Stage Door Reviews
Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
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by Beau Dixon, originally directed by Linda Kash
Talk Is Free Theatre, Backyard at 801 Big Bay point Road, Barrie
September 9-19, 2020;
Community Studio Theatre, Burlington...
Alphonse
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written by Wadji Mouawad, translated by Shelley Tepperman, directed by Alon Nashman
Theaturtle & Shakespeare in Action, Memorial Park, 22 Little Ave.
August 20-23, 2020;
Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St.
August 27-30,...
I See the Crimson Wave
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written and directed by Roy Lewis
Here for Now Theatre Company, The Bruce Hotel Back Lawn, 89 Parkview Drive, Stratford
August 1- September 5, 2020
“Cowboy Haiku”
The Here For Now Open-Air Theatre Festival, so successful...
A Hundred Words for Snow
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by Tatty Hennessy, directed by Jonathan Goad
Here for Now Theatre Company, The Bruce Hotel Back Lawn, 89 Parkview Drive, Stratford
July 18-September 6, 2020
“Love is life’s snow.” (Fridtjof Nansen, Farthest North, 1897)
Whack!
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by Mark Weatherley, directed by Monique Lund
The Bruce Hotel Back Lawn, 89 Parkview Drive, Stratford
July 18-September 5, 2020
Angelina: “I just killed a pig”
The Stratford Festival may have cancelled its 2020 season because...
Romeo and Juliet
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by William Shakespeare, staged by Parkade Plays
The Bruce Hotel Parkade, 89 Parkview Drive, Stratford
July 9-August 30, 2020
Mercutio: “Give me a case to put my visage in” (Act 1, Scene 4)
The Stratford Festival has had...
Anastasia
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music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and book by Terrence McNally, directed by Darko Tresnjak
David Mirvish, Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria Street, Toronto
December 4, 2019-January 12, 2020;
☛ Touring North America...
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 September 12, 2021 –...
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 September 27, 2020 – see below
Dina:...
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 November 22, 2020 – see below
Alex...
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 North America until...
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
February 5-December 1, 2019