With the weather warming up and city-dwellers coming out of hibernation, the Toronto theatre community is providing plenty of places for them to go. You could head down Yonge Street to see Once (starring the always likeable Ian Lake) or to The Annex for The LOT’s Hairspray (with the amazing Matt McKay as Seaweed) then […]
On Monday March 30th, the Toronto theatre community gathered together at The Great Hall on Queen West to celebrate all the amazing work that made it to the stage in 2014. They got their picture taken by Nick Pigeau Photography in front of our branded media wall, ate cupcakes and sushi provided by The Cupcake […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2014 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. We feel like this is something Benvolio would do- individually contact a group of 8 actors (many of whom are scattered across the country) and facilitate a mass Best Ensemble interview so each and every member of […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2014 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. A rare nominee being celebrated for multiple productions, Melanie Hrymak features in the opposite categories of Solo Performance and Best Ensemble. The captivating work she did at the Fringe Festival in her Best Solo Performance-nominated show Licking […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2014 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Leslie McBay played Romeo. In Headstrong Collective/Urban Bard’s site-specific, LGBTQ take on the world’s most famous play (which she also co-produced), the success or failure of the concept rested largely on Leslie’s ability to play Romeo […]
I’m just going to be upfront with you guys- the co-producer of this show Melanie Hrymak (who also plays Tybalt) is a friend of mine; she also occasionally writes for this site so it’s not as if it would have taken your best detective skills to discover this badly kept secret. A few weeks ago, […]