SCRUTINY | Opera 5’s Inaugural Toronto Opera Festival Was A Smashing Success
By Paula Citron on July 2, 2025
Opera 5's ten-day Toronto Opera Festival was an ambitious undertaking that resulted in a smashing success.
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By Paula Citron on July 2, 2025
Opera 5's ten-day Toronto Opera Festival was an ambitious undertaking that resulted in a smashing success.
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The title of the show is Beetlejuice, The Musical. The Musical. The Musical, and I think the many repeats are designed to tell us that this is a musical on steroids.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on June 17, 2025
The National Ballet of Canada presents the North American premiere of acclaimed German choreographer Christian Spuck’s intriguing ballet Anna Karenina.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on June 11, 2025
The biggest takeaway from the Queen of the Night Communion is the very important role that Tapestry Opera is playing in the creation of exciting new opera experiences.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on June 2, 2025
The program is supposed to be The National Ballet of Canada's celebration of Guillaume Côté. It is his Adieu, but it really isn’t. Quel disappointment!
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on May 23, 2025
A Strange Loop is a story about personal struggles and deeply felt hopes as we are taken into Usher’s mind; this musical is deeply introspective.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on May 23, 2025
This reimagined production of Peter Pan, currently on stage at Toronto's CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre is definitely a class act from start to finish.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on May 15, 2025
Theatre veterans would kill for the reviews that Charlotte Dennis has received for her role as Jane in the Coal Mine Theatre production of the psychological thriller JOB.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on May 14, 2025
What takes place on the court is dynamite, exhilarating theatre, and a showcase for young Black female actors in the Canadian premiere of Candrice Jones’ Flex.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on May 8, 2025
Britta Johnson's Life After, as it has now become, is a quintessential example that big is not always better.
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