Music

Musical Review – Next to Normal (Bowtie Productions)

An excellent production of a Pulitzer Prize-winning ground-breaking musical about a family coping with mental illness.

Musical Review – Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company & The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene)

A run don’t walk production, not to be missed. The Yiddish version of this beloved musical (with English supertitles) takes the original Sholom Aleichem story back to the language it was written in.

Opera Review – Werther (Canadian Opera Company)

A pristine production musically and visually, but one that is missing the necissary sweeping romantic emotional core.

Theatre Review – Cicadas (Tarragon Theatre, National Arts Centre & fu-Gen Theatre)

An engrossing “eco-thriller” featuring expressive live music and lots of mystery with terrific acting, of both the human and insect variety.

Canadian Opera Company Spring Season 2026/Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung

A stunning evening, both musically and visually, of two early 20th century opera masterpieces, originally staged by Robert Lepage. Not to be missed.