Musical Review – Tarragon Theatre & The Musical Stage Company/After the Rain: A New Canadian Musical

Review of a wonderful piece of music theatre that absolutely deserves a shelf life.

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A Pick – Soulpepper’s A Streetcar Named Desire, closes on July 7.



Review of Haley McGee’s Age is a Feeling on Ludwig van Toronto. https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2024/06/14/scrutiny-haley-mcgee-mesmerizes-talent-wordsmith-actor-age-feeling/

Haley McGee in Age is a Feeling. Photo by Dahlia Katz.


Mad Hot Ballet Gala 2024 – read my review on Ludwig van Toronto. https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2024/06/13/scrutiny-toronto-choreographer-alyssa-martins-desperate-drama-red-shines-mad-hot-ballet-gala/

Alexander Skinner in Alyssa Martin’s Desperate Drama of Red. Photo by Dahlia Katz.



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Canadian Opera Company Spring Season 2025 – Berg’s Wozzeck and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

A Eurotrash Wozzeck and a brilliant Eugene Onegin.

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Mahabharata and A Strange Loop lead the way in 2025 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards

Toronto, ON – The Canadian premiere of the groundbreaking musical A Strange Loop and a bold new retelling of Mahabharata are the big winners in the 2025 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards (TTCA), each scooping up three prizes. The Soulpepper Theatre, Musical Stage Company, Crow’s Theatre, and TO Live production of Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop won awards for best production of […]

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