Stage Door Reviews 2024
Medea
![Medea](images/2024-Reviews/Medea.2024a.jpg)
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by Luigi Cherubini, directed by David McVicar
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
May 3-17, 2024
Medea: “Un cuor di madre batte...
El Huésped del Sevillano
![El Huésped del Sevillano](images/2024-Reviews/huesped.1.jpg)
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by Jacinto Guerrero, directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
May 3-5, 2024
Chorus: “Que el...
Don Pasquale
![Don Pasquale](images/2024-Reviews/don.pasquale.4.jpg)
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by Gaetano Donizetti, directed by Barbe & Doucet
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
April 26-May 18, 2024
Don Pasquale: “Altro...
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds
![Four Minutes Twelve Seconds](images/2024-Reviews/Four Minutes.1.jpg)
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by James Fritz, directed by Mark McGrinder
Studio 180 Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, Toronto
April 26-May 12, 2024
Di: “I don’t understand...
Cock
![Cock](images/2024-Reviews/cock.2024.1.jpg)
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by Mike Bartlett, directed by Dylan Trowbridge
Talk Is Free Theatre, Barrie By The Bay Building, Barrie
April 19-27, 2024
F: “John. Who are you?”
For...
A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney
![A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney](images/2024-Reviews/Walt.Disney.1.jpg)
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by Lucas Hnath, directed by Mitchell Cushman
Outside the March & Soulpepper Theatre, Young Centre, Toronto
April 17-May 12, 2024
Walt: “Technology...
Mad Madge
![Mad Madge](images/2024-Reviews/Mad.Madge.1.jpg)
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by Rose Napoli, directed by Andrea Donaldson
Nightwood Theatre with VideoCabaret, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West, Toronto
April 11-21,...
El Terremoto
![El Terremoto](images/2024-Reviews/Terremoto.1.jpg)
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by Christine Quintana, directed by Guillermo Verdecchia
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
April 3-21, 2024
Abuela: “Tanto...
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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choreographed by Guillaume Côté, music by John Gzowski, directed by Robert Lepage
Ex Machina, Côté Dance & Dvoretsky Productions, Elgin Theatre, Toronto
April...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
![Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead](images/2024-Reviews/Rosencrantz2024.1.jpg)
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by Tom Stoppard, directed by Jeremy Webb
Neptune Theatre, CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge St.
March 10-April 6, 2024
Guildenstern: “Wheels have been set...
The Inheritance, Parts 1 & 2
![The Inheritance, Parts 1 & 2](images/2024-Reviews/Inheritance.1.jpg)
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by Matthew López, directed by Brendan Healy
Canadian Stage, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
March 28-April 14, 2024
Morgan: “Hearts still love,...
Clue
![Clue](images/2024-Reviews/clue.2024a.jpg)
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by Sandy Rustin, directed by Dennis Garnhum
Grand Theatre London & Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Grand Theatre, London
March 15-31, 2024
Wadsworth:...
Dana H.
![Dana H.](images/2024-Reviews/Dana H.1.jpg)
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by Lucas Hnath, directed by Les Waters
Goodman Theatre, Center Theatre Group & Vineyard Theatre, Factory Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
Runs March 15-April...
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
![Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland](images/2024-Reviews/alice.ballet.1.jpg)
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choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, music by Joby Talbott
National Ballet of Canada & Royal Ballet Covent Garden, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
March...
Three Sisters
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by Inua Ellams, directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Soulpepper & Obsidian, Young Centre, Toronto
March 7-24, 2024
Udo: “I woke up this morning and...
3 Fingers back
![3 Fingers back](images/2024-Reviews/3.fingers.back.1.jpg)
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by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, directed by Cole Alvis & Yvette Nolan
Tarragon Theatre & lemonTree creations, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
March 6-24,...
Marion Bridge
![Marion Bridge](images/2024-Reviews/marion.bridge.1.jpg)
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by Daniel MacIvor, directed by Mike Semple
Theatre Aezir, Procunier Hall, Palace Theatre, London, ON
February 29-March 10, 2024
Agnes: “This...
L’Amour telle une cathédrale ensevelie
![L’Amour telle une cathédrale ensevelie](images/2024-Reviews/Amour-telle.1.jpg)
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written and directed by Guy Régis Jr.
NOUS Théâtre, Fleck Theatre, Harbourfront, Toronto
February 22-25, 2024
Quartet: “Sur la mer nous allés,...
Aladdin
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music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice & Chad Beguelin, book by Chad Beguelin, directed by Casey Nicholaw
Disney Theatrical Productions,...
Guilt (A Love Story)
![Guilt (A Love Story)](images/2024-Reviews/Guilt.2024aa.jpg)
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by Diane Flacks, directed by Alisa Palmer
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
February 14-March 3, 2024;
Centaur Theatre, Montreal
March...
On the Other Side of the Sea
![On the Other Side of the Sea](images/2024-Reviews/Other Side of the Sea.1a.jpg)
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by Jorgelina Cerritos, translated by Margaret Stanton & Anna Donko, directed by Soheil Parsa
Aluna Theatre, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St West,...
Don Giovanni
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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, directed by Kasper Holten
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
February 2-24, 2024
Leporello: “in...
Dion: A Rock Opera
![Dion: A Rock Opera](images/2024-Reviews/Dion.2024a.jpg)
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Dion: A Rock Opera
music by Ted Dykstra, libretto by Steven Mayoff, directed by Peter Hinton-Davis
Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
February...
The Two Noble Kinsmen
![The Two Noble Kinsmen](images/2024-Reviews/Two.Noble.Kinsmen.2024a.jpg)
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The Two Noble Kinsmen
by William Shakespeare & John Fletcher, directed by James Wallis
Shakespeare Bash’d, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street...
Rockabye
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Rockabye
by Joanna Murray-Smith, directed by Rob Kempson
ARC, Factory Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
January 27-February 11, 2024
Alfie: “She...
The Cunning Little Vixen
![The Cunning Little Vixen](images/2024-Reviews/cunning.vixen.4.jpg)
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The Cunning Little Vixen
by Leoš Janáček, directed by Jamie Manton
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
January 26-February 16,...
The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes
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The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes
by Michael Chan et al., directed by Bruce Gladwin
Back to Back Theatre, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
January...
Migraaaants
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by Matei Vișniec, translated by Nick Awde, directed by Siavash Shabanpour
Two Thousand Feet Up Theatre Company, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
January...
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
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book, music & lyrics by Dave Molloy, directed by Chris Abraham
Crow’s Theatre & The Musical Stage Company, Streetcar Crowsnest, Toronto
December...