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Prophecy Fog – The Theatre Centre, Paper Canoe Projects, Nightswimming |
The cast has been announced for Caroline, or Change with book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner and music by Pulitzer Prize finalist Jeanine Tesori.
Season announcement: Festival Players of Prince Edward County and community
Bringing Canadian-made performances to audiences for more than 10 years,…
Sting, Coded Sides, and Cinnabon
I was totally looking forward to that foursome until everyone else showed up with golf clubs.
My 20-year journey with Charlotte
It started with an obsession, an idea I could not…
Evan Hansen, Audition Show Tunes, and Being Cool
So very cool that Drake wore that Breaker High hoodie to the Raptors game. This could finally be the big break that Ryan Gosling’s career needs to rescue him from relative obscurity and put him on the map again.
Spotlight: Erin Shields
Shining the spotlight on Canadian playwright Erin Shields, who discusses making it in the theatre world with her play If We Were Birds and her new play Beautiful Man.
In Celebration: Art of Time Ensemble turns 20
Art of Time Ensemble—a Toronto-based company that aims to change the way audiences experience classical music—is wrapping up its 20th anniversary season.
Break Ups, Callbacks, and Ryan Gosling
Posting memes of someone else’s quotes or ideas makes them yours as much as putting on a Jays shirt makes you Joe Carter.
Where are the playwrights?
In my final critique at the National Theatre School of Canada some 40 years ago, Joel Miller, who at the time was running the English acting program, turned to me and said “we know you have had some success with your little monologues and mask characters here, but do not ever, ever think you can be a playwright.”
Casting Announcement: Soulpepper’s Fool For Love and A Streetcar Named Desire
Soulpepper has announced casting for two of its upcoming shows!
Game of Thrones, Emojis, and City Planning
I’m no city planner, but is it necessary for every single street in Toronto to be under construction at the exact same time?
Spotlight: Walter Borden
“I am the authority on who I am,” proclaimed Walter Borden on a rainy April evening as we discussed identities and how we present ourselves to the world.
Season Announcement: Nightwood Theatre
“Our 40th season is an array of work that grapples with our collective history, cautions us on the precarity of our present, and calls us to action for our future,” says Artistic Director Kelly Thornton.
Marjorie Chan is Theatre Passe Muraille’s Next Artistic Director
“I am ecstatic and humbled to be trusted with the artistic leadership of Theatre Passe Muraille, a company which has been at the forefront of collaborative and ground-breaking work for 50 years.”
The Selfie, Giving Discounts, and Candy
Please God, if there absolutely has to be a game seven, let the power in all of Toronto go out at the beginning of the third period.
What I Wish I’d Known: Andrea Donaldson
I believe in a huge distinction between pressure and stress. One is exciting and passionate and one is toxic.
Emerging Across Canada: Ontario and Quebec
Whether that was in Montreal or from mentors in Edmonton, I had this image in my mind of this terrible place where people were always mean and dreams went to die.