Leaskdale marks 100 years of L M Montgomery’s “The Blue Castle” with new production of a musical
Interview with Jackie Bellamy, Andrea MacKenzie and Seline Berish about “The Blue Castle: A Musical”
Dance & Musical Theatre
Review: Mirvish’s “The Outsiders” finds its power in surprising places
Review of the Tony-Award winning “The Outsiders,” making its Canadian premiere at Mirvish
Review: No rain on her parade: Shaw Festival’s “Funny Girl” earns its applause
Review of Shaw Festival’s “Funny Girl” with Sara Farb, directed by Eda Holmes
Andrew Seok finds the musical in a monkey’s heartbreak and longing for love in “PUNCH– A New Musical”
Interview with Andrew Seok about “PUNCH – A New Musical” inspired by the true story of Punch the monkey at Factory Theatre
Review: “Tiger Bride” claws its way into your skull, and leaves you dazzled and dazed
“We’re on a weird, wild, wonderfully different plane. We need to just go with it.” ~ Scott Sneddon
With a focus on human resilience, Anthony Goncharov directs Bowtie’s “Next to Normal”
Interview with Anthony Goncharov about directing Bowtie Productions’ “Next to Normal”
Review: “You’re a Good Man” in a great show, “Charlie Brown”
“What remains is a delightful and visually arresting evening at the theatre that taps into a vein of uncomplicated comedy and comfort.” ~ Arpita Ghosal
From bromance to romance: inside the new Tragically Hip musical
“These are amazing songwriters. And so as far as contemporary musical theatre goes, the music is really strong—even put up against all the great musical theatre canon.” ~ Jesse LaVercombe
Natasha Powell invites the Coltrane-curious to “The Room Upstairs”
“Jazz dance education is important and always urgent for me: helping people understand that this practice is a living and breathing art form…” ~ Natasha Powell
Guillaume Côté and Sonia Rodriguez reunite in “The Tragedy of Hamlet”
“It’s quite incredible, crazy even, that we think Shakespeare is all about words. But here we are … able to tell the story without them” ~ Sonia Rodriguez
Review: Lively and vulnerable, it’s a not-so “Drowsy Chaperone”
“Capping off its season of Canadian musicals, Shifting Ground Collective’s revival at Theatre Passe Muraille taps into that ebullience with an obvious affection for both the musical and the form it parodies.” ~ Arpita Ghosal
Esie Mensah’s Afrofusion dance-theatre epic ZAYO makes its world premiere
“I am re-imagining my ancestral visions and experiences by channeling them into a heroine’s journey that resonates universally.” ~ Esie Mensah