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We follow the Mr. D theatre and improvisor extraordinaire as she gets ready for TOSketchfest
It's all duologues at the Tarragon. In the Extra Space, there's the all-talking Lungs; on the main stage the all-singing, and sometimes-dancing, Marry Me a Little, which is a sort of Stephen…
Randi Zuckerberg, a sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is turning to an old medium " the stage
It's no secret that a ballet career is short and there comes a time when even the most acclaimed dancers are forced to bid adieu to certain roles. But often when one door closes another opens
The grandiose title The Two Worlds of Charlie F. conceals a fairly simple production. It's a drama-documentary that grew from a rehab-come-therapy project in the U.K. for veteran soldiers
Heartbeat of Home was created by John McColgan and Moya Doherty " the husband and wife team that launched Riverdance close to 20 years ago
Anita Majumdar's new piece Same Same But Different consists of two thematically linked one-act plays, which may be a sly reason for that perplexing title. It also makes for a long evening
'I live with the characters of my plays day in and day out'
Writing Same Same But Different has been a plea to call out the legacy of shadism
An actor, choreographer and Governor General's award-winning playwright, Anita Majumdar is putting all those talents to use in her latest play, Same Same But Different
The plays are Twelfth Night and Richard III, and the productions have been imported from Shakespeare's Globe in London.
Albert Schultz, director of Idiot's Delight, has described this 1936 American play as The Time of Your Life meets You Can't Take It with You. To me it feels more like the meeting of The Time…
Outside on Yonge Street, the wind chill is -23C, but you'd never know it in the Panasonic Theatre, where director Sergio Trujillo is showing a group of male dancers how to seductively remove…
It is well known that Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera ran afoul of the censors on account of its frank depiction of regicide in the Swedish cour
Inherently and inescapably, theatre is artificial, and never more so than when it tries its hardest to be real. These paradoxes are exhibited, explored and exalted in London Road, a fascinat…
Deep into the rehearsals for CanStage's London Road, though, musical director Reza Jacobs admits that he can't even walk down the street without everyone sounding like they're singing
Robert Cushman: There is a particular kind of acting that I constantly find myself railing against but for which I have yet to find a satisfactory name. Maybe I should call it explanatory ac…
In Tarragon's new production, finding a body turns into an autopsy of romantic love
'I've never been to an opera, but I've always wanted to go,' my stylist admits. I assure her she would have a good time if she did
A musical inspired by Tupac Shakur songs is going to bring gangsta rap to Broadway
The St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival says the Globe will present two performances of Hamlet there on Aug. 2
Here, alphabetically, are some of the shows that stood out for me in the year just departed. I couldn't get it down to a Top 10 so here is my Divine Dozen (with others associated)
Call Me Maybe singer Carly Rae Jepsen has had her calls returned by Broadway
There are five musicals contained within The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!, and they all have the same plot
As the curtain goes up on 2014, we look ahead to some of the mostly hotly anticipated theatrical productions of the new year. Here are five recommendations, from Elvis Stojko's stage debut t…
