Reviews of theatre, dance, opera, comedy and festivals. Performances can be in-person or streamed remotely on the web for social-distancing.
If you haven’t yet seen I, Claudia this may be your lucky day. The run at the Young Centre for Performing Arts has been extended by a week and now closes May 30, 2009.
Mooney on Theatre gave I, Claudia a rave review, and we weren’t the only ones. Check out the list of reviews below:
Continue reading Crow Theatre’s I, Claudia extended to May 30
By Olya Ryabets
Both my friend, who saw the play with me, and I walked away with a consensus that the MacKenzieRo production of bedbound is a very good show.
So, in the spirit of ‘getting with the times’ I’ve set Mooney on Theatre up on Twitter.
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On May 14 there is a fundraiser for the Toronto Burlesque festival, but they’re short one balloon girl! Help is needed urgently!
Okay, well, that might have been a bit melodramatic, but there’s a group of people in need, and maybe you know someone who can help.
Here are the details from Canadian Wolfman on Facebook:
Continue reading Ever wanted to be a performer in a Burlesque show?
By Olya Ryabets
House of Many Tongues at Tarragon, written by Jonathan Garfinkel and directed by Richard Rose, is probably one of the biggest theatrical surprises I’ve had in a long while.
Given the subject matter (Israeli-Palestinian conflict) and the director (Rose is the guy who brought us ‘Scorched’), I fully expected a drawn-out family saga, ripe with preachy sentimentalism aimed to mollify our white liberal guilt. What I got instead, though, is a pleasing (if naïve) evening of magical realism and laughs.