Intermission Magazine

The Master Plan at Crow's Theatre (runner-up for 2023 Nathan Cohen Award for Oustanding Review)

1939 at Canadian Stage

The Inheritance at Canadian Stage

Come From Away in Gander, NL

Hadestown at Mirvish Productions

Casey and Diana at the Stratford Festival

Uncle Vanya at Crow's Theatre

Toronto Star

Cliff Cardinal is a master of emotional manipulation in ‘The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It’

‘Hamilton’ is back in Toronto and it really is that good

Crow’s Theatre’s ‘Fifteen Dogs’ is a must-see, even for cat people

Bad Hats Theatre’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is a love letter to childhood

‘The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale’ at Soulpepper is as good as its title and just as charming

Stratford Beacon Herald

Stratford Festival review: In Get That Hope, playwright Andrea Scott complicates the history of Little Jamaica

Stratford Festival review: The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? tests the limits of North American squeamishness

Stratford Festival review: Sara Topham is dazzling as infamous anti-hero Hedda Gabler

Stratford Festival review: Romeo and Juliet stays afloat with a handful of strong performances

The Globe and Mail

The Lion King roars back to Toronto in a spectacular return that captures the magic of the ‘circle of life’

Playing Shylock is a ghost story that is impossible to ignore

The Last Timbit may be a giant ad, but it’s more than deserving of your dough

Toronto Star

Here’s what Anna Marie Tendler has to say about her ex John Mulaney in her new memoir. Hint: It’s not what you think

Colleen Hoover tells us how she really feels about the film version of her bestselling novel ‘It Ends with Us’

Gracie Abrams’ searing songwriting is what led her to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour 

Maisie Peters scores summer hit with song about falling for ‘Canadian king’

He's a dad, a TV star and a sneakerhead: Andrew Phung of 'Run the Burbs'

Yes, ‘Friends’ is important to Matthew Perry, but he wants to be remembered for his sobriety and helping other people

YouTube megastar Daniel Howell reflects on a life online

‘We don’t wear heels in the Arctic’: How Inuit model Willow Allen uses TikTok to showcase life in the north

NEXT Magazine

Snotty Nose Rez Kids demand a “Red Future”

Logan Staats could be Canada’s newest country prodigy

LOONY’s musical leap of faith (cover story)

Ottawa Citizen

How Ottawa's "Cucumber Boy" became the star of TikTok

The New York Times

Hit Play About U.S. Constitution Debuts in Canada. Amended, of Course.

CP24/CTV News Toronto

Kat Sandler's ‘Wildwoman’ kicks off Her Words Festival at Soulpepper

Sébastien Heins uses video games to explore Huntington’s disease

How this Ukrainian-Métis Toronto couple is using theatre to tell their improbable love story

The Globe and Mail

Sarah Kane’s play-writing legacy haunts Canadian theatre

Toronto playwright Nam Nguyen on his two-day Jeopardy! streak

Toronto Star

A slam poet finds his theatrical voice in ‘As I Must Live It’ at Theatre Passe Muraille

Inside the cool — and the cringe — of Toronto’s sold-out Broadway ‘rave’

How Disney Animation is using its Toronto immersive experience to ‘keep moving forward’ 

‘Come From Away’ comes home to Newfoundland 

How Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’ remembers a century of dramatic censorship

From Toronto stages to the ‘Interview With the Vampire’ writers’ room, playwright Hannah Moscovitch is having a moment

Intermission Magazine

King James brings basketball — and bromance — to Theatre Aquarius

For the leadership at Crow’s Theatre, investing in local talent is crucial

How Cliff Cardinal found his inner rock star

Spotlight: Yvette Nolan

Stratford Beacon Herald

Cymbeline: Bending genres and offering a new challenge for Festival mainstay Lucy Peacock

Twelfth Night: A cast of soothsaying fools

CBC Arts

This stage actor left Canada because of its 'glass ceiling.' Now she's back to break through it.

In 1939, Shakespeare pays a visit to a fictional residential school

In a banner year for Hamlet, 3 South Asian actors take the lead

Exclaim!

Lizzy McAlpine Is a Little Bit 'Older,' a Little Bit Wiser

Toronto Star

Sabrina Carpenter stuns with ‘Short n’ Sweet’

On ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft,’ Billie Eilish boasts a new-found maturity

Taylor Swift drops surprise double album with ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ — a 31-track odyssey through heartbreak

Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish — ‘girlhood’ rules the 2024 Grammys. Here’s why it matters

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ sparkles with self-reflection and synth 

Star Tracks: Our 24 favourite albums of 2022

Star Tracks Wrapped: Highlights and surprising standouts from this year in music

NEXT Magazine

Review: Lizzy McAlpine closes North American leg of the Older tour with a quiet fury

Gracie Abrams sharpens songwriting skills touring with Taylor Swift

Charlotte Day Wilson’s sophomore release filled with dreamy rewards

Noah Kahan turns concert-going into a spiritual experience at his first of three Toronto shows

Soulful Scarborough singer LOONY releases monster debut album

CP24/CTV News Toronto

'This is horrifying': How a pro-suicide forum encourages sodium nitrite use in Canada, U.K.

Liberal MP was warned about controversial pro-suicide forum years before Kenneth Law’s arrest: source

Mississauga man accused of mailing sodium nitrite also allegedly sold gas masks, tubing

Amidst Kenneth Law, sodium nitrite investigations, wellness checks are on the rise: sources

Toronto Star

Some Toronto theatres have been duped by AI-generated reviews. What role will they play in arts marketing moving forward?

Backstage burnout in Toronto theatre was always a thing — post-pandemic it’s gotten worse

Whitby spa warned pool facilities weren't safe to open, claims $5M lawsuit

New luxury GTA spa closes all pools after customers report staph infections

Woman's family pleads for help after she drowns in Ontario pool while livestreaming on Facebook

Luminato Festival abruptly cancelled an exhibit by an Indigenous collective. Here’s the story behind the controversial decision 

Memoir

We Hired an AI Theatre Critic (runner-up for 2023 Nathan Cohen Award for Outstanding Critical Essay)

Remembering Towson teacher Matthew Jochmans

Some say arts criticism is dead. I spent two weeks at summer camp for theatre critics — here’s why I’ve never felt more optimistic

Why do election polls go wrong? I found out one reason when I polled Americans for CNN in 2016

The Beach Boys, Charles Manson and my dad: a Father’s Day story

Sarah Kane Made Me Want to Be a Theatre Critic. I Am One. Now What?

Film Reviews

Review: Silly sci-fi thriller ‘I.S.S.’ shoots for the stars

Review: ‘Mean Girls’ is a glittery nostalgia fest with a lyrics problem

Book Reviews

In her debut novel, theatre artist Erin Brubacher explores the hope and heartbreak of creating a child

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