Lynn Slotkin’s 2017 Tootsie Awards
Theatre critic Lynn Slotkin has created her annual list of Toronto theatre award winners.
Review: The Story
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.
Review: Peter Pan
Joy to the world—the most inventive, lively, whimsical production of Peter Pan has arrived for the holidays!
Review: The Mess
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: A Christmas Carol (x2)
Reviews of two productions of A Christmas Carol—Ross Petty Productions and the Grand Theatre, in London, Ont.—that couldn’t be more different.
Review: Heisenberg
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.
Review: Instant
Shields does not present the stories in her play as clichés or provide easy solutions.
Review: A Christmas Carol
Puppets factor heavily in this production, with varying degrees of success.
Review: Candide (Barrie)
Candide gets off to a rousing start when Lily Ling on piano and Jamie Drake on percussion play the stirring overture. It’s glorious.
Review: People, Places & Things (NYC)
Jeremy Herrin directs this with swift efficiency.
Review: Torch Song (NYC)
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.
Review: Oleanna
Nothing gets up people’s noses more than Oleanna, about sexual harassment, power, and submission.
Review: Cake
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard is one fearless playwright.
Review: Marine Life
There might be “eight million stories in the naked city” but it’s not a good idea to cram them all into one play.
Review: trace
Ho’s writing is funny, caustic, thoughtful, and informative, and his performance is impressive.
Review: Mr. Shi and His Lover
Mr. Shi and His Lover is absolutely stunning to look at, provocative, and artful in every single way.