Stage Door Reviews
Cock
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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;
Artists Play Studio,...
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,...
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2024 was not a good news year for live theatre in Canada. Venues are disappearing. With the lack of sufficient public funds, Factory Theatre has been in talks...
Cinderella: A Merry Magical Pantomime
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written and directed by Rob Torr
Torrent Productions, The Hall, Emmanuel United Church, Odessa
December 20-24, 2024
Cinderella: “I Wanna Dance...
A Christmas Carol
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by Justin Haigh, directed by Sare Thorpe
The Three Ships Collective & Soup Can Theatre, Campbell House Museum, Toronto
December 4-22, 2024
Marley:...
’Twas the Night Before…
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written and directed by James Hadley
Cirque du Soleil & TO Live, Meridian Hall, 1 Front Street East, Toronto
December 12, 2024-January 3, 2025
“Not...
The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical
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by Matt Murray, directed by Ted Dykstra
Canadian Stage, Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge Street, Toronto
December 11, 2024-January 5, 2025
“It’s...
Titaníque
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book by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli & Tye Blue, directed by Tye Blue
David and Hannah Mirvish & The Segal Centre, CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street,...
A Christmas Story: The Musical
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music & lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, book by Joseph Robinette, directed by Mary Frances Moore
Theatre Aquarius, Dofasco Centre, Hamilton
December...
Madame Minister
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by Branislav Nušić, adapted by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, directed by Layne Coleman
Talk Is Free Theatre, 142 Collingwood Street, Barrie
November...
Craze
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by Rouvan Silogix & Rafeh Mahmud, directed by Mike Payette
Tarragon Theatre & Modern Times Stage Company with Theatre ARTaud, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
November...
The Bidding War
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by Michael Ross Albert, directed by Paolo Santalucia
Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
November 20-December 19, 2024
Sam:...
Hamlet
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by Ambroise Thomas, directed by Alain Gaulthier
Opéra de Montréal, Place des Arts, Montréal
November 16, 19, 21 & 24, 2024
Tous: “Vive Hamlet!...
The Minutes
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by Tracy Letts, directed by Mike Semple
Theatre Aezir, First Baptist Church, 568 Richmond Street, London
November 7-17, 2024
Sgt. Otto Pym: “Here...
A Case for the Existence of God
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by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Ted Dykstra
Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
November 7-December 6, 2024
Ryan: “I think we share...
O Christmas Tea
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by Aaron Malkin & Alastair Knowles, directed by David MacMurray Smith
James & Jamesy, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
December 10, 2022;
touring...
What the Constitution Means to Me
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by Heidi Schreck, directed by Weyni Mengesha
Soulpepper & Nightwood Theatre with Necessary Angel & Talk Is Free Theatre, Young Centre, Toronto
November...
Playing Shylock
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by Mark Leiren-Young, directed by Martin Kinch
Canadian Stage with Starvox Entertainment, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
October 30-December 8,...
The Noose
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by Frankétienne, translated by Dr. Asselin Charles, directed by Abigail Whitney
Abigail Whitney Productions, Next Stage Festival, Buddies in Bad Times...
Salesman in China
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by Leanna Brodie & Jovanni Sy, directed by Jovanni Sy
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
August 23-October 26, 2024;
National Arts Centre,...
My Fair Lady
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music by Frederick Loewe, book & lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, directed by Tim Carroll & Kimberley Rampersad
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May...
Echo
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written and directed by Mukhtar Omar Sharif Mukhtar
Cirque du Soleil, Big Top at Lake Shore Blvd. and Park Lawn Rd., Toronto
May 9-August 4, 2024;
Big...