Theatre critic Jory Brophy takes a look at a collection of plays from the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival, which runs until July 12 in numerous venues across the city. Reviews …
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Clifford Odets’ kitchen sink drama, first produced in 1935, revolves around a Jewish family’s struggles to survive in the Bronx during the Depression. Odets’ play was back on Broadway in …
Money makes the world go around, they say, and in Soulpepper’s latest production, Loot, it’s what makes this farce fly. Old Mr McLeavy has no time to grieve for his …
Once your ear is attuned to the fire hose volume of expletives in David Mamet’s 1983 play Glengarry Glen Ross, the profane mantra begins to take on a rhythm and …
In Mourning Dove, playwright Emil Sher has tackled the moral dilemma of mercy killing, and the wider implications of what level of disability justifies such a choice. It’s a conundrum …
The question “what if?” is all the fertilizer needed to sprinkle on the waking thoughts of most playwrights. Travesties, which opened February 18, was inspired by Tom Stoppard’s discovery that …
Creating a new version of any familiar tale can be a dangerous undertaking. The Charles Dickens 1844 classic, A Christmas Carol, falls into this category of beloved story that lives …
Vaudeville for the 21st century is the only way to describe the fast-forward production, Legoland, running at Theatre Passe Muraille. The one-hour show is a tale of innocents abroad in …
Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s masterpiece of class conflict has been adapted successfully in Kick Theatre’s inaugural production, playing at the Theatre Centre until Nov. 29. Miss Julie was originally published …
A richly textured play that eloquently captures the zeitgeist of the post-war society in the U.S., A Raisin in the Sun is just as relevant today. In Lorraine Hansberry’s powerful …