Stage Door Reviews
Tartuffe
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by Molière, translated by Ranjit Bolt, directed by Chris Abraham
Stratford Festival, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
January 17-27, 2019
Cléante: “Il est de faux dévots, ainsi que...
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 Earth Performing Arts and The Theatre Centre,...
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 earned a moral right to govern”
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, Factory Theatre, Toronto
January...
The Play That Goes Wrong
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by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields, directed by Mark Bell
Mischief Theatre, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
January 9-February 10, 2019
Thomas Colleymoore: “But, what’s...
The 50 Most Read Reviews of 2018
In 2018 Stage Door received 144,975 pageviews from 62,260 unique visitors from 155 countries. Of the unique visitors 42,120 were from Canada, 10,273 from the US and 2,352 from the UK. The Fate of a Cockroach by Tawfiq al-Hakim...
The Best Productions of 2018
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This year saw the #MeToo movement rise north of the US border. At a press conference on January 3, four women accused Soulpepper Artistic Director and co-founder Albert Schultz of sexual battery and harassment...
Champions of Magic
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produced by Alex Jarrett, directed by David Lynch
Starvox Entertainment, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
December 20, 2018-January 6, 2019;
State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Réversible
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written and directed by Gypsy Snider
Les 7 Doigts de la main, CAA Theatre, Toronto
December 12, 2018-January 6, 2019
“You made every day a celebration”
Montreal’s...
Corteo
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written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca
Cirque du Soleil, Scotiabank Arena, Toronto
December 7-16, 2018;
• Centre Bell, Montreal, QC
December 19-30, 2018;
Peter Pan
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by Fiona Sauder & Reanna Spitzer, directed by Severn Thompson
Bad Hats Theatre, Young Centre, Toronto
December 12, 2018-January 5, 2019
Wendy: “When a new baby laughs for the...
Bed and Breakfast
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by Mark Crawford, directed by Ashlie Corcoran
Great Canadian Theatre Company, Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre, Ottawa
December 6-22, 2018;
☛ Globe Theatre, Regina, SK
Slava’s Snowshow
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by Slava Polunin, directed by Viktor Kramer
Show One Productions, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
December 7-16, 2018;
Théâtre St-Denis, Montreal
December 19, 2018-January...
School of Rock
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music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Julian Fellowes, directed by Laurence Connor
David Mirvish, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
November 28, 2018-January 6, 2019
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman, book by David Greig, directed by Jack O’Brien
David Mirvish, Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
November 21, 2018-January...
She The People
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by The Second City, directed by Carly Heffernan
The Second City, 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
August 11, 2018-January 27, 2019
“You Oughta Know”
With She The People,...
The Best Is Yet To Come Undone
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by Nadine Djoury, Brandon Hackett, Stacey McGunnigle, Sharjil Rasool, Allana Reoch & Chris Wilson, directed by Carly Heffernan
The Second City, 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
April 9, 2018-booking...
Come From Away
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music, lyrics & book by Irene Sankoff & David Hein, directed by Christopher Ashley
David Mirvish, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
February 18, 2018-January 20, 2019
Elgin Theatre
Volta
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written and directed by Bastien Alexandre,
Cirque du Soleil, Grand Chapiteau, Toronto
September 19-November 26, 2017;
☛ Big Top in AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
November...
Luzia
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written by Daniele Finzi Pasca & Julie Hamelin Finzi, directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca
• Cirque du Soleil, Grand Chapiteau, Port Lands, Toronto
July 28-October 16, 2016;
☛ Gran...