been rehearsing a week in advance. English actors Mina Anwar and Darren Jeffries will come into the May 6 performance pretty much cold. 'T…
With the latest COVID-19 stay-at-home order in Ontario preventing theatre companies from even rehearsing or recording content, organizations are cautiously planning late spring or summer sho…
Richard B. Harrison made a living touring North America reading Shakespeare and poetry until 'The Green Pastures' came along. Actor Walter Borden and director Jeff Culbert want to make sure …
Some of the world's most successful musicals are hitting Australian stages thanks to that country's COVID-19 measures. In Toronto, where theatres are still closed, arts organizations are get…
Ricard, who takes over the helm of the Théâtre français de Toronto in July, joins a number of other recently appointed female Black theatre leaders in Toronto, including Weyni Mengesh…
TO Live and Buddies in Bad Times are among the international organizations supporting 'Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce " Pandemic!' " a vaudeville-style revue of musical numbers, film, burlesque …
From Berlin to Sydney, Toronto's co-artistic directors David Eisner and Avery Saltzman bring together a dozen Jewish theatres from around the world to link up in seasonal concert
Theatre Direct's new online show pulls young audiences in with its Zoom-style staging and post-show talkback.
Freshly created web series 'Leer Estates' is just one highlight of theatre fest's new digital subscription service, also a Shakespearean game show and films of famed stage productions from p…
What will the future hold for theatre in Toronto? It has to extend beyond how to stage live productions again during COVID-19 to the very structure of organizations, to who's making theatre …
The Cree playwright, whose 'The Cave' is part of the online Luminato Festival, says 'the greater the challenge the greater the fight,' whether it's anti-Black racism, climate change or the m…
Thanks to technology and the perseverance of all involved, Sheridan College put on a workshop production of the show this month, with rehearsals and a performance all happening online, write…
As theatres across Canada close their seasons due to COVID-19, a policy update three years ago keeps the Shaw's staff employed and rehearsing
Show in Toronto reunites team behind 'Jersey Boys.'
The actors in the top roles from 'Hamilton' talk about how they got here and the noise they'd like to hear from their Toronto audience.
Opinions vary as to why. Is it the challenges of the staging, a second act that some consider weak or the fact it's about artists and making art?
While the play is full of loss, the meta-story behind it is that of empowerment: nearly all the lead creatives and the entire cast are Asian-Canadian women, writes Karen Fricker.
'How to Fail as a Popstar' is about how the author, visual artist, filmmaker and trans activist failed at what she wanted more than anything: to make it as a pop musician. But she'll always …
The play at Young People's Theatre is for children 12 to 30 months old " or 'explorers,' as playwright Maja Ardal likes to call them.