Today, Mirvish sent the following open letter to the media about his plans to build a new condo complex in the Entertainment District which includes the “removal” of the Princess of Wales Theatre he built in 1993. Despite his rationale for demolishing the theatre, as I expressed in a piece yesterday, losing one of Toronto’s major theatres for condos is a bitter pill to swallow.
Catch one of Bollywood’s great actors in Toronto this weekend in Jerome Kilty’s Dear Liar
This weekend, Why Not Theatre brings Naseeruddin Shah and his wife, Ratna Pathak Shah – royalty of South Asian cinema – to town for a christening of Toronto’s newest theatre venue, the Regent Park Arts and Cultural Centre.
The pair resurrect George Bernard Shaw and Stella Patrick Campbell in Dear Liar, a play chronicling their infamous, decades-long love affair. (It was also a well-documented affair: Dear Liar is based almost entirely on written correspondence between the married Shaw and his married mistress.) While the play has always been prey to mixed reactions, Why Not Theatre gives Dear Liar one of its best incarnations in recent memory. Continue reading Review: Beyond Bollywood – Dear Liar (Why Not Theatre)→
Mirvish plans to replace the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto’s Entertainment District with a Frank Gehry-designed condo project
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The new complex, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, will reportedly feature three 80-storey condo towers, retail space, function space and two art museums; one to publicly display the Mirvish’s private collection of abstract art, the other in partnership with OCAD. Continue reading Mirvish to close the Princess of Wales Theatre→
Stage Centre is bent on giving you a fun evening with its Toronto theatre production of Jitters.
Jitters, playing at the York Woods Library Theatre, is a multi-layered, tricky beast. The play is literally about three afternoons in the life of a theatrical production: the final rehearsal, the buildup to opening, and the day after. But beneath the surface, author David French has written a twisted sort of love note to Canadian theatre in the 1970s, and it’s the willingness of Michael James Burgess’ cast to engage with that subtext which makes this Stage Centre Productions mount really shine.
The Theatre Elusive does a tremendous job of bringing Shakespeare’s play about the Egyptian queen and her lover to Toronto theatre audiences.
Antony and Cleopatra. It’s one of William Shakespeare’s most provocative and alluring plays, one that hasn’t been over hyped or sensationalized and has been allowed to maintain its regalia and dignity throughout its many carnations in theatre and film. Playing at Buddies in Bad Times and produced by The Theatre Elusive, this stunning portrayal of the Egyptian Queen and her Roman consort shines clarifying light on what it means to be a woman with power.
Today, Mirvish sent the following open letter to the media about his plans to build a new condo complex in the Entertainment District which includes the “removal” of the Princess of Wales Theatre he built in 1993. Despite his rationale for demolishing the theatre, as I expressed in a piece yesterday, losing one of Toronto’s major theatres for condos is a bitter pill to swallow.
