Stage Door Reviews 2019
The Best Productions of 2019
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The Gypsy Baron
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by Johann Strauss, Jr., directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
December 28, 29, 31, 2019, January...
Jack and the BeansTalk
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written and directed by Rob Torr
Torrent Productions, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #001, 243 Coxwell Avenue, Toronto
December 20-29, 2019
Ed...
Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical
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music by Howard Goodall, lyrics by Charles Hart, book by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges, directed by Madeline Paul
Starvox Entertainment, Bend...
Holiday Inn
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music by Irving Berlin, directed by Kate Hennig
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
November 23-December 22, 2019;
November...
Aunt Agnes for Christmas
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by Norm Foster, directed by Patricia Vanstone
Norm Foster Theatre Festival & FirstOntario PAC, FirstOntario PAC, St. Catharines
December 13-22,...
The Adventures of Pinocchio
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music & lyrics by Neil Bartram, book by Brian Hill, directed by Sheila McCarthy
Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front Street East, Toronto
November...
Mary Poppins
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music and lyrics by Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman, additional music & lyrics by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe, book by Julian Fellowes, directed...
Lil’ Red Robin Hood
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by Matt Murray, directed by Tracey Flye
Ross Petty Productions, Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto
December 6, 2019-January 4, 2020
Last...
Anastasia
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music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and book by Terrence McNally, directed by Darko Tresnjak
David Mirvish, Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria...
Figaro’s Wedding
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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, adapted and directed by Joel Ivany
Against the Grain Theatre, Isaac Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity Street, Toronto
December...
A Huron County Christmas Carol
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written and directed by Gil Garratt
Blyth Festival, Memorial Hall, Blyth
November 29-December 22, 2019
Marley’s Ghost: ”We should build the community,...
Between Riverside and Crazy
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by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Kelli Fox
Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
November 27-December 22, 2019
Church Lady: “Alway...
Buffoon
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by Anosh Irani, directed by Richard Rose
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, Toronto
November 20-December 15, 2019
Smile: “All life...
Between Breaths
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by Robert Chafe, directed by Jillian Keiley
Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, Factory Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
November 21-December 8, 2019;
☛...
Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
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music by Julien Bilodeau, libretto by Roger Waters, directed by Dominic Champagne
Productions Opéra Concept MP, Meridian Hall, Toronto
November...
Besbouss: Autopsy of a Revolt
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by Stéphane Brulotte, translated by John Van Burek, directed and adapted by Majdi Bou-Matar
Pleiades Theatre with Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest,...
Don Giovanni
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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, directed by Marshall Pynkoski
Opera Atelier, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
October 31-November 9, 2019
Don Giovanni:...
Trout Stanley
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by Claudia Dey, directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Factory Theatre, Factory Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
October 24-November 10, 2019
Sugar: ”We’re...
La Cantatrice chauve
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by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Chandra Gibson
Théâtre français de Toronto, Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs, Toronto
October 23-November 3, 2019
Mme...
The Good Thief
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by Conor McPherson, directed by Rod Ceballos
Fly on the Wall Theatre, Dora Keogh Irish Pub, 141 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
October 19-29, 2019
Narrator:...
If I Could #Throwback Time
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by Tricia Black, Clare McConnell, Natalie Metcalfe, Alan Shane Lewis, Sharjil Rasool & Chris Wilson, directed by Rob Baker
The Second City, 51 Mercer...
Rusalka
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by Antonín Dvořák, directed by Sir David McVicar
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
October 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 & 26, 2019
Ježibaba:...
The Flick
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by Annie Baker, directed by Mitchell Cushman
Outside the March & Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
October 6-November...
La Bohème
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by Giacomo Puccini, translated, adapted and directed by Joel Ivany
• Against the Grain Theatre, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto
October...
Pal Joey
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music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by John O’Hara, directed by Esther Jun
Talk Is Free Theatre, Five Points Theatre, Barrie
October...
Turandot
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by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Robert Wilson
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
September 28, October 4, 9, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25...
Yaga
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written & directed by Kat Sandler
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
September 25-October 20, 2019
Yaga: “They would rather...
Un poyo rojo
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by Luciano Rosso, Nicolás Poggi, Alfonso Barón & Hermes Gaido, directed by Hermes Gaido
Canadian Stage, Baillie Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street, Toronto
October...
A Streetcar Named Desire
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by Tennessee Williams, directed by Weyni Mengesha
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
September 27-October 27, 2019
Blanche: “I...
Alegría: In a New Light
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created by Franco Dragone, revised by Daniel Ross, directed by Jean-Guy Legault
• Cirque du Soleil, Grand Chapiteau, Ontario Place, Toronto
September...
Piaf/Dietrich
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by Daniel Große Boymann & Thomas Kahry, adapted by Erin Shields, directed by Gordon Greenberg
Mirvish Productions, CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street, Toronto
September...
Knives in Hens
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by David Harrower, directed by Leora Morris
Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
September 25-October 13, 2019
Young Woman: “His...
The Book of Life
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co-created by Odile Gakire Katese & Ross Manson, directed by Ross Manson
Volcano, Baillie Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street, Toronto
September 18-29,...
The Band’s Visit
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music & lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Itamar Moses, directed by David Cromer
• David Mirvish, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
September 18-October...
Man and Superman
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by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Kimberley Rampersad
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August 24-October 5, 2019
The Statue:...
The Vise
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by Luigi Pirandello, adapted and directed by Douglas Beattie
Pie in the Sky Productions, private home on Delamere Avenue, Stratford
September 6-8,...
Betrayal
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by Harold Pinter, directed by Andrea Donaldson
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
September 4-25, 2019
Emma: “Do you ever think...
The Front Page
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by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur, adapted by Michael Healey, directed by Graham Abbey
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
August 15-October...
Birds of a Kind
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by Wajdi Mouawad, translated by Linda Gaboriau, directed by Antoni Cimolino
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
August 14-October 13,...
Getting Married
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by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Tanja Jacobs
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 25-October 13, 2019
Collins: “Bless...
The Glass Menagerie
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by Tennessee Williams, directed by László Bérczes
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 7-October 12, 2019
Amanda: “In these...
Victory
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by Howard Barker, directed by Tim Carroll
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August 10-October 12, 2019
Ball: “I wish I could...
Rope
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by Patrick Hamilton, directed by Jani Lauzon
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 24-October 12, 2019
Brandon: “And for...
Cyrano de Bergerac
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by Edmond Rostand, translated & adapted by Kate Hennig, directed by Chris Abraham
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August...
The Russian Play
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by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Diana Donnelly
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 25-October 13, 2019
Sonya: “So...
The Ladykillers
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by Graham Linehan, directed by Tim Carroll
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 6-October 12, 2019
Marcus: “It was a great...
Beside Myself
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music by Steve Thomas, book & lyrics by Norm Foster, directed by Patricia Vanstone
Norm Foster Theatre Festival, FirstOntario PAC, St. Catharines
August...
Sex
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by Mae West, directed by Peter Hinton-Davis
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 5-October 13, 2019
Margy: “To me all men...
The Neverending Story
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by David S. Craig, directed by Jillian Keiley
• Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
June 15-November 3, 2019;
• National Arts Centre,...
Twelve Angry Men
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by Reginald Rose, directed by Marti Maraden
Drayton Entertainment, Playhouse II, Grand Bend
July 18-August 3, 2019;
Hamilton Family Theatre,...
Fool for Love
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by Sam Shepard, directed by Frank Cox-O’Connell
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
July 18-August 11, 2019
Eddie: “I’m not goin’...
Brigadoon
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music by Frederick Loewe, book & lyrics by Alan J. Lerner, directed by Glynis Leyshon
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 25-October...
Hilda’s Yard
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by Norm Foster, directed by Jim Mezon
Norm Foster Theatre Festival, FirstOntario PAC, St. Catharines
July 12-26, 2019
Mrs. Lindstrom: “Worry...
Waitress
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music & lyrics by Sara Bareilles, book by Jessie Nelson, directed by Diane Paulus
David Mirvish, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
July 10-August 18,...
The Road to Damascus
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by Dominique Ziegler, translated and directed by David Eden
To Hell and Back Company, Toronto Fringe Festival, Tarragon Extraspace, Toronto
July...
The Ashes of Forgotten Rain
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written and directed by Norman Hussey
Missed Metaphor Productions, Toronto Fringe Festival, Robert Gill Theatre, Toronto
July 5-14, 2019
Norman...
Old-ish
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by Susan Freedman, directed by Alan Silverman
GoodSide Productions, Toronto Fringe Festival, Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, Toronto
July 5-13,...
Above & Beyond
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by Jaclyn Toledano, directed by Rebecca Ballarin
JackieTol Productions, Toronto Fringe Festival, Robert Gill Theatre, Toronto
July 4-13, 2019
Jaclyn...
My Dad’s Deaths (A Comedy)
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written and directed by Jon Bennett
A Mulled Whine, Toronto Fringe Festival, Guloien Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, Toronto
July 4-14, 2019
Australian...
Off the Island
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music by Mike Poisson & Connor Young, book, lyrics and direction by Brian Gibson
Gazebo Productions, Toronto Fringe Festival, Guloien Theatre, Streetcar...
The Peers
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written and directed by Kate Hammer
INFEMOUS, Toronto Fringe Festival, Annex Theatre, Toronto
July 3-13, 2019
INFEMOUS, the Montreal company...
Molly Bloom
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by James Joyce, adapted and directed by Jocelyn Adema
Fourth Gorgon Theatre, Toronto Fringe Festival, Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, Toronto
July...
Unravelled
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music, book, lyrics and direction by Andrew Seok
Chaos & Light, Toronto Fringe Festival, Grace Toronto Church, 383 Jarvis St., Toronto
July 5-13,...
Boy Falls From The Sky: Jake Epstein Live at Supermarket
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by Jake Epstein, directed by Robert McQueen
• Past Future Productions, Toronto Fringe Festival, Supermarket, 268 Augusta Ave., Toronto
July 4-13,...
Dungee the Dragon & The Just-Okay Juggler
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written and directed by Dan Boyer
• Stories by Dan, Toronto Fringe Festival, George Ignatieff Theatre, Toronto
July 4-14, 2019;
• North(519)KIDS,...
Spend Your Kids’ Inheritance
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music by Frank Horvat, book & lyrics by Catherine Frid, directed by Andrew Lamb
Watercourse Theatre, Toronto Fringe Festival, Helen Gardiner Phelan...
Cyrano de Bergerac
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by Sean Jacklin & Jack Rennie, directed by Jack Rennie
The Leslieville Players, Toronto Fringe Festival, 74 Jones Ave., Toronto
July 4-14, 2019
If...
The Taming of the Shrew
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Nicole Arends
Aquarius Players, Toronto Fringe Festival, St. George the Martyr Courtyard, 197 John St., Toronto
July...
Billy Elliot the Musical
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music by Elton John, book & lyrics by Lee Hall, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May 28-November 24, 2019
Billy:...
The Horse and His Boy
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by Anna Chatterton, directed by Christine Brubaker
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 26-July 21, 2019
Fisherman: “Natural...
The Writer
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by Norm Foster, directed by Patricia Vanstone
Norm Foster Theatre Festival, FirstOntario PAC, St. Catharines
June 21-July 5, 2019
“A Kind Heart”
The...
Mother’s Daughter
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by Kate Hennig, directed by Alan Dilworth
• Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
May 27-October 27, 2019;
• Soulpepper Theatre Company,...
Nathan the Wise
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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, translated by Edward Kemp, directed by Birgit Schreyer Duarte
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
June 15-October...
Jumbo
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by Sean Dixon, directed by Gil Garratt
Blyth Festival, Memorial Auditorium, Blyth
June 14-August 10, 2019
P.T. Barnum: “The wonders of the ages...
Othello
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Nigel Shawn Williams
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May 27-October 27, 2019
Iago: “Men should...
Henry VIII
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by William Shakespeare & John Fletcher, directed by Martha Henry
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
May 29-November 2, 2019
Henry...
Masquerade
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by Mikhail Lermontov, directed by Rimas Tuminas
Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia
• Luminato & Show One, John Basset Theatre, Toronto
June...
Little Shop of Horrors
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music by Alan Menken, book & lyrics by Howard Ashman, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 31-November 9, 2019
Chorus:...
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Antoni Cimolino
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
June 1-October 26, 2019
Falstaff: “I am glad,...
Private Lives
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by Noël Coward, directed by Carey Perloff
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 30-October 26, 2019
Elyot: “Let’s be superficial”
The...
Marienbad
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by Christopher House & Jordan Tannahill
Toronto Dance Theatre, Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto
May 23-June 1, 2019
“Le long des allées rectilignes,......
August: Osage County
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by Tracy Letts, directed by Jackie Maxwell
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
May 24-June 30, 2019
Barbara: “Thank God we can't...
The Brothers Size
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by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
May 10-June 1, 2019
“Try a little...
Lilies
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by Michel Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau, directed by Cole Alvis
lemonTree creations, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre & Why Not Theatre,...
She The People: The Resistance Continues
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by The Second City, directed by Carly Heffernan
The Second City, 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
May 4-September 15, 2019
“Fight For Your Right”
She...
Otello
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by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by David Alden
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
April 27, 30, May 3, 9, 12, 15, 18 & 21, 2019
Iago:...
Next to Normal
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music by Tom Kitt, book & lyrics by Brian Yorkey, directed by Philip Akin
The Musical Stage Company, CAA Theatre, Toronto
May 1-19, 2019
Diana:...
Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells)
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by Rose Napoli, directed by Eric Coates
Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa
May 2-17, 2019
“I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing...
Drunk Girl
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by Thea Fitz-James, directed by Shanda Bezic
TMI Productions, Fringe Encore, Arts Club Theatre, Ottawa
April 26-27, 2019
“You don’t bro ice a...
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
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created by Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan & Christian Barry, directed by Christian Barry
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
April 24-May 26, 2019
Caplan:...
Hand to God
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by Robert Askins, directed by Mitchell Cushman
Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
April 24-May 12, 2019
“Dr. Jekyll and Miss Piggy”
The...
Cabaret
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music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb & book by Joe Masteroff, directed by Dennis Garnhum
Grand Theatre, McManus Stage, London
April 11-May 18,...
La Bohème
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by Giacomo Puccini, directed by John Caird
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
April 17, 26, 28, May 2, 4, 5, 7, 11 & 22, 2019
Rodolfo:...
Copenhagen
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by Michael Frayn, directed by Katrina Darychuk
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
April 12-May 4, 2019
Heisenberg: “Before we...
Bigre
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by Pierre Guillois, Agathe L'Huillier & Olivier Martin Salvan, directed by Pierre Guillois
Compagnie le Fils du Grand Réseau, Berkeley Street Theatre,...
Four Chords and a Gun
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by John Ross Bowie, directed by Richard Ouzounian
• Starvox Entertainment, Fleck Theatre, Harbourfront, Toronto
April 10-28, 2019;
• Broadway...
Idomeneo
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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, directed by Marshall Pynkoski
Opera Atelier, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
April 4-13, 2019
“Con danze e con suoni
Convien...
Kopernikus
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by Claude Vivier, directed by Joel Ivany
Against the Grain Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
April 4, 5, 6 ,11, 12 & 13, 2019
“L’avenir...
Shove It Down My Throat
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by Johnnie Walker, directed by Tom Arthur Davis
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre & Pandemic Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
April 3-14,...
Fences
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by August Wilson, directed by Djanet Sears
Grand Theatre, Spriet Stage, London
March 22-April 6, 2019
Bono: “Some people build fences to keep...
The Gamblers
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by Nikolai Gogol, translated & adapted by Selma Dimitrijevic, directed by Esther Jun
Talk Is Free Theatre, Five Points Theatre, Barrie
March 29-April...
Dear Evan Hansen
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music & lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, book by Steven Levenson, directed by Michael Greif
Stacey Mindich with David Mirvish, Royal Alexandra Theatre,...
A Doll’s House, Part 2
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by Lucas Hnath, directed by Krista Jackson
David Mirvish & Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, CAA Theatre, Toronto
March 27-April 14, 2019
Nora:...
Isitwendam (An Understanding)
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by Meegwun Fairbrother and Jack Grinhaus, directed by Jack Grinhaus
Bound to Create Theatre, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto
March 20-30, 2019
“Healing...
Walking on Bombshells
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by Phatt Al, Nadine Djoury, Stacey McGunnigle, Sharjil Rasool, Allana Reoch & Chris Wilson, directed by Chris Earle
The Second City, 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
March...
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
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by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Nina Lee Aquino
Obsidian Theatre with Nightwood Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
March 8-24, 2019
Ericka...
New Magic Valley Fun Town
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by Daniel MacIvor, directed by Richard Rose
• Tarragon Theatre & Prairie Theatre Exchange, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
February 27-March...
Bears
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written & directed by Matthew MacKenzie
Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts and Punctuate! Theatre, Factory Theatre, Toronto
February 28-March 17,...
Revisor
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written by Jonathon Young, directed and choreographed by Crystal Pite
Kidd Pivot, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
March 7-17, 2019
Narrator: “I...
Little Menace: Pinter Plays
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by Harold Pinter, directed by Thomas Moschopoulos
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
February 21-March 17, 2019
“I mean, apart...
The Last Ship
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music & lyrics by Sting, book by Lorne Campbell, directed by Lorne Campbell
• David Mirvish, Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
February 19-March...
(La) voix humaine
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by Francis Poulenc, directed by Aria Umezawa
Against the Grain Theatre, Gallery 345, 345 Soraunen Avenue, Toronto
February 16, 2019
Lui: “J’ai...
Oslo
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by J.T. Rogers, directed by Joel Greenberg
Studio 180, CAA Theatre, Toronto
February 14-March 3, 2019
“Waffles and cigarettes”
Many people...
The Father
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by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton, directed by Ted Dykstra
Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
February 13-March...
We Are All Treaty People
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by the Original Artists of Making Treaty 7, directed by Troy Emery Twigg & Nikki Loach
Quest Theatre & Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society, Young People’s...
Così fan tutte
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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, directed by Atom Egoyan
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
February 5-23, 2019
Despina: “L’aure...
The Tashme Project: The Living Archives
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by Julie Tamiko Manning & Matt Miwa, directed by Mike Payette
Tashme Productions, Factory Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
January 29-February 10, 2019
“They...
Fierrabras
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by Franz Schubert, directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
February 3, 2019
Chorus: “Nach...
Hook Up
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music by Chris Thornborrow, book & lyrics by Julie Tepperman, directed by Richard Greenblatt
Tapestry Opera & Theatre Passe Muraille, Theatre Passe...
Elektra
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by Richard Strauss, directed by James Robinson
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
January 26-February 22, 2019
Elektra: “Wir...
Rose: A New Musical
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music and book by Mike Ross, lyrics and book by Sarah Wilson, directed by Gregory Prest
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
January...
The Scavenger’s Daughter
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by Susanna Fournier, directed by ted witzel
PARADIGM Productions, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
January 17-27, 2019
Webb to Sarah: “You...
The Raven / Futari Shizuka
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by Toshio Hosokawa, directed by Paramita Nath
Toronto New Music Projects and Wallace Halladay, Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
January...
After the Fire
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by Matthew MacKenzie, directed by Brendan McMurtry-Howlett
Punctuate! Theatre and Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts
in Association with Native...
1979
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by Michael Healey, directed by Miles Potter
The 1979 Group, Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs, Toronto
January 10-27, 2019
Joe Clark: “We’ve...
Raising Stanley / Life with Tulia
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by Kim Kilpatrick, Karen Bailey & Bronwyn Steinberg, directed by Bronwyn Steinberg,
• Raising Stanley / Life with Tulia Collective, Next Stage Festival,...