Archive for 'Martin Morrow'

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Matilda the Musical Celebrates Brain Power

In a banner year for stupidity, this summer's big Mirvish show strikes a blow for intelligence and wit.

By Martin Morrow Jul. 12th, 1:00 pm

Get to Know Scotland’s Royalty in The James Plays at Luminato Festival

This epic U.K. import brings a thrilling contemporary aspect to the history of Scotland’s 15th-century kings and queens.

By Martin Morrow Jun. 24th, 11:00 am

Theatre: Soulpepper’s Thought-Provoking Incident at Vichy

The company finds startling current relevance in Arthur Miller’s neglected Second World War play.

By Martin Morrow Jun. 13th, 1:30 pm

Queer History Onstage: Body Politic at Buddies in Bad Times

Playwright Nick Green on dramatizing the life and contentious times of Toronto’s trail-blazing gay-rights journal.

By Martin Morrow Jun. 6th, 2:00 pm

Feminism Onstage: Mrs. Warren’s Profession at the Shaw and The Heidi Chronicles at Soulpepper

Two sharp comedy/dramas capture women's struggles in the Victorian and baby-boom eras.

By Martin Morrow Jun. 1st, 10:00 am

The Winners from the 2016 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards

The sixth annual Toronto Theatre Critics Awards, to be handed out on June 20, recognize the breadth and depth of theatre in the city.

By Steve Fisher and Martin Morrow May. 27th, 2:00 pm

Shaw Festival 2016: A Vital Uncle Vanya and a Tender Our Town

The opening plays at this year’s festival offer Toronto visitors two contrasting views of life in a rural backwater.

By Martin Morrow May. 18th, 10:00 am

Theatre: The Brave New Worlds of Ultrasound and The Summoned

A drama about deaf culture at Theatre Passe Muraille and a cyber satire at Tarragon Theatre revolve around reproductive technology.

By Martin Morrow May. 10th, 10:00 am

Rewriting Art History and the Bible on Stage with Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom

Jordan Tannahill’s audacious pair of one-act plays brings Canadian Stage's season to a blazing conclusion.

By Martin Morrow May. 3rd, 3:00 pm

Shows That Make You Ask: What If and WTF?

The New York musical If/Then and the German comedy Das Ding provoke speculation, laughs, and disappointment.

By Martin Morrow Apr. 20th, 12:00 pm

Visiting The Wizard of Oz. . . and Killer Joe

YPT’s family classic and the Coal Mine’s violent thriller have nothing in common—except terrific performances.

By Martin Morrow Apr. 13th, 4:15 pm

From Kim’s Convenience to Chimerica

Actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (briefly) swaps his role as a lovable Korean shopkeeper for that of a troubled Chinese dissident in Canadian Stage’s epic political thriller.

By Martin Morrow Apr. 6th, 1:30 pm

The Second City Budgets Big for Laughs

Never mind Drake. The company taps into Prime Minister Trudeau's largesse for its new spring revue, The Hotline Always Blings Twice.

By Martin Morrow Mar. 29th, 3:00 pm

The Civil Service and Its Discontents

The Public Servant offers more laughs than enlightenment as it exposes the lives of Canada’s bureaucrats.

By Martin Morrow Mar. 23rd, 1:00 pm

The Truth About Hemingway and Those Hash Brownies

At Buddies in Bad Times, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas dish the dirt, while Soulpepper tackles terrorism with Albert Camus’s The Just.

By Martin Morrow Mar. 17th, 1:00 pm

You Will Remember R.H. Thomson (and Anusree Roy)

The two popular actors charm and move us in their latest shows at Tarragon and Theatre Passe Muraille.

By Martin Morrow Mar. 14th, 11:00 am

A Classic Case of Jitters

Soulpepper revisits David French’s hilarious and poignant comedy about making Canadian theatre.

By Martin Morrow Mar. 9th, 11:00 am

Men Who Go With the Flow

The Campbell House becomes an Irish pub for Fly on the Wall Theatre's intoxicating production of Conor McPherson's Port Authority.

By Martin Morrow Mar. 8th, 2:00 pm