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Virgilia Griffith and Mazin Elsadig in 'Wine in the Wilderness.' iPhoto caption: Virgilia Griffith and Mazin Elsadig in 'Wine in the Wilderness.' Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: Canadian Stage’s Wine in the Wilderness paints a lovely, if languorous, picture of 1960s Harlem

Wine in the Wilderness lays bare several of its characters’ emotional cores. But because it takes so long to reach that vulnerability, the revelations land with inadequate force.

By Abi Akinlade / Oct 2, 2026