Counterpoint Players – Timely But a Bit Overstuffed.”Omnibus Bill” Tackles Reproductive Rights
When U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence lauded Donald Trump’s pro-life stance during his recent visit...
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The Toronto Theatre Laboratory
Art Babayants, of Armenian origin, has a doctorate in theatre performance, he taught acting in the...
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“Mending Fences:” A Difficult Norman Foster Play Produces Unexpected Emotional Depths
Mending Fences is a most beautifully constructed play that appears to concern a dysfunctional...
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“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”: Vibrant Musical Numbers But It Avoids the Dicey Sexual and Racial Politics That Underly the Show
Orpheus Musical Theatre Society have brought to the stage another light-hearted musical, doing...
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STO Union’s Nadia Ross Charting Her Own Disruptive Course North Of Wakefield
An abandoned high school in the village of Farrellton, Que., just north of Wakefield, seems an...
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Theatre Kraken’s “Lysistrata” at the Gladstone Theatre
I naively asked the production team which translation they used for the production since I assumed...
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Toronto Laboratory Theatre: “In Sundry Languages” – Creating New Identities Through Collaborative Devising In Many Languages!
Art Babayants is a performer and the Artistic Director of the Toronto Laboratory Theatre, working...
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“The Pigeon King” At The NAC Is A Perfect Country Musical About Pigeon Scams, The Modern Family Farm, Hope And Loss, And That Reality Is Stranger Than Fiction
The National Arts Centre’s latest acquisition, The Pigeon King originally from Blyth Festival and...
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“Between Breath” Is A Tender Play About Grief, Tragedy And The Impact Of A Life Well-Lived
The NAC’s Between Breaths from St. John’s Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland theatre captures the life...
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“Lo (Or Der Mr. Wells)”: Rose Napoli And David Mamet Clash In This Fine Production Dealing With Troubling Ethical Questions..
A two-hander by Rose Napoli that has been given a fine production at the GCTC thanks to director...
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“Indecent”: A Deeply Moving, Complex And Exquisitely Directed Production That Reveals The Enormous Talent Of The Segal Centre For Performing Arts In Montreal
Indecent, written by Paula Vogel, was first produced at the Yale repertory theatre in 2015. This...
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“The Pigeon King” At The NAC Is A Perfect Country Musical About Pigeon Scams, The Modern Family Farm, Hope, And Loss And That Reality Is Stranger Than Fiction
The National Arts Centre’s latest acquisition, The Pigeon King originally from Blyth Festival and...
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Youth Find Hope For The Future Through Documentary Play
Today’s young people deserve to be heard. But, because of all of our technological distractions...
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“Giselle”–A World Premiere Reveals Ivan Cavallari’s Contemporary Vision Of A 19th Century Ballet Through The Prism Of ‘Total Art.’
The NAC dance program emphasized the fact that this version of Giselle, the first for the Grands...
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“Angélique” Suffers From Too Much Exposition And Not Enough Drama
Life will be different this time,” says young, hopeful Marie-Joseph Angélique at the beginning of...
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“Swedish Furniture” Is A Serious, Realistic Look At Millennial Relationships
The latest play in the TACTICS Mainstage Series of local independent theatre, Swedish Furniture by...
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“Crippled,” The USCIS, And The Importance Of Disability As Culture
It seems simple enough. One is invited to perform somewhere, fills out the necessary paperwork,...
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“Albumen”: A Living Hotblooded Art Piece
The Arts Court Theatre is the perfect intimate space for the experimental performance piece...
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“Come From Away”–New Canadian Musical On Broadway
Come From Away, a relentlessly peppy new musical by the Canadian husband-wife team David Hein and...
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“Love And Information”: An Excellent Young Director Extracts Order From Churchill’s Contemporary Chaos
A talented young director brings order to Caryl Churchill’s purposely chaotic vision of the nature...
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