Antoni Cimolino (courtesy Stratford Festival)In a widely expected move, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Board of Governors has named Antoni Cimolino as Artistic Director to replace the …
THE BECHDEL TEST AND CANADIAN THEATREjoel fishbaneThings are never easy for the actress over forty. For decades now, the archetypes for female roles have remained relatively unchanged: older…
(This is a developing story.)Vancouver Playhouse, one of the most important companies in the country, is closing its doors after final performances of Catalyst Theatre's Hunchback this weeke…
Ride the Cyclone castSpeculation is rife that Ride the Cyclone - the smash hit musical to rise out of SummerWorks 2010 - will be part of seasons across the country, but Manitoba Theatre Cent…
Gemma James-Smith and Gil Garratt (photo credit: lucetg.com)MarivaudagesA play brought back to greatnessby Chris LaneOnce in a while a modern adaptation of an old text comes along that is bo…
Beware: Smoking, Nekkid and Angst AheadLeisure Society finally hits Montreal in Englishby Sarah DeshaiesFrançois Archambault's The Leisure Society has been winning rave reviews here and a…
Fiona Shaw delivering keynote addressNotes from the Meeting of the International Society For The Performing Artsby Rebecca Singh (photos by Rebecca Singh)Lately there has been a lot of refle…
Nicole Underhay (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)The Killing CuriosityTarragon presents a GG winner's spook-festby Beat RiceI can't remember the last time I felt spooked when I was watchin…
(L-R) Maria Vacratsis, Martin Happer, Maev Beaty, Ingrid Rae Doucet and Barbara Gordon in The Happy Woman. Photo Credit: Guntar KravisStory TimeHappy Woman has a strong plot...but other prob…
David Ferry (front) and cast from Hart House's Night of the Iguana(read our review)
Promo videoSongs in the key of SqueeIs it a musical? An Opera? A play with songs? Does it matter?by Nanette SoucyThéâtre la Licorne's intimacy suggests Saturday night drinks with your ol…
Stratford's Jesus Christ Superstar heads to BroadwayPR begins with this Fan Concert of Paul Nolan (Jesus) doinga splendidly tortured "Gethsamene"
Winners of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards and special prizes include, this year: Stratford Artistic Director Des McAnuff, actor Mary Walsh and director Denis Marleau.Press rel…
Jean Yoon & Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)With a refrain we may be hearing during other season launches this spring, The Grand Theatre announced that the Soulpepper hi…
AVAILABLE ON ITUNES (CLICK HERE)FOR SHOW-NOTES FOR EPISODES 1-29 CLICK HEREEpisode 30, March 6, 2012 - WTF (Direct Link to Podcast)Gaëtan L. Charlebois and Estelle Rosen discuss the two m…
ConfusionCharPo is in deep debateby Gaëtan L. CharleboisMaybe it's because I'm old. Maybe it's because Arden Ryshpan, the executive director of Actor's Equity is a friend since our days i…
Here it comes again: God of Carnage, the phenomenon of the country, performed hither and yon all year. There's a reason for this: Yasmina Reza's dark comedy is actor-bait. The next productio…
Hap-hap-happy!...it began in a small village in Spain...by Rose CullisThe Happy Woman began a number of years ago, when I was briefly living in a small village in Spain. Every morning …
"We should not seek immortality in reproduction. But if you contribute to the world's culture, if you have a good idea, compose a tune, invent a spark plug, write a poem, it may live on, int…
Mae WestThe Old Boys ClubMen still dominate showbiz " but from Mae West to Barbra Streisand, from Julie Taymor to Canada's very own Ellen David, the times-they-are-a-changing. By Richar…
click photo to enlarge: The cast of War Horse (Patrick Kwok-Choon kneeling centre)(photo credit: Brinkhoff / Mögenberg)Riding the Horse to HistoryOne of the puppeteers/actors in the country…
La Vie BohèmeRent rises in the Capitalby Jim MurchisonI probably knew less about Rent than most of the audience last night. Oh sure I knew it was set in New York, based on the Pucinni opera…
David Ferry (photo credit: Jaclyn Zaltz)The Tennessee WaltzHart House delights with Williamsby Gregory W. Bunker Tennessee Williams's Night of the Iguana may be a rather pessimistic view of …
CAEA STANCE INSULTING TO CANADIAN ARTISTSjoel fishbaneEarlier this month, Canadian Actors Equity Association (CAEA) raised a protest over a non-Union touring production of In the Heights, br…