Tag Archives: Mirvish

Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Blue Dragon

Familiar skeletons of the past collide with fiery new characters in Robert Lepage’s complex, trilingual spectacle
By Ava Baccari
Written by Marie Michaud and Robert Lepage

Photo by Erick Labbe.

The Blue Dragon, currently running at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, is in every sense a powerful, cinematic experience: from the way it effortlessly transcends spatial and linguistic boundaries as [...]

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Best of Toronto Theatre 2011

Theatromania’s top 12 picks

December 6, 2011: 244 Victoria Street renamed the Ed Mirvish Theatre (formerly the Canon).

Looking back, 2011 has been an outstanding year for theatre in Toronto. Here’s a list of our 12 favourite shows in celebration of the coming year. Happy 2012!
1) Another Africa (Volcano Theatre in association with Canadian Stage): Featuring high-energy music, top-notch [...]

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Hair

A shining, gleaming musical portrait of those soulful hippies and their hair

By Ava Baccari
Book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Music by Galt MacDermot
Directed by Diane Paulus

The Hair National Tour © Joan Marcus.

There’s something about tresses that the cast of Hair finds so utterly irresistible: theirs, yours. Like rock stars slamming high fives to [...]

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Mary Poppins

This spoonful of family fun goes down in a most delightful way

Book by Julian Fellowes
Original music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
New songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Directed by Richard Eyre

L to R: Rachel Wallace as Mary Poppins, Annie Baltic as Jane Banks, Reese Sebastian Diaz as Michael Banks, Nicolas [...]

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

2 Pianos, 4 Hands

2 pianos, 4 hands and 4 thumbs up for this charming Canadian musical
By Ava Baccari
Created, performed and directed by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt

Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra in 2P4H. Photo by Rick O’Brien.

Teddy, one of the many incarnations Canadian actor Ted Dykstra plays in 2 Pianos 4 Hands, is worried about languishing over a [...]

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Bharati

Passport to Bollywood: Musical explores how sensuality and tradition are intricately intertwined in India
By Ava Baccari
Created by Gashash Deshe
Written by Kamlesh Pandey
Directed by Jojo Khan, Shirili Deshe and Roni Sinai

Bharati, The Wonder That is India.

While Diwali, the South Asian “festival of lights,” is traditionally celebrated at home surrounded by loved ones, the cast of Bharati [...]

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

FELA!

The music of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti sways the Canon Theatre
Book by Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones
Music and lyrics by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti

Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Kuti and the Broadway cast of FELA! Photo Credit ©Monique Carboni.

Get ready to dance. The multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway hit FELA! has landed in Toronto. Now playing at the Canon [...]

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Chess The Musical

All’s fair but fuddled in Tim Rice’s game of love and war

Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Book and lyrics by Tim Rice

Original UK production. Photo by Keith Pattinson.

Chess is a complex game that requires intense concentration, and so it makes sense that the musical incarnation would require the same level of focus from its [...]

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Private Lives

Cattrall and Gross face-off in Noël Coward’s charming comedy of manners

Written by Noël Coward
Directed by Richard Eyre

Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross. Photo by Hugo Glendinning.

Now on stage at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, the highly-anticipated production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross is a definite must-see this fall. The Broadway-bound show is only in [...]

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Hugh Jackman In Concert

Jackman unleashes his triple threat powers at the Princess of Wales Theatre
Presented by Robert Fox
Starring Hugh Jackman
Musical direction by Patrick Vaccariello

Hugh Jackman.

Look out! There’s a new breed of superhero in town: a devilishly handsome and charming Australian film star who can sing, dance, perform stand-up comedy, and, every now and then, razor-sharp retractable blades shoot [...]

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Calendar Girls

Toronto audiences get a nude awakening at the Royal Alex
Presented by David Mirvish and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Written by Tim Firth
Directed by Marti Maraden

Original Canadian cast of Calendar Girls. Photo by Grajewski Fotograph Inc.

Coffee, cake and nudes — oh my! An all-Canadian production of Calendar Girls (based on the British Comedy Award-winning 2003 film) is [...]

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The Railway Children

London’s hit show arrives in jolly good time

Written by Mike Kenny
Directed by Damian Cruden

Natasha Greenblatt (Roberta), Harry Judge (Peter) and Kate Besworth (Phyllis) in the Toronto production of The Railway Children. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

The Mother’s Day opening of The Railway Children attracted a large number of people to Toronto’s new Roundhouse Theatre (beside [...]

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