SCRUTINY | The Baroness And The Pig Is A Thinking Person’s Theatre
By Paula Citron on August 3, 2018
Shaw Festival's The Baroness and the Pig shows Michael Mackenzie not so much a playwright of passion, but one of inquiry.
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By Paula Citron on August 3, 2018
Shaw Festival's The Baroness and the Pig shows Michael Mackenzie not so much a playwright of passion, but one of inquiry.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on August 2, 2018
Santa Fe Opera's Madama Butterfly revival meets the spirit of the work with great voices, a fine orchestra, and an evocative production.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on August 1, 2018
Husband and wife piano duo Angela Cheng Alvin Chow presented a muddled program that contributed to a muddled result at the Toronto Summer Music Festival.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on July 31, 2018
Jonathan Crow and Philip Chiu leave a full house clamouring for more in a program celebrating the legacy of legendary 20th-century violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on July 30, 2018
This notable release, not least of all because it is Peter Oundjian’s last recording as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, is a real triumph.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on July 30, 2018
While the farcical elements may run amok in Stage Kiss, there is no denying the substance that underlies the play’s weighty themes.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on July 28, 2018
Two of Shaw's comic plays about marriage and men in a single show is a surprisingly rare treat at a festival that bears his name.
(Continue reading)By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on July 25, 2018
With its focus on locality, creativity and cross-pollination, the Symphony In The Barn promises a full-weekend of beauty, in the great Ontario summer outdoors.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on July 22, 2018
Director Antoni Cimolino gives a compelling visual and verbal canvas in Shakespeare's The Tempest with the great Martha Henry as Prospero.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on July 20, 2018
Despite Toronto Summer Music Festival's impossible pairing of Appalachian Spring, and L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), the result was a satisfying night of music and theatre.
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