Stage Door Reviews 2025
The Gondoliers

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music by Arthur Sullivan, book & lyrics by W.S. Gilbert, directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
February...
Hypothetical Baby

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by Rachel Cairns, directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster
Nightwood Theatre with The Howland Company, Factory Theatre, Toronto
February 25-March 8,...
The Merchant of Venice

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by William Shakespeare, directed by Julia Nish-Lapidus
Shakespeare BASH’d, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West, Toronto
February 13-23, 2025
Shylock:...
People, Places and Things

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by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Diana Bentley
Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
February 13-March 9, 2025
Mark to Emma: “You’re...
Fat Ham

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by James Ijames, directed by Philip Akin
Canadian Stage, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
February 19-March 16, 2025
“I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo
What...
La Reine-garçon

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by Julien Bilodeau, directed by Angela Konrad
Canadian Opera Company & Opéra de Montréal, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
January 31-February 15, 2025
Christine:...
Josiah

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by Charles Robertson, directed by Jim Garrard
Thousand Miles of Bricks Productions, Alumnae Studio Theatre, 70 Berkeley Street, Toronto
January...
Perfect on Paper

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by Marcia Johnson, directed by Vanessa Sears
Talk Is Free Theatre, UPlift Black, 12 Dunlop St East, Barrie
January 31-February 8, 2025
Beatrice:...
Beyonsea and the Mothers

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written and directed by Teneile Warren
Green Light Arts, Conrad Centre, Kitchener
January 30-February 9, 2025
Beyonsea: “Children understand...
Madama Butterfly

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by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Jordan Lee Brown
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
January 24-February 16, 2025
Cio-Cio San:...
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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by Edward Albee, directed by Brendan Healy
Canadian Stage, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
January 23-February 16, 2025
George: “Now, I think we’ve...
Winter Solstice

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by Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by David Tushingham, directed by Alan Dilworth
Necessary Angel Theatre Company with Canadian Stage & Birdland...
For Both Resting and Breeding

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by Adam Meisner, directed by Maja Ardal
Talk Is Free Theatre, 164 Cowan Avenue, Toronto
January 17-31, 2025
ISH84: “The past is just a guessing...
Wights

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by Liz Appel, directed by Chris Abraham
Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
January 15-February 9, 2025
Danny: “Saying...
Last Landscape

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conceived and directed by Adam Paolozza
Bad News Days with Common Boots Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
January 14-26, 2025
“In...
Countess Maritza

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by Imre Kálmán, directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
December 27, 2024, and January 3 & 4,...