Mirvish presents Ayad Akhtar’s provocative, award-winning play Disgraced in Toronto
Yesterday I had an exchange with an acquaintance about the infamous tweet by Black Lives Matter Toronto’s co-founder Yusra Khogali. He was quick to call “reverse racism” after I suggested that his not being a person of colour meant that he didn’t understand the context of Khogali’s tweet. It got heated. Issues like systemic racism and how it has manifested in contemporary power structures are increasingly being discussed, and that’s why a play like Disgraced feels so immediately relevant. It speaks profoundly to the political climate of today. Continue reading Review: Disgraced (Mirvish)→
Caught is an intense interrogation drama playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto
Caught, the latest production at the Theatre Passe Muraille backspace, is 75 minutes of interrogation intensity that drags up aspects of blame, entitlement, racial tension, gender tension, gaslighting, assault, and consequence to the here and now in painful and glaring ways. It’s intense and uncomfortable and far from a leisurely night at the theatre. For all of these reasons, Caught is worth seeing.
The Alexander Showcase Theatre is producing The Addams Family Musical at the Fairview Library Theatre. I loved the Addams family growing up: I watched the original 60’s series in syndication, and the two wonderful movies from the 90’s. Their light-hearted take on the gothic appealed to me, as did the love they had for each other as a family, particularly the bond between Gomez and Morticia. To this day it is not common to see a healthy, loving, communicative romantic partnership on television. Continue reading Review: The Addams Family Musical (Alexander Showcase Theatre) 
The Terrible Parents is worth investing in, now on stage in Toronto
Mirvish presents Ayad Akhtar’s provocative, award-winning play Disgraced in Toronto
Caught is an intense interrogation drama playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto
The seats of the Jane Mallet Theatre of the