Stage Door Reviews
Walking on Bombshells
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by Phatt Al, Nadine Djoury, Stacey McGunnigle, Sharjil Rasool, Allana Reoch & Chris Wilson, directed by Chris Earle
The Second City, 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
March 19-June 30, 2019
McGunnigle to audience:...
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
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by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Nina Lee Aquino
Obsidian Theatre with Nightwood Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
March 8-24, 2019
Ericka to Paulina: “You don’t even like yourself”
New Magic Valley Fun Town
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by Daniel MacIvor, directed by Richard Rose
• Tarragon Theatre & Prairie Theatre Exchange, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
February 27-March 31, 2019;
• Neptune Theatre, Halifax
April...
Bears
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written & directed by Matthew MacKenzie
Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts and Punctuate! Theatre, Factory Theatre, Toronto
February 28-March 17, 2019
Mama: “No one can frighten us. We frighten ourselves.”
Revisor
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written by Jonathon Young, directed and choreographed by Crystal Pite
Kidd Pivot, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
March 7-17, 2019
Narrator: “I am within this even as I contain this”
The successor...
Little Menace: Pinter Plays
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by Harold Pinter, directed by Thomas Moschopoulos
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Toronto
February 21-March 17, 2019
“I mean, apart from all, that how are you, really?
Little Menace...
London, GBR: Akhnaten
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by Philip Glass, directed by Phelim McDermott
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London, GBR: Agnes Colander: An Attempt at Life
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by Harley Granville Barker, revised by Richard Nelson, directed by Trevor Nunn
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London, GBR: All About Eve
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by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, adapted & directed by Ivo van Hove
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London, GBR: Edward II
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by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Nick Bagnall
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London, GBR: Berberian Sound Studio
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by Joel Horwood, directed by Tom Scutt
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London, GBR: I Wish I Was a Mountain
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by Toby Thompson, directed by Lee Lyford
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The Last Ship
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music & lyrics by Sting, book by Lorne Campbell, directed by Lorne Campbell
David Mirvish, Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
February 19-March 24, 2019
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”...
Oslo
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by J.T. Rogers, directed by Joel Greenberg
Studio 180, CAA Theatre, Toronto
February 14-March 3, 2019
“Waffles and cigarettes”
Many people will remember the historic handshake between Israeli...
The Father
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by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton, directed by Ted Dykstra
Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
February 13-March 3, 2019
André: “I’m losing all my leaves”
Coal...
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;
☛ Touring North America until April 3, 2019 – see below
“You made every...
Corteo
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written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca
Cirque du Soleil, Scotiabank Arena, Toronto
December 7-16, 2018;
☛ Touring North America until July 14, 2019 – see below
The Dreamer Clown: “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
Jan 16-Feb 3, 2019;
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;
☛ Touring North...
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 9, 2019
☛ Touring...
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-March 17, 2019
“You Oughta Know”
With She The People, The Second City is currently...
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
February...
Volta
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written and directed by Bastien Alexandre,
Cirque du Soleil, Grand Chapiteau, Toronto
September 19-November 26, 2017;
☛ Touring North America until June 23, 2019 – see below
“Low Voltage”
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;
☛ Touring North America until...