Acting Up Stage Company has, over the last few years, become one of the most powerful players in the Toronto musical theatre scene, despite only producing a handful of pieces a year. Their spring mainstage is a Dora magnet and this year’s opening brought an impressive crowd of movers and shakers to the great but […]
The Canadian Opera Company’s spring productions were all about the bloodied, bed-ready ingenues this season. Dialogues des Carmelites doesn’t actually use stage blood, nor are the white gowns the nuns wear as they ready for death technically nightgowns, I suppose, but the point stands. These are all wronged and/or wronging ladies with big, fierce “bring […]
The Lower Ossington Theatre’s current production of the beloved rock musical Rent will come to an end on June 2nd, the producers opting out of a second extension in favour of an early return for LOT mainstay Avenue Q. The decision must be a purely commercial one since there is almost no textual argument to […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Mumbi Otu was the driving force behind Hart House’s outstanding production of My Name is Rachel Corrie (which is also nominated for Best Designer and Best Actress), telling the true story of a girl with designs on […]
I cannot even begin to imagine what one could possibly find to say against A Brimful of Asha. So I am glad I don’t have to. It is flawless in its storytelling and staging. Ravi Jain, whose Why Not Theatre has developed a reputation in cross-cultural collaboration and producing of site-specific, as well as, community-based […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. A rising star of the Toronto indie scene, Leah Holder’s fierce and indelible performance was the highlight of Single Thread Theatre’s standout original piece The Campbell House Story. The charming Best Supporting Actress in a Regional Production nominee […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Jackie English was the inventive and silly saviour of Red Sandcastle Theatre’s troubled winter pantomime, Alice in Blunderland. The indefatigable Best Supporting Actress in a Regional Production nominee found the time to answer some of our questions about her […]
One of the predominant challenges faced by modern jazz musicians is that of an alienated audience. How does one push boundaries in a genre famed for its esoteric complexity—a genre where pushing boundaries is not merely expected but demanded—while managing to hold the attention of an increasingly fickle public? On Sunday night, in the Drake […]