Stage Door Reviews
London, GBR: Vassa
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by Maxim Gorky, adapted by Mike Bartlett, directed by Tinuke Craig
Almeida Theatre, London, GBR
October 16-November 23, 2019
Vassa: “Everyone’s out for themselves. They always are”
When people...
London, GBR: Soho Cinders
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music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe, book by Anthony Drewe & Elliot Davis, directed by Will Keith
Will Keith for Theatre Syndicate London & Starting Over Theatricals Ltd., Charing Cross Theatre, London, GBR
Tel Aviv, ISR: Manon
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by Jules Massenet, directed by Vincent Boussard
Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Tel Aviv, ISR
November 7-18, 2019
Manon: “Que tous nos désirs
Soient pour les plaisirs!”
Don Giovanni
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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, directed by Marshall Pynkoski
Opera Atelier, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
October 31-November 9, 2019
Don Giovanni: ”Lasciar le donne! Sai ch'elle per me son necessarie più...
Trout Stanley
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by Claudia Dey, directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Factory Theatre, Factory Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
October 24-November 10, 2019
Sugar: ”We’re lone trees waiting to be struck by lightning”
Factory...
La Cantatrice chauve
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by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Chandra Gibson
Théâtre français de Toronto, Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs, Toronto
October 23-November 3, 2019
Mme Martin: “Comme c'est curieux et comme c'est bizarre”
The Good Thief
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by Conor McPherson, directed by Rod Ceballos
Fly on the Wall Theatre, Dora Keogh Irish Pub, 141 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
October 19-29, 2019
Narrator: "I was trying to get out of the rain."
If I Could #Throwback Time
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by Tricia Black, Clare McConnell, Natalie Metcalfe, Alan Shane Lewis, Sharjil Rasool & Chris Wilson, directed by Rob Baker
The Second City, 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
October 10, 2019-booking to January 19, 2020
The Flick
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by Annie Baker, directed by Mitchell Cushman
Outside the March & Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
October 6-November 2, 2019
“The path of the righteous man is beset on...
La Bohème
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by Giacomo Puccini, translated, adapted and directed by Joel Ivany
• Against the Grain Theatre, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto
October 11-25, 2019;
• Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse, YT
Girl from the North Country
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written & directed by Conor McPherson with songs by Bob Dylan
David Mirvish, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
October 6, 2019-November 24, 2019
“Well, if you’re travelin’ in the north country fair
Alegría: In a New Light
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created by Franco Dragone, revised by Daniel Ross, directed by Jean-Guy Legault
• Cirque du Soleil, Grand Chapiteau, Ontario Place, Toronto
September 18-November 24, 2019;
☛ Touring North America until...
Piaf/Dietrich
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by Daniel Große Boymann & Thomas Kahry, adapted by Erin Shields, directed by Gordon Greenberg
Mirvish Productions, CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street, Toronto
September 26, 2019-January 5, 2020
My review...
The Band's Visit
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music & lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Itamar Moses, directed by David Cromer
David Mirvish, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
September 18-October 20, 2019;
☛ Touring North America until August 23, 2020...
The Neverending Story
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by David S. Craig, directed by Jillian Keiley
• Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
June 15-November 3, 2019;
• National Arts Centre, Ottawa
January 31-February 15, 2020
The...
Billy Elliot the Musical
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music by Elton John, book & lyrics by Lee Hall, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May 28-November 24, 2019
Billy: “Electricity
Sparks inside of me
Mother’s Daughter
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by Kate Hennig, directed by Alan Dilworth
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
May 27-October 27, 2019;
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Yonge Centre, Toronto
January 16-February 9, 2020
Henry VIII
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by William Shakespeare & John Fletcher, directed by Martha Henry
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
May 29-November 2, 2019
Henry VIII: “This oracle of comfort has so pleased me,
Little Shop of Horrors
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music by Alan Menken, book & lyrics by Howard Ashman, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 31-November 9, 2019
Chorus: “Shing-a-ling, what a creepy thing
to...
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;
☛ Touring North America October 16, 2019, until April 30, 2020...
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...
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, Toronto
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 April 19, 2020 – 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...