Theatre Reviews: The Chinese Lady, Bone Cage and theatre bars and cafés Lloyd Suh's play about historical figure Afong Moy and Catherine Banks's play about working-class Nova Scotians both deal with people stuck in literal and metaphorical cages
Theatre Review: New is a completely absorbing tale about "new" Canadians Pamela Mala Sinha's play about Indian immigrants living in a 70s apartment complex in Winnipeg is one of the best new Canadian plays to debut this season
Theatre Stoic moms, guilt-ridden dads and Cirque du Soleil: this week in Toronto theatre Reviews of Maggie: A New Musical, Niizh, Paint Me This House of Love, A Number and Kooza, plus a new Sam Shepard biography giveaway
Theatre Three new plays grapple with friendship and identity, while Harry Potter play announces closing date Reviews of Body So Fluorescent, Maanomaa, My Brother and Vierge
Theatre Reviews: The Seagull and Never the Last Daniel Brooks's staging of Simon Stephens's adaptation for Soulpepper is one of the finest and most affecting productions of the year
Theatre Reviews: The Hooves Belonged to the Deer, Love You Wrong Time Young artists Makram Ayache, Deanna H. Choi and Maddie Bautista explore culture and sexuality with boldness and irreverence
Theatre Of the Sea enchants, Bluebeard surprises, Metamorphoses meanders: this week in Toronto theatre Also included is a call for applications for the IBPOC Critics Lab, why there was no room for Room on Broadway and a contest for Theatre Passe Muraille's Never the Last
Theatre Reviews: The Land Acknowledgement and Anahita's Republic A second look at Cliff Cardinal's groundbreaking monologue, plus a bold new play set in Iran, the Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund Awards deadline and a Cirque du Soleil show ticket giveaway
Theatre 10 Toronto shows to see this spring From radical takes on classics to a love story set against COVID and the brutal war in Ukraine, here are some must-see shows this season
Out-of-town Theatre Review: Mahabharata soars at Shaw Festival and gets ready to tour Eight years in the making, Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes's adaptation of the 4000-year-old Sanskrit poem is a remarkable multidisciplinary achievement
Theatre Under-the-table workers, glam rockers and eco explorers: this week in Toronto theatre Review roundup includes Behind the Moon, Rock of Ages, I Love the Smell of Gasoline, The Yellow Wallpaper and Fairview
Theatre A bold new family drama and three iconic singers: this week in Toronto theatre Reviews of Paolo Santalucia's Prodigal, the diva-fest Billie, Sarah, and Ella and The Darkest Dark
Theatre Review: Hamilton settles in for a good long stay Even if you've seen Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary musical live or on Disney+, this North American tour will make you appreciate its greatness anew
Theatre Iranian students, intimate Lear and biting cultural satire: this week in Toronto theatre Reviews of English, The Tragedy of King Lear and Redbone Coonhound, plus a look at my first month as an independent theatre blogger
Theatre Fractured families, historic storms and brave pilots: this week in Toronto theatre Reviews of Things I Know to be True, Pressure and The Flight, a list of holdovers and a Redbone Coonhound ticket giveaway
Theatre Review: Sarah Gadon makes a scorching theatre debut in Yerma The acclaimed film and TV actor delivers a white-knuckle performance as a woman who desperately wants to have a child
Personal Featured Goodbye, dad My father loved Les Mis and Come From Away, did a great imitation of Mr. Kim and taught me never to pretend that I liked something when I didn't
Paid-members only Theatre First impression of Fall on Your Knees: Part One (Family Tree) Fans of Ann-Marie MacDonald's epic novel will likely be enraptured. But others might have a hard time caring about its characters.
Theatre Fifteen Dogs, listings beta version and Buddies begins its search Wagging my tail over Stephen Jackman-Torkoff and Peter Fernandes, hoping Buddies finds its way and introducing So Sumi's new listings section
Theatre Featured Can a one-minute trailer convince you to see a show? Long before TikTok, some savvy theatre producers figured out how to sell their product to mass audiences
Theatre Review: Martyr is a provocative look at religious extremism ARC's production of Marius von Mayenburg's play might not have the most elegant plot, but you can't argue with its staggering performances
Theatre Featured 10 Toronto shows to mark on your calendar this winter From adaptations of two bestselling Canadian novels and the stage debut of Sarah Gadon to a controversial Pulitzer Prize-winning play about race, here are some of the season's must-see shows
