Michael Wilkinson, left, and Kurtis D’Aoust in Royal City Musical Theatre’s Cabaret, which plays at Massey Theatre until April 29. (photo by Emily Cooper) The musical Cabaret is a classic in the English-speaking world. Since its Broadway première in 1966,…
Richard Newman and Gina Chiarelli in Bar Mitzvah Boy, at Pacific Theatre until April 14. (photo by Damon Calderwood) The number 13 means different things to different people. To a baker, it’s that extra pastry that he adds to a…
Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy is set in a Nazi detention centre in Vichy France, where a group of prisoners are being held. (photo from Theatre in the Raw) Theatre in the Raw is bringing Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy…
Left to right: Yoo Ra Kang (Asaka, Mother of the Earth), Ricardo Pequenino (Agwe, God of Water), Alexandra Quispe (Erzulie, Goddess of Love) and Sari Rosofsky (Papa Ge, Sly Demon of Death) in Fabulist Theatre’s production of Once On This…
Amy Amantea and Jake Anthony in Sequence, which runs March 14-24 at Presentation House Theatre. (photo by Tim Matheson) “To direct this play requires a willingness to grapple with the concepts, to accept that sometimes questions are more important than…
Left to right: Michael Rubenfeld, Mary Berchard and Katka Reszke in We Keep Coming Back, which plays March 13 and 14 as part of the Chutzpah! Festival. (photo by Jeremy Mimnaugh) At first, we expected the piece to focus mainly…
Deb Filler performs at the Chutzpah! Festival on March 4. (photo from Chutzpah!) “I’ve performed all over the world, baked challah bread onstage, done shows everywhere, and this is the first time in all these years I am performing in…
Salomé: Woman of Valor will have its world première at the Chutzpah! Festival March 8-10. (image by Anya Ross, graphics by John Greenaway) There have been many interpretations of Salomé – thought to be the woman whose alluring dance persuaded…
Perla Batalla brings the music of Leonard Cohen to the Rothstein Theatre March 11. (photo from Chutzpah!) I didn’t choose singing. It chose me,” Perla Batalla told the Independent in an email interview. Batalla brings her personal and moving tribute…
Left to right: Ryan Beil, Megan Leitch and James Fagan Tait in Jitters. (photo by David Cooper) Let’s hear it for the play-within-a-play, the vehicle that takes the audience from front-of-house to backstage dressing room, into the psyche of live…
