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I hope you got to see "Assassins"; it's a terrific show, and one of my favourite productions of the year!

South Pacific-Toronto Centre for The Arts South Pacific, take 2, is every bit as good as last year's production at the Four Seasons. Carmen Cusack reprises her role as Nellie, and thank god she does. Superb! David Pittsinger is new to the role of Emile, and his SPEAKING voice is so basso...

The Magic Flute- Four Seasons Centre It was pure pleasure to sit back and let beatuiful music and beautiful voices do their thing. No effort required! A great cast; Aline Kutan rocked it as "Queen of the Night" and Rodion Pogossov was a terrific "Papageno". Loved every second...

Mirvish Announces 2011-2012 Season The Railway Children Private Lives-starring Kim Cattrall Chess-The Musical Mary Poppins The Blue Dragon War Horse- (YAY!) Hair-Broadway Production "In addition, there are four shows off-subscription and many other shows at the Sony...

Nixon in China- Four Seasons Centre Everyone is convincing in their roles; Robert Orth has Nixon down pat, and Maria Kanyova has Pat down...pat. In fact, I think this should be called "Pat Nixon in China" , she's that good, and Scene 1 of Act 2 was my favourite.Adrian Tompson is a rather...

More info now available: "As previously revealed in the Star, the London stage hit will open in Toronto in May. And a temporary, 1,000-seat, state-of-the-art theatre is being built adjacent to Toronto’s historic Roundhouse Park, at Bremner Blvd. and Lower Simcoe St., it was revealed...

Mirvish Announcement- New Theatre to be Built Well, here's the announcement : "TORONTO - A musical version of Edith Nesbitt's book "The Railway Children" is coming to Toronto this spring. Published in 1906, the children's book tells the story of a family that moves to a house near a...

Mirvish Teaser Announcement...of an announcement! I hate teasers like this, but it is provoking speculation... which is what it's designed to do. From Mirvish Productions: Dear Theatre-Goer, Occasionally there's a theatrical announcement that we feel will be of great interest to...

Spring is in the air! Luminato announces its 2011 programme: http://www.luminato.com/media/10

Parade - The Berkeley Street Theatre-Upstairs In the opening scene, Jeff Irving , dressed as a young confederate soldier sings about the red hills of home, followed seamlessly by George Masswohl playing an old version of him. It's riveting, and sets the time, place and mind-set for what is to...

Assassins -The Theatre Centre Winner of the 2010 Dora award for "Best Musical", Assassins, by Stephen Sondheim, takes on an immediate resonance, given the attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona yesterday. Creepy, chilling, funny and terrifying, seventeen gifted...

YAY! It's being produced again! Jan 6 -23, 2011. I'm sorry I missed it last year, but plan to see it this time around! http://www.theatrecentre.org/

The Misanthrope - Tarragon Theatre The new year starts with a thud; Tarragon Theatre's production of Martin Crimp's version of The Misanthrope is a disappointment. Why, why, why set this play in London? If you're doing a 1996 version of a 17th century French play, why not set it here, in...

Favourite Productions of 2010 Another year wraps up. It's hard to pick a single, favourite production, so I'll stick to choosing ten, and listing them in the order I saw them: Light in the Piazza - Acting Up Theatre Oh, What a Lovely War- Soulpepper Theatre Art- Canadian Stage Company...

"The lead role is shared by Sean Cullen and Bruce Dow" Its success at Stratford is what brought it to Mirvish's subscription. I saw Bruce Dow in the lead. Everybody was very good, but it felt so... laboured. This just isn't the type of humour I enjoy, and it's the whole plot I found dated...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Canon Theatre Several funny things happen on the way to the forum, but not enough of them to make this the laugh riot it wants to be. Reading the programme notes, I learnt that Stephen Sondheim had to write the famous opening song "Comedy...

Studies in Motion -Canadian Stage The complete title is the rather unwieldy "Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge". Written by Kevin Kerr, this Electric Company production focuses on the life of the 19th century pioneer photographer Muybridge and his obsession with motion...

The Real Agenda Behind the Sony/Mirvish Partnership Martin Knelman, from the Toronto Star, gives his take on the "real agenda" behind the Sony/Mirvish partnership, introducing a new name into the mix: Rob Ford. ACK...

Sony Centre and Mirvish Announce Partnership From the Toronto Star: "David Mirvish, the largest producer of commercial theatre in Toronto, and Dan Brambilla, CEO of the Sony Centre and the biggest impresario in the non-profit sector, have formed a partnership with far-reaching implications...

Joseph Calleja-Roy Thomson Hall Maltese tenor, Joseph Calleja, sang a wonderful concert last night at Roy Thomson Hall. This was his rescheduled performance to make up for last year's cancelled concert and it was well worth the wait. What a beautiful, powerful voice he has, capable of filling...