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Wow factor we've come to expect from Cirque du Soleil sadly missing in this 13-year-old show.

Time to mothball Varekai: Review

Wow factor we've come to expect from Cirque du Soleil sadly missing in this 13-year-old show.

Stratford Festival has its Shakespeare and Viola

Tue Sep 01 2015

Luke Humphrey and Shannon Taylor to play the lovers in North American stage preview of Shakespeare in Love.comments
The magic of Cirque du Soleil extends to its performers

Tue Sep 01 2015

Emily McCarthy, a gymnast in Varekai, in Toronto Sept. 2 to 6, loves everything about being part of Cirque.comments
Stratford Festival pays tribute to Colm Feore

Mon Aug 31 2015

Canadian-American actor, who has played more title roles at Stratford than anyone else, to be honoured at Sept. 28 gala.comments
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Video Les Miserables star Kyle Jean-Baptiste dies in fall

Sun Aug 30 2015

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables” on Broadway has died after falling from a fire escape.comments
The top ticket: three shows to take in Aug. 29 to Sept. 4

Sat Aug 29 2015

Plays about depression and cannibalism from Soulpepper and Storefront Theatre, and songs from Idina Menzelcomments
The Coal Mine Theatre unveils second season

Thu Aug 27 2015

Playbill includes The Winter's Tale, Broadway hit The River, Killer Joe and play about 2008 financial crisis.
Full House! The Musical! not very funny and sometimes offensive: review

Thu Aug 27 2015

Parody of 1990s TV sitcom contains pointless plot lines, offensive portrayals of young women and moments of bad comedy.comments
Second City cast carries Click Bait & Switch: review

Tue Aug 25 2015

The cast in the latest production by Second City is the funniest you could hope to encounter. The script, however, isn’t.comments
Top Ticket: Three shows to take in Aug. 22 to 28

Sat Aug 22 2015

There's Camp Wavelength, the ultimate slumber party, Click, Bait & Switch at Second City, and Lenny Kravitz in concert.comments
Cumberbatch as Hamlet sparks fan frenzy

Fri Aug 21 2015

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A Next Step for Ross Petty pantos

Fri Aug 21 2015

Peter Pan, featuring Petty's last onstage role, will include three cast members from Family Channel's The Next Step.comments
Misty Copeland learns some new moves in On the Town

Fri Aug 21 2015

Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African-American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, but she’s looking for new challenges.comments
Puppets are the stars in Macbeth: Walking Shadows: review

Thu Aug 20 2015

Zach Fraser's bone and wood creations are easy to watch, but the human actors and text seem like afterthoughts.comments
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Video Michael Bell takes cues from Michael Bublé’s career

Thu Aug 20 2015

Decades removed from a rock career, Michael Bell is giving music another try, this time as a crooner.comments
Porch View Dances honours love and family

Wed Aug 19 2015

There's Karen and Allen Kaeja's 'Wedding Brigade' plus couple choreographers create works for neighbourhood event. comments
Cultural institutions try to catch your eye with art

Sun Aug 16 2015

Elaborate photo shoots using underwater photography and a Porsche showroom are changing city cultural agencies brochurescomments
Con-men lead a hilarious show in Stratford's The Alchemist

Sun Aug 16 2015

Ben Jonson's play was always pungent and mostly hilarious.comments
Love’s Labour’s Lost gives occasion to rejoice

Sat Aug 15 2015

Stratford Festival production of the somewhat problematic Love's Labour's Lost finds the play's heart.comments
The Top Ticket: three shows to take in Aug. 15 to 21

Sat Aug 15 2015

Catch One Direction before they're gone, plus Full House! The Musical! and Porch View Dances.comments
Shakespeare in the Ruff combines Macbeth, outdoor theatre — and puppets?

Fri Aug 14 2015

Shakespeare in the Ruff's Brendan McMurtry-Howlett knows "it sounds crazy," but the theatre company likes to change things up. comments
The Last Wife at Stratford is a superb first play: review

Fri Aug 14 2015

Novice playwright Kate Hennig looks at spousal abuser Henry VIII through his final wife, Katherine Parr.comments
A kinder, gentler Perez Hilton?

Thu Aug 13 2015

As he gets ready to appear in a musical parody of Full House, the world's most infamous celeb blogger explains why he decided to take the negativity down a notch. comments
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Photos Meet some real-life Newsies

Thu Aug 13 2015

Former newsboys or the relatives of ones share their tales.comments
Shaw Festival names Tim Carroll its new director

Thu Aug 13 2015

The Shaw Festival announced Tim Carroll as their new Artistic Director on Thursday morning, an appointment that was previously reported in The Star.comments
Unfavourable Geometry's artful new angle on nuclear accidents

Wed Aug 12 2015

Choreographer Jacob Niedzwiecki brings his darkly comic work to the Dance: Made in Canada festivalcomments

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