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How do you solve a problem like The Stratford Festival?

This year's offerings from The Stratford Festival are gut-wrenching in sometimes the right way, and sometimes in the very, very wrong way.

By Carly Maga Jul. 16th, 11:45 am

Family Issues Hit Toronto Stages

Two plays tackle family dynamics, to varying degrees of success: Theatre Smith-Gilmour's As I Lay Dying and fu-GEN's Ching Chong Chinaman.

By Carly Maga Mar. 21st, 10:30 am

Iceland is Well Worth the Return Trip

Last year's SummerWorks hit returns with the same cautionary tale about the Toronto real estate market's many risks.

By Carly Maga Mar. 18th, 9:15 am

New LEAR Plays With Gender, Age, and Legacy

Legendary actress Clare Coulter teams up with a team of young artists for an adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, King Lear.

By Carly Maga Mar. 7th, 10:00 am

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And Slowly Beauty… Needs to Speed Up

A man's outlook on life is changed when he sees Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters, but his story is too long and too late.

By Carly Maga Mar. 1st, 2:30 pm

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Hannah Moscovitch’s Problem Children

A double bill full of domestic drama from Hannah Moscovitch, Canada's most in-demand playwright, reveals her strengths and weaknesses.

By Carly Maga Feb. 28th, 9:30 am

Riffs on Classic Theatre Still Sting

Two takes on celebrated pieces of theatre—Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park—still resonate in Toronto.

By Carly Maga Feb. 26th, 10:00 am

The Money Trail Continues

Adam Paolozza and Ravi Jain bring their hit Spent back to Toronto after touring it around the world, and it's still on the money.

By Carly Maga Feb. 14th, 1:00 pm

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Till Anger Do They Part

Think middle school was tough? Try middle life. Kristen Thomson's new play, Someone Else, reveals the identity crises of a comedian, a doctor, and a troubled teen.

By Carly Maga Jan. 17th, 9:30 am

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Anthony Rapp’s Without You

In a one-man show based on his memoir of the same name, Anthony Rapp relives both the glory and pain he experienced while starring in Rent.

By Carly Maga Dec. 21st, 9:00 am

She’s Every Woman… in Dickens’ Women

British theatre legend Miriam Margolyes brings her acclaimed one-woman show to Toronto for the first time, exploring Charles Dickens and the women who shaped him.

By Carly Maga Dec. 14th, 11:00 am

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A Christmas Carol Resonates in the Past, Present, and Future

Charles Dickens' classic story returns to Soulpepper to ring in the holiday season.

By Carly Maga Dec. 7th, 9:00 am

Culture Clashes, Asha Smashes

A mother and son put the audience in the middle of an emotional dispute on the Tarragon stage, and it's good fun.

By Carly Maga Dec. 4th, 9:00 am

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Ignorance Leaves Lots to the Imagination

Calgary's Old Trout Puppet Workshop brings a visually dazzling, deep-thinking puppet show to Canadian Stage, but one still in need of some cohesion.

By Carly Maga Dec. 3rd, 10:00 am

Toronto Theatre Gets Absurd

Two absurdist shows are wowing audiences right now, on Toronto's biggest and smallest stages.

By Carly Maga Nov. 22nd, 9:00 am

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A Sweet Slice of Childhood

Soulpepper brings new life to Dennis Lee's poems in a stage adaptation of Alligator Pie.

By Carly Maga Nov. 12th, 9:30 am

Theatre This Weekend: What We Fear, Then and Now

Closing this weekend are two shows that deal with fear: one a 1938 radio drama that set the world in a frenzy over a fictional alien invasion, the other a present-day analysis of condo-culture worries and insecurities.

By Carly Maga Nov. 2nd, 3:40 pm

The Normal Heart Gets Blood Pumping and Tears Flowing

Studio 180 revives last year's critically adored play set in New York City during the early days of the AIDS epidemic. Don't miss it, and don't forget the tissues.

By Carly Maga Oct. 30th, 10:30 am