Unique Pieces
While a promising world premiere celebrating Blue Rodeo’s music, ‘In the Key of Blue’ still needs a tighter book, cleaner pacing and steadier sound mix.
The first duty of a new Canadian musical is to prove it belongs on stage. In the Key of Blue,...
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Tahirih Vejdani delivers an assured performance, combining strong vocal command with a carefully calibrated sense of theatrical allure.
From its opening moments, the world premiere of Born to be Bad: The Villains of Broadway establishes a confident and...
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VOICE CHOICE FOR ‘SHEN YUN’: An unforgettable evening of breathtaking beauty and poetic artistry, as Chinese classical dance celebrates 5,000 years of culture and heritage.
I had been looking forward to seeing the Shen Yun dance company for years. Who hasn't seen the advertisements showcasing...
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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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Unique creativity in ‘Medusa’ which raises fearsome questions about modern injustices to women.
A startling world premiere of Erin Shield’s Medusa is now playing at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto’s Distillery District. This play...
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PUNCH: the viral baby macaque stars in a sugary musical
Some may remember Conrad, the raccoon whose death in the Yorkville neighbourhood in 2015 prompted Torontonians to organize a public...
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A bold, intellectually charged piece of theatre. ‘The Caged Bird Sings’ arrives raw in feeling, rigorous in thought, and unafraid to leave its audience wrestling with difficult ideas.
The Caged Bird Sings reimagines Rumi’s ‘Masavani’ in a prison cell in which confinement is both literal and spiritual. Rumi...
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‘American Devotion’ offers a periodically compelling fictional exploration of celebrity, media scrutiny, and private power dynamics. A tighter script would sharpen its dramatic momentum.
In this world premiere, playwright Franca Miraglia draws on an enduring fascination with Hollywood’s Golden Age, using it as a...
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‘Paranormal Activity’ arrives in Toronto as a sleek, unnervingly engaging stage thriller.
At this opening-night Toronto engagement, the production demonstrates how effectively horror can function onstage when handled with technical precision and...
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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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