Lynn Slotkin’s 2017 Tootsie Awards
Theatre critic Lynn Slotkin has created her annual list of Toronto theatre award winners.
Theatre critic Lynn Slotkin has created her annual list of Toronto theatre award winners.
It was frigid the night I saw the production, and when you are freezing and can’t feel your fingers or toes, time-wasting shenanigans wear thin.
Joy to the world—the most inventive, lively, whimsical production of Peter Pan has arrived for the holidays!
Co-creators Mikaela Davies and Polly Phokeev have devised a short, complex, layered story of how the mess a person creates can affect those around them.
Reviews of two productions of A Christmas Carol—Ross Petty Productions and the Grand Theatre, in London, Ont.—that couldn’t be more different.
Of the three productions I’ve seen of Heisenberg—on Broadway in New York, the West End in London, and here in Toronto—this one is the best.
Shields does not present the stories in her play as clichés or provide easy solutions.
Puppets factor heavily in this production, with varying degrees of success.
Candide gets off to a rousing start when Lily Ling on piano and Jamie Drake on percussion play the stirring overture. It’s glorious.
Jeremy Herrin directs this with swift efficiency.
Urie’s scenes with Ruehl crackle with perfect timing as the good-natured barbs whiz through the air like ping-pong balls hit by masters.
Nothing gets up people’s noses more than Oleanna, about sexual harassment, power, and submission.
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard is one fearless playwright.
There might be “eight million stories in the naked city” but it’s not a good idea to cram them all into one play.
Ho’s writing is funny, caustic, thoughtful, and informative, and his performance is impressive.
Mr. Shi and His Lover is absolutely stunning to look at, provocative, and artful in every single way.