Theatre & Performance

Broadway’s Music Man cancels performances as Hugh Jackman tests positive for COVID-19

To avoid more closings like Toronto’s Come From Away, governments need to support Canada’s performing-arts sector

Five theatre performances we can look forward to in 2022 (if COVID allows them to proceed)

Come From Away permanently closes in Toronto amid surge of COVID-19 cases

Four Toronto performances of Come From Away cancelled after backstage crew member tests positive for COVID-19

Just as the curtain was rising again, live theatre scrambles to deal with shutdowns and capacity restrictions

Ontario theatres cancel shows amid new restrictions to combat Omicron COVID-19 variant

The Canadians who helped Broadway make a stunning return in 2021

Nestruck on Theatre: Come From Away finally reopens in Toronto, as Omicron looms

As The Nutcracker returns to Canadian stages, ballet companies find new balances on COVID-19 and cultural stereotypes

Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne stars in London revival of Cabaret

Second City Toronto’s Welcome Back to the Future is a happy return, but to a new home

The top 10 theatre events of 2021 show the stage still matters

Nestruck on Theatre: Holiday shows that aren’t A Christmas Carol

Landing Tyrone Huntley for the Toronto stop of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar was a huge coup

How Broadway got its groove back – and Canadian theatregoers can make the most of a visit

Designer Gillian Gallow wins Canada’s top theatre award – the prestigious $100,000 Siminovitch Prize

I Remember Stephen Sondheim

Marie-Claire Blais, celebrated novelist and playwright, dies at 82

How Stephen Sondheim got us – and is still getting us – through the pandemic

East Van Panto is my yearly holiday tradition

Dolly Parton’s musical take on A Christmas Carol is a fun return to the theatre, but needs some fine-tuning

Headed to Broadway? You oughta know Jagged Little Pill packs a more powerful punch than Tony winner Moulin Rouge

Nestruck on Theatre: The unlikely – or perhaps inevitable – success of Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer: The Musical

Stratford Festival announces 2022 season that will see long-delayed opening of the new Tom Patterson Theatre

Don’t call No Change in the Weather ready-for-Broadway

Nestruck on Theatre: Soulpepper artistic director Weyni Mengesha announces 2022 slate of shows

Crow’s Theatre’s MixTape is a solo show that will teach you why love is listening

National Ballet returns with the prophetic Angels’ Atlas, Soul and Serenade

Stage and screen actor David Fox dies at 80

Nestruck on Theatre: Easing yourself back to live theatre? You might need A Tonic for Desperate Times

Naming rights have made Toronto the most confusing theatre city in Canada

Cirque du Soleil wants its big-top shows to be an annual ‘tourist destination’ in Toronto

Newly promoted principal dancer Ben Rudisin on how backflips led him to the National Ballet of Canada

The Spectators’ Odyssey - o dell’Inferno will help you get your steps in, but not much else

Draw Me Close: Discover life inside an NFB animated short in this cutting-edge yet nostalgic VR/theatre hybrid at Soulpepper