
25 April 2020
Nominee Interview Series: The Ensemble of Dogfight
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2019 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. First Act Productions has a knack for assembling strong ensembles but …

19 March 2020
Nominee Interview Series: Taylor Hubbard
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2019 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. As Rose, the sensitive soul of Pasek & Paul’s 2012 Off-Broadway …

31 October 2017
Sweeney in Concert
By Lauren Webb // Theatre (Toronto)
On October 28th for one night only, Co-Producers Nicole Strawbridge and Colin Frotten put on Sweeney Todd the Demon of Fleet Street at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Toronto. For …

04 March 2016
MyTheatre Award Nominee: Q&A w/ Danik McAfee
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2015 MyTheatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Danik McAfee appeared in two different productions of Cabaret in 2015. In the …

06 November 2015
On Stage in TO: Sex & Ambiguity
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Age of Arousal (Factory Theatre) The best thing I’ve seen at the Factory Theatre in ages, Linda Griffiths’ Age of Arousal is funny and sad and executed with plenty of …

03 April 2015
The 2014 My Theatre Award Winners: Toronto
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
On Monday March 30th, the Toronto theatre community gathered together at The Great Hall on Queen West to celebrate all the amazing work that made it to the stage in …

22 January 2015
First Act’s Oklahoma!
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s at once conventional and bizarre western romance opens with a strapping cowboy named Curly singing about what a beautiful day it is. The first act proceeds down …

19 March 2014
Guys, Dolls, and My Mom
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
There are plenty of musicals with deep stories and complex scores that First Act Productions could have chosen for their March production. But Toronto’s had a pretty tough winter; what …