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George F. Walker’s ‘Getting to Normal’ premieres with an unconventional pre-show address and a primed focus on fractured lives
The Canadian playwright and screenwriter addresses the audience before the performance, framing the evening with reflections on theatre as a new...
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A Stylized, But Diminished ‘Amadeus’: Too Little Music, Too Little Theatre
At the performance I attended, there was a delicious irony in watching Antonio Salieri rage against mediocrity while I was...
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Shaw Festival’s ‘Sleuth’ is a battle of wits, but not of equals.
The Shaw Festival has a long history of producing classic mysteries by such luminary playwrights as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,...
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‘Saturday, Sunday, Monday’ is a gloriously directed, beautifully acted, multi-sensory production that immerses the audience in the passion – and pasta- of a spicy Italian family
Stratford’s Antoni Cimolino serves up a delicious final production as the Festival’s artistic director. Antoni Cimolino must have had...
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Stratford’s ‘Tao of the World’ is an absurdist, farcical, riotous romp that skewers Singaporean wealth, class, sex and scandal.
Following the spectacular 2024 Stratford success of his play Salesman in China—which, happily, Mirvish will remount next winter—uber-talented Montreal-based Jovanni...
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VOICE CHOICE. Stratford’s ‘Othello’ offers a forceful account of Shakespeare’s tragedy, anchored by disciplined performances and a sustained sense of foreboding.
This Stratford Festival production of Othello earns that attention through a measured build toward tragedy and a series of performances...
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Stratford’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ offers a visually rich staging of Wilde’s enduring comedy.
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at Stratford’s Avon Theatre emphasizes both the play’s verbal wit and its visual...
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Stratford’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ presents challenges in its overlapping subplots and extended running time. This production addresses them through sleek contemporary staging and visually sophisticated theatrical design.
The production relies on the audience’s willingness to accept the play’s supernatural framework and enter its world of fairies, sprites...
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VOICE CHOICE: Stratford’s return of ‘Something Rotten!’ arrives sharper, wittier and more confident. A joyous, silly and irreverent production that embraces its own absurdity.
The Festival’s return of Something Rotten! invites repeat viewing, not only for its energy but for its juicy wordplay and...
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Sara Farb’s Fanny Brice in Shaw’s ‘Funny Girl’ grabs the role with both fists and makes it her own. Babs who?
A striking production of ‘Funny Girl’ – loosely based on the story of Fanny Brice, a comedic star of the...
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