10 June 2019
Bad Dog’s COMBUSTION, 2019
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
The Bad Dog Theatre Company performed their annual comedy festival, COMBUSTIONfestival, from May 27-June 1, to great success and lots of laughs. The festival is a “week-long comedy party” that …
16 May 2019
OLD STOCK: A Refugee Love Story
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
What caught my attention for Tarragon Theatre’s performance of OLD STOCK: A Refugee Love Story was Ben Caplan. I read that he did the music for the show, and immediately …
12 May 2019
The COC’s Otello
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
The Canadian Opera Company’s production of Otello is passionate, bleak, dramatic, and nearly everything one could want from an opera. Based on Shakespeare’s tempestuous tragedy, it is far from a …
07 May 2019
Harry Potter and the TSO
By Amy Strizic // Cinema Music
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) continues their hero’s job of showing all eight Harry Potter films with a live orchestra. The fifth iteration (Harry Potter and the Order of the …
30 April 2019
Q&A: TSO Harry Potter Conductor Evan Mitchell
By Amy Strizic // Cinema Music
The Sony Centre and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra are partnering again for the continuation of Harry Potter Film Concert Series with The Order of the Phoenix (the 5th, for those …
22 April 2019
Kudelka’s Four Old Legs
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Growing up in the ballet world, I had often heard her name, but I never dreamed that I would be fortunate enough to see Evelyn Hart dance. Master of her …
20 April 2019
Chilina Kennedy Brings Beautiful Back
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
I came out of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical with a smile on my face. Seeing a musical is always a night full of fun and passion, and this show …
03 April 2019
Ballet BC in Toronto
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Ballet BC made a stop in Toronto on a packed tour, and showcased an evening of athleticism, nuance, and sensitivity. Performing at the St Lawrence Centre for only two nights, …
23 March 2019
Gandini Juggling’s Sigma
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Crossing and blending the line between dance and circus, Sigma is an absolute joy of a show. Cerebral, enticing, entrancing… this show is everything. The result of an experimentation of …
16 March 2019
Pyretic’s Blood of our Soil
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Pyretic Productions and Punctuate! Theatre’s most recent show, Blood of our Soil, packs a punch. Onstage in the Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, playwright and star Lianna Makuch brings the audience …
15 March 2019
Nominee Interview Series: Hugh Ritchie (2018)
By Alisha Maclean and Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2018 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual…
28 February 2019
Good Morning, Viet Mom
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Good Morning, Viet Mom is a wonderfully funny and touching play that has been created and curated so thoughtfully. Journeying from the Fringe Festival to the Next Stage Festival, Good …
28 February 2019
Cirque Éloize’s Hotel
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Cirque Éloize captures perfectly the bustle and glamour of a 1920’s art-deco hotel in their most recent show. Performed at the St. Lawrence Centre, Hotel is a great success, pleasing …
18 February 2019
Nominee Interview Series: Shalyn McFaul (2018)
By Alisha Maclean and Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2018 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards…
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