Theatre Reviews

Angels in America: Tony Kushner’s two-part classic is as necessary as ever, even in That Theatre Company’s imperfect Toronto production

Onegin’s crisp choreography redeems its stale storyline

To Kill a Mockingbird at Mirvish makes a rare touring stop in Toronto for a big-budget Broadway play

Prophecy Fog at Coal Mine Theatre feels essential at this moment in time

Part of the appeal of The Lehman Trilogy is the absence of a large, obvious statement

At Tarragon Theatre, Morris Panych’s Withrow Park is an unthreatening comedy of menace

New Second City revue Chaos Menu: Disorder Up! makes light of life’s everyday absurdities

National Ballet of Canada’s pairing of Passion, Emma Bovary works, though the latter is easier to love

Bad Roads, a brutally revealing Ukrainian play about war in the digital age, takes the stage at Crows Theatre

Sandra Caldwell’s The Guide to Being Fabulous keeps it real and rollicking

Jagged Little Pill is full of beauty, pain and raw emotion, like the album that inspired it

The Wild Rovers, inspired by the Irish Rovers, leaves audience in want of a portal out

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate forces us to consider the foundations of our existence

Love, justice and freedom resonate through Canadian Opera Company’s Fidelio

Roy Orbison jukebox musical In Dreams will leave you feeling good about feeling bad

Walter Borden’s The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time is a retrospective of the veteran actor’s life, and a reason to smile

Slow-burning Topdog/Underdog plays a complex riff on race and masculinity like a quietly haunting blues

Six reigns supreme with long-awaited Toronto arrival

Love’s Labour’s Lost at Stratford is something to savour, much like a guilty pleasure dating reality show

The Waltz is a beautifully crafted romance that reflects Canada’s tapestry of cultures

Les Belles-Soeurs is funny, poignant yet never sentimental

Frankenstein revival recounts gothic tale sometimes credited as having invented science fiction

Forgotten for a century, rediscovered play The Shadow of a Doubt mixes melodrama and satire

Stirring Amen Corner at Shaw Festival tests theatrical faith

Soulpepper’s Detroit: Music of the Motor City drives home its message

Women of the Fur Trade’s historical satire exposes women behind Riel rebellions

With Wedding Band, Stratford Festival uncovers potential new classic

The Effect is a cerebral play that’s easy to admire but difficult to love

The Shaw Festival’s Game of Love and Chance is a delightful experiment in improv

Hadestown is a triumphant, timely retelling of an age-old myth

Shaw Festival’s ghostly revival of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit lacks spark

Village Wooing and Mother, Daughter experiment on, rather than with, the Shaw Festival’s audiences

The Playboy of the Western World won’t cause (or be) a riot at the Shaw Festival, but it still has an edge

The Apple Cart rocks at the Shaw Festival with Tom Rooney as a magnetic King Magnus

Stratford Festival production of Richard II is bold and brash, but not-quite-fully realized

Stratford Festival’s brief stage adaptation A Wrinkle in Time will leave kids wanting more - which is not a complaint