Stage Door Reviews

cicadas

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
cicadas

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by Chris Thornborrow & David Yee, directed by Nina Lee Aquino
Tarragon Theatre & NAC English Theatre with fu-Gen Asian Theatre Company, Tarragon Theatre,...

Dog Man: The Musical

Monday, May 11, 2026
Dog Man: The Musical

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music by Brad Alexander, book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila, directed by Jen Wineman
TheatreWorks USA, CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street, Toronto
May...

take rimbaud

Sunday, May 10, 2026
take rimbaud

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by Susanna Fournier, directed by ted witzel
The Howland Company with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
May 7–May...

Werther

Saturday, May 9, 2026
Werther

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by Jules Massenet, directed by Alain Gauthier
Canadian Opera Company, Opéra de Montréal & Vancouver Opera, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
May 7–23,...

How to Catch Creation

Sunday, May 3, 2026
How to Catch Creation

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by Christina Anderson, directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Obsidian Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre & Nightwood Theatre, Young Centre, Toronto
April 30–May...

Zombocalypse!

Friday, May 1, 2026
Zombocalypse!

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by Eric Woolfe, directed by Ric Waugh
Eldritch Theatre, Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen Street East, Toronto
April 29–May 10, 2026
The Brain:...

Finding Neverland

Sunday, April 26, 2026
Finding Neverland

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music & lyrics by Gary Barlow & Eliot Kennedy, book by James Graham, directed by David Connolly
Drayton Entertainment, Hamilton Family Theatre, Cambridge
April...

It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken

Saturday, April 25, 2026
It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken

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music & lyrics by The Tragically Hip, book by Ahmed Moneka & Jesse LaVercombe, directed by Mary Francis Moore
Theatre Aquarius & Thousand Islands Playhouse,...

The Division

Friday, April 24, 2026
The Division

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written and directed by Andrew Kushnir
Project: Humanity & Pyretic Productions with Crow’s Theatre, Crows Theatre, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
April...

Pelléas et Mélisande

Monday, April 20, 2026
Pelléas et Mélisande

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by Claude Debussy, directed by Marshall Pynkoski
Opera Atelier, Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto
April...

A Night in Venice

Sunday, April 19, 2026
A Night in Venice

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by Johann Strauss, Jr., directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
April 17–19, 2026
Chorus: “Wo...

Dance Nation

Saturday, April 18, 2026
Dance Nation

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by Clare Barron, directed by Diana Bentley
Coal Mine Theatre & Outside the March with Rock Bottom Movement, Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Avenue,...

Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary

Friday, April 17, 2026
Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary

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by Erin Shields, directed by Ellen McDougall
Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
April 15–May 3, 2026
The Virgin...

Clyde’s

Thursday, April 16, 2026
Clyde’s

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by Lynn Nottage, directed by Philip Akin
Canadian Stage, Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front Street East, Toronto
April 15–26, 2026
Clyde: “I don’t...

Canuck Cantatas

Sunday, April 12, 2026
Canuck Cantatas

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by Danika Lorèn, Spencer Kryzanowski & Sarah Slean, directed by Jennifer Nichols
Against the Grain, Redwood Theatre, 1300 Gerrard Street East, Toronto
April...

Strife

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Strife

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written by Matthew MacKenzie, directed by Yvette Nolan
Punctuate Theatre! with Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, Toronto
April 9–26,...

The Moors

Thursday, April 9, 2026
The Moors

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written by Jen Silverman, directed by Bryn Kennedy
Riot King Art Market, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West, Toronto
April 8–19, 2026
Mastiff:...

Kainchee Lagaa + Jhooti: The Begging Brown Bitch Plays

Saturday, April 4, 2026
Kainchee Lagaa + Jhooti: The Begging Brown Bitch Plays

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by Zaiba Baig, directed by Tawiah Ben M’Carthy
House of Beida & Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street,...

Cyclops: A Satyr Play

Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Cyclops: A Satyr Play

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written and directed by Griffin Hewitt
Panic Theatre, B Street Arts Hub, 1100 Bathurst Street, Toronto
March 28–April 4, 2026
Satyr: “I am a...

Dear Evan Hansen

Sunday, March 29, 2026
Dear Evan Hansen

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music & lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, book by Steven Levenson, directed by David Connolly
Drayton Entertainment, St. Jacobs Country Playhouse,...

Anywhere

Monday, March 23, 2026
Anywhere

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by Michael Ross Albert, directed by Cass Van Wyck
Leroy Street Theatre and One Four One Collective with The Assembly Theatre, The Assembly Theatre,...

Cyrano

Sunday, March 22, 2026
Cyrano

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by Virginia Gay, directed by Clare Watson
David & Hannah Mirvish present Roast Productions, CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street, Toronto
March 19–April...

Queen Maeve

Saturday, March 21, 2026
Queen Maeve

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by Judith Thompson, directed by Mike Payette
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
March 11–April 5, 2026
Maeve: “Why am I alive?”
When...

The Surrogate

Sunday, March 8, 2026
The Surrogate

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by Mohsin Zaidi, directed by Christopher Manousos
Here For Now Theatre with Crow’s Theatre, House and Body & b current Performing Arts, Streetcar Crowsnest...

Shucked

Friday, March 6, 2026
Shucked

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music & lyrics by Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally, book by Robert Horn, directed by Jack O’Brien
David and Hannah Mirvish, Princess of Wales Theatre,...

Little Willy

Sunday, March 1, 2026
Little Willy

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created and directed by Ronnie Burkett
Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street, Toronto
February 28–April...

Primary Trust

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Primary Trust

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by Eboni Booth, directed by Cherissa Richards
Grand Theatre London & Crow’s Theatre, Grand Theatre, London
January 24–31, 2026;
Streetcar Crowsnest,...

& Juliet

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
& Juliet

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music and lyrics by Max Martin et al., book by David West Read, directed by Luke Sheppard
David and Hannah Mirvish with Max Martin, Tim Headington,...