Theatre The Lion King receives a regal return The legendary Julie Taymor-directed musical returns in an open-ended run with a largely Canadian cast; plus a Spamalot Diaries book giveaway
Theatre Reviews: Salesman in China, Nabucco, and more Sizing up Stratford's late season hit and the Canadian Opera Company's first ever production of an early Verdi work; plus a ticket giveaway
Paid-members only Theatre Victor Garber on why he doesn’t want to sing publicly anymore Titanic, Sweeney Todd and Alias star discusses the recent experience that "derailed him emotionally"
Theatre Fall openings, Part 2: Roberto Zucco, 1939, Izad Etemadi, Come From Away and more Reviews of season openers from Buddies in Bad Times and Canadian Stage, plus the long-awaited return of Come From Away
Theatre Fall openings, Part 1: Puppet-tastic Pi, new Annie Baker and George F. Walker The Toronto theatre season opens with a bang with new offerings from Mirvish, Coal Mine and promising indie company The King Black Box
Theatre Review: An intimate and moving Hamlet in High Park Jessica Carmichael’s swift-moving production of Shakespeare’s tragedy includes poetry, prose and lyrics from other sources to comment on collective grief
Theatre Why there’s nothing like the Fringe to see new talent As always, Toronto’s largest performance festival provides a great opportunity to discover new artists
Musicals Musicals! Musicals! Musicals! Reviews of My Fair Lady, Wicked, The Last Timbit, Tommy Rhodes, a Renée Elise Goldsberry doc, the new Second City show and two views on the Tina Turner show
Theatre Buddies in Bad Times’ ted witzel discusses bold new season The queer theatre company's new artistic director says this fall you'll see something you won't be able to see anywhere else in the city
Theatre Season winds down, festivals start up, Toronto critics regroup A few words on end-of-season shows, Stratford and Shaw Festivals and the return of the (expanded) Toronto Theatre Critics Awards
Theatre Crow's Theatre announces its most ambitious lineup yet The east-end theatre presents a dozen premieres and extensions, plus brief reviews of half a dozen spring shows
Theatre Spring season offers two must-see shows Lucas Hnath's Dana H. and Matthew López's The Inheritance are as powerful as people say
Theatre Classics revisited: Vanya on Yonge St, Macbeth with puppets, a twisty Don Giovanni and lots more Long overdue reviews of winter shows, including Uncle Vanya, MacBeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot, Dion, As I Must Live It and more
Theatre Reviews: Casey and Diana and Rockabye Nick Green's Stratford Festival hit transfers successfully to Soulpepper, while Australian Joanna Murray-Smith's music satire sounds some wrong notes
Theatre Two bold, fresh takes on late Shakespeare plays Inventive indie companies Theatre Rusticle and Shakespeare BASH'd bring lots of surprises to the Bard
Paid-members only Theatre Toronto's Andrea Scott on loving theatre, leaving it for TV and then moving to L.A. Now based in L.A. and working on a new ABC/Disney series, the in-demand writer discusses the pitching process, the differences between TV and theatre and believing in herself when others didn't
Theatre Review: Heartless wraps up an ambitious, epic trilogy Early Canadian settler history and its connection to Indigenous populations comes alive in the conclusion of Genevieve Adam's lively New France trilogy
Theatre Taking Talk is Free Theatre halfway around the world Artistic producer Arkady Spivak discusses moving three shows from Barrie, Ont. to Auckland, and several holiday openings have been extended through January
Theatre The Top 10 Toronto theatre artists of 2023 Paolo Santalucia, Hailey Gillis, Philip Akin, Peter Fernandes and others delivered five-star work this year
Theatre Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Reflecting on one full year of reviews, news and interviews about the Toronto theatre scene
Theatre 'Tis the season for holiday shows Reviews of Chris, Mrs., Jack: A Beanstalk Panto and It's a Wonderful Life
Theatre Letters From Max delivers powerful emotions Necessary Angel's production of Sarah Ruhl's Letters From Max illustrates the persuasive power of live theatre
Theatre A Roy Orbison musical, a Pulitzer-winning two-hander and a sizzling Almodóvar short Reviews of In Dreams, Topdog/Underdog, Spaciousness, Six The Musical, Appropriate, Heroes of the Fourth Turning and more
Theatre Soulpepper's 2024 season includes world premieres, reimagined classics, revivals Nick Green's Casey and Diana, Haley McGee's Age is a Feeling and revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire and First Métis Man of Odesa are part of company's 2024 season
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
