20 August 2017
13 The Musical by The British Theatre Academy
By Adam Mcdonnell // Theatre (London)
Jason Robert Brown is one of the most well-respected composers working in musical theatre today. His credits include Songs for a New World, The Last Five Years and Parade (my …
16 August 2017
Apartment 301: Sharp Characters – Blunt Ending
By Anwar Ragep // Theatre (New York)
I’m a big fan of Antony Raymond whom I consider one of the city’s rising star playwrights. He creates rich unique characters with clear voices. As tensions and emotions inevitably …
11 August 2017
SummerWorks ’17: Part VII
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Read All Our SummerWorks Reviews HERE Icône Pop (A) The scene for Icône Pop is set as the audience walks into the blackbox theatre at The Theatre Centre with singer Mykalle …
11 August 2017
SummerWorks ’17: Part VI
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Read All Our SummerWorks Reviews HERE The Only Good Indian (B+) It’s difficult to grade this solo show from Pandemic Theatre because half its runtime is just a “long table” …
10 August 2017
SummerWorks ’17: Part V
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Read All Our SummerWorks Reviews HERE Explosions for the 21st Century (A-) My favourite SummerWorks show this year, Christopher Ross-Ewart’s philosophical and practical lecture on sound design is both an …
10 August 2017
Jessica: Almost Human
By Anwar Ragep // Theatre (New York)
Jessica, a play written by Patrick Vermillion, showing at the IRT Theater brings science fiction and artificial intelligence to the stage. But an overly ambition script falls short in execution …
08 August 2017
SummerWorks ’17: Part IV
By Mary-Margaret Scrimger // Theatre (Toronto)
Read All Our SummerWorks Reviews HERE Pearle Harbour’s Chautaqua (A+) [Ed. Note: A+ is the highest grade we give but, just for the record, MM’s official submission was “A+++++++”] This is …
08 August 2017
SummerWorks ’17: Part III
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Read All Our SummerWorks Reviews HERE Erased: Billy and Bayard (A) Created and performed by the Queer Songbook Orchestra, featuring Andrew Broderick and Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, the show weaves together the …
07 August 2017
SummerWorks ’17: Part II
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Read All Our SummerWorks Reviews HERE August, Augusta (A) Created, choreographed, and directed by Jocelyn Mah, and winner of The Winchester Prize, this piece depicts two musicians and a trio …
05 August 2017
SummerWorks ’17: Part I
By Mary-Margaret Scrimger // Theatre (Toronto)
Read All Our SummerWorks Reviews HERE White Man’s Indian (A) This is a story that needs to be told and should be told but is not for the faint of …
03 August 2017
SummerWorks, 2017
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
The 2017 SummerWorks Performance Festival runs August 3-13 and our staff is on hand to cover pretty much everything. Check back at this page throughout the festival for all of …
29 July 2017
Soulpepper on 42nd Street: True North
By Rebbekah Vega Romero // Theatre (New York)
Soulpepper, a company of Toronto-based Canadian theatre artists, is doing a residency at the Signature Theatre complex for the month of July. If the concert they served up in honor …
27 July 2017
Aboard the Pirate Life- Flooded
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Flooded is set on a boat, but not just any boat. One warm and sunny (thank god) Toronto July evening I found myself on The Pirate Life Boat sailing around …
26 July 2017
Cyd Casados’ Permanence
By Lisa McKeown // Theatre (Toronto)
Produced and presented by Libby Brodie Productions, Permanence is an hour long emotional tornado. And I mean that in a good way. Written by Cyd Casados, the play depicts the …
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