Stage Door Reviews
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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music & lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Jeffrey Lane, directed by Tracey Flye
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 29-October 25, 2025
Lawrence:...
Anne of Green Gables

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written and directed by Kat Sandler
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 31-October 25, 2025
“How sadly things had changed since she...
How the Other Half Loves

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by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Jeremy Webb
Thousand Islands Playhouse, Springer Theatre, Gananoque
May 31-June 22, 2025
Frank: “A team that plays...
Handsome but Charmless

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written and directed by Kyle Golemba
Capitol Theatre Arts Centre, Sculthorpe Theatre, Port Hope
June 3-8, 2025
Princeton: “I don’t know how I...
Stick Around

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by Rebecca Northan, directed by Kevin Kruchkywich
Here For Now Theatre Company, Here For Now Theatre, 24 St. Andrew Street, Stratford
May 30-June...
Macbeth

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by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Lepage
Stratford Festival with Ex Machina, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 28-November 2, 2025
Macbeth:...
Annie

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music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, book by Thomas Meehan, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May...
As You Like It

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by William Shakespeare, directed by Chris Abraham
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May 26-October 24, 2025
Duchess: “Here feel...
Tales of an Urban Indian

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by Darrell Dennis, directed by Herbie Barnes
Talk Is Free Theatre, Hope United Church, 2550 Danforth Avenue , Toronto
May 23-31, 2025
Kye7e:...
Comfort Food

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by Zorana Sadiq, directed by Mitchell Cushman
Crow’s Theatre with Zorana Sadiq, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
May 18-June 8, 2025
Bette:...
Anything Goes

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music & lyrics by Cole Porter, book by P. G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton, directed by Kimberley Rampersad
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May...
Tons of Money

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by Will Evans & Valentine, directed by Eda Holmes
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 24-October 5, 2025
Louise: “I...
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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by Selma Dimitrijevic & Tim Carroll, directed by Selma Dimitrijevic
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 25-October 4, 2025
Aslan:...
Eugene Onegin

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by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, directed by Robert Carsen
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
May 2-24, 2025
Onegin: “One cannot...
Pride and Prejudice

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by Kate Hamill, directed by Rebecca Northan
Grand Theatre, London, ON
May 2-17, 2025
Elizabeth: “The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied...
A Strange Loop

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by Michael R. Jackson, directed by Roy Hogg
The Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Crow’s Theatre & TO Live, Young Centre, Toronto
April...
Wozzeck

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by Alban Berg, directed by William Kentridge
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
April 25-May 16, 2025
Captain: “Er läuft ja...
Shedding a Skin

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by Amanda Wilkin, directed by Cherissa Richards
Nightwood Theatre with Buddies in Bad Times, Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto
April 24-May 4, 2025
“A...
Garden of Vanished Pleasures

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by Cecilia Livingston & Donna McKevitt, directed by Tim Albery
Soundstreams, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
April 24-27, 2025
“I stand at the...
Job

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by Max Wolf Friedlich, directed by David Ferry
Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
April 24-May 18, 2025
Jane: “When everything’s...
Benevolence

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written and directed by Kevin Matthew Wong
Tarragon Theatre with Why Not Theatre & Broadleaf Creative, Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, Toronto
April...
Mahabharata, Parts 1 & 2

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written by Ravi Jain & Miriam Fernandes, directed by Ravi Jain with Miriam Fernandes
Why Not Theatre with the Barbican, London, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
March...
London, GBR: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

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by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen, directed by Gordon Greenberg
Menier Chocolate Factory, London, GBR
March 18-May 3, 2025
Dracula: “That is...
London, GBR: My Neighbour Totoro

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by Tom Morton-Smith, directed by Phelim McDermott
Joe Hisaishi & Royal Shakespeare Company with Nippon TV & Improbable, Gillian Lynne Theatre, London,...
London, GBR: Richard II

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by William Shakespeare, directed by Nicholas Hytner
Bridge Theatre, London, GBR
February 18-May 10, 2025
Richard II: “For within the hollow crown
That...
Paris, FRA: Le Véritable Saint Genest

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by Jean de Rotrou, directed by Pierre Deusy
La Troupe de Bourbon, Théâtre du Nord Ouest, 13 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris, FRA
December 12,...
Kim’s Convenience

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by Ins Choi, directed by Weyni Mengesha
Soulpepper Theatre Company & American Conservatory Theatre & Adam Blanshay Productions, Young Centre, Toronto
February...
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,...