Theatre & Performance

Serviceable Spamalot a sign of a Stratford Festival failing in quest to find a higher musical-theatre purpose

Paul Gross is non-stop watchable as King Lear at Stratford Festival

At the Shaw Festival, On the Razzle is Tom Stoppard at his most dazzling, least deep

The Stratford Festival ritual of opening week is finally back

Crow’s Theatre’s plays Red Velvet and Uncle Vanya lead the way in nominations for Toronto’s Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The Shaw Festival returns to Narnia with Prince Caspian – and spends a lot of time playing catch up on C.S. Lewis

Gypsy grips once again at the Shaw Festival - thanks to a sublime performance by Kate Hennig

The king returns: After two decades away, Paul Gross is back in Stratford to play Lear

“Pride and Prejudice” remake, “To Kill a Mockingbird” in Off-Mirvish season lineup

Predicting the Dora Mavor Moore Award nominees, plus: What’s opening on stage across Canada this week

Not dead yet: Four Shaw Festival directors on how to get contemporary chuckles out of classic comedies

All the movies, theatre, music and museums to look forward to in summer 2023

Canadian summer theatre dominated by the Bard and the no-holds-barred

Bob Martin drops The Prom on Canada - plus, what else is opening on stages this week

The tale of two women behind Tosca

Despite its shortcomings, The Sound Inside is compelling in its premiere at Coal Mine Theatre

Hit play Agreement captivates audiences amid simmering divisions

In Pamela Mala Sinha’s play New, a new wife upends a new Canadian community

Life of Pi misses the Tony Award nomination boat in a competitive Broadway season for drama. Plus: what’s opening on stages across Canada this week

Canadian writer David West Read nabs Tony nomination for & Juliet

Some Like It Hot leads Tony Award nominations with 13 nods

Gloria: A Life, a play about American feminist Gloria Steinem’s work, will spark hope

Maggie: A New Musical is a tuneful tribute to country star Johnny Reid’s Scottish granny, but loses the plot

Speranza Scappucci steps onto the podium for Canadian Opera Company’s production of Macbeth

Better late than never, Alberta Theatre Projects board listens on leadership. Plus: What’s on stages across Canada this week

Tarragon Theatre’s double reboot continues in 2023-2024 with Morris Panych, Donna- Michelle St. Bernard world premieres

Paint Me This House of Love at Tarragon Theatre is a couple cans short of a full coat

No Black and white, only blurred lines in Toronto plays Body so Fluorescent and Maanomaa, My Brother

How big a success was the Harry Potter play in Toronto? Plus: What’s opening on stages across Canada this week

Australian Chamber Orchestra blending traditional pieces with didgeridoo for Toronto show

Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza will make Toronto (then Calgary, then Vancouver) go ‘Wowza!’

Vierge at Factory Theatre is a moving exploration of the teenaged Congolese female experience

Mirvish to close Harry Potter and the Cursed Child after 13-month run in Toronto

The Seagull: Director Daniel Brooks brings Chekhov back to Soulpepper, cheeky and cutthroat

As housing costs soar, actors are struggling to find accommodations this summer theatre season

Phantom of the Opera is ending - but ‘phans’ are forever: Readers share their memories of the historic musical