428 stories by "Robert Cushman"
The production, on an ice cold set by Lorenzo Savoini, has a certain visual style, though with plenty of oddities
'Mengesha's direction is spare, clear and driving, on an impressively raw set by Lorenzo Savoini, lit with pitiless exactness by Kevin Lamotte'
'From the first dark notes of the introductory Ballad of Sweeney Todd, this "musical thriller" musically thrills'
The Dance of Death is in repertory until September 10, Engaged until October 23
Hamlet and All's Well That Ends Well alternate through September 4
The standout? Dan Chameroy as Trunchbull, who 'brings something to the role and to the show that I never thought to see'
The two productions arrive at this year's Fringe as winners of the festival's awards for Best Play and Best Musical
'The audience dutifully applaud as if they'd been given a happy ending though it is, at the most, bittersweet'
Shakespeare in Love is in repertory through October 16; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe through November 5
Macbeth is in repertory until November 5, while As You Like It is until October 22, both at the Festival Theatre
The ambitious Scottish production will be put on by Sansom at the Luminato Festival in Toronto this month
Reviews of Soulpepper's production of Incident at Vichy and the Stratford Festival's performance of All My Sons
A Gentleman's Guide is running at the Princess of Wales Theatre, while The Heidi Chronicles is in repertory at the Young Centre
On The Harold Green Theatre's The Model Apartment and the Young Centre's The Testament of Mary
'Our first sight of the Shaw Festival's Alice in Wonderland raises expectations and raises them high'
'It may be a tribute to Filippo's performance that he comes off so insufferable, but his being the author makes the play seem insufferable too'
While Botticelli is creatively reimagined, Sunday in Sodom, despite its serious setting, feels jokey rather than witty
None of the other characters come to comparable life, while the text gives the actors little to work with
'All the characters have to choose between love and business, and we're kept wondering which way each of them will jump'
'Was my lack of interest due to my inability to follow both stories, or could I not follow them because I wasn't interested?'
'Masks slip, the more painfully because neither man suspected he was wearing a mask to begin with'
'The clichés in the writing infect the supporting performances, of which several are mediocre and a couple downright dreadful'
The marriage in Blood Wedding is cursed before it happens, and the play echoes that sentiment
Even set in a province where memory is a fetish, the play doesn't work hard enough to establish its political dimension
David French's play " premiered in 1984, set in 1925 - has two characters. Jain's version gives it three
