Broadway-bound The Heart of Robin Hood, a new musical play, delights Toronto
In the history of myth and legend, many, many things have been done to Robin Hood. Some of them have enriched and enlivened the old tale, and some…well, never mind. Good news, fans of the fairy tale: The Heart of Robin Hood at the Royal Alexandra Theatre is everything you had no idea you wished for in a retelling. It’s not a traditional Robin Hood, but it is a good old traditional romp of a story – and that’s grand too – mixed with acrobatics, aerial stunts, some extraordinary fight choreography, and a generally fresh and fantastical idiom. It’s almost too much fun.
Bring tissues to Waiting Room, a play by Diane Flacks at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre
Waiting Room, playing at Tarragon Theatre is a play about a baby with cancer. “Baby with cancer” has to rank high, if not at the top, of any list made of The Three Most Heart-Breaking Words. Playwright Diane Flacks, who has herself spent time in the NICU with her son, has created a world inside a hospital where tense parents weigh suffering and cognitive damage against the hope of life for their infant; where unlikely friendships form and prove to be necessary support; where doctors, as diverse as humans are, can be brash and more interested in science than compassion, or sensitive and torn, or calm professionals. Continue reading Review: Waiting Room (Tarragon Theatre)→
It’s cold. It’s really, really, cold. But hey, we live in Canada – if we never went out when it was cold, we’d never go anywhere. Except for the summer. But hush. In any case, if you want to get out of the house to see some Cheap Theatre, these are some shows playing in Toronto this week for $22 or less per ticket. There’s opera, there’s dance, there’s puppets, there’s Into The Woods, and there’s Chekov! What more could you ask for?
It’s the first “real” week, so to speak, of the 2015 theatre season in Toronto. The holidays are as over as they’re going to be, and we haven’t started having Valentine’s Day-themed shows pop up, just yet. We of course still have the Next Stage Theatre Festival going on, but there’s a lot to see outside of the fest, as well! See if anything strikes your fancy. If it’s red, and got two asterisks before it, it’s been recommended by Samantha, our Editor.
