Believe it or not, 2014 is coming to a close! These are the final playlistings for the year – and, it just so happens, they also include the first few days of 2015! See if there’s anything you’d like to see over the next few days, as we transition from one year to the next. The show that comes most highly recommended by Megan, our Founding Editor, is highlighted in red. Happy theatre-ing!
Toronto Operetta Theatre’s The Mikado is a fun and frivolous jaunt to end the holiday season
I was admittedly hesitant before going to see Toronto Operetta Theatre‘s The Mikado. Granted, this would be the first time I’ve seen an operetta live, let alone the Gilbert and Sullivan classic. What was truly causing my reservations was the fact that I had recently subjected myself to the massive train wreck of a movie that is The Interview, and wasn’t sure if I could stomach anymore overt racism. But, when The Mikado is described literally as “a thinly-veiled poke at English bureaucracy disguised as a Japanese idyll”, and it is made perfectly clear that this is a cultural parody, it’s akin to complaining about violence in a movie labelled “violent” — you knew what you were in for.
If you can put aside the “yellow face” (the fact that there isn’t a single Asian actor on stage for a production set in “Japan” with “Japanese” characters) and the silly names, The Mikado is actually quite fun.
It’s Christmas Eve Eve! Some people (most of us, let’s just be honest) are still hunting around for something to give to our loved ones (unless you don’t celebrate the holiday, which is cool, too!). A big part of Christmas is regifting, and it would be silly for us to have a Cheap Theatre listing today that didn’t focus on Christmas – so in that spirit, here are some shows playing in Toronto that are Christmas (or, at least, winter) themed. Some may have been on one of these lists before, but – ’tis the season! And all of the shows have tickets available for $26 or less!
There’s rumours of a “Santa-Bomb” storm a’comin’… but don’t let it keep you from seeing some theatre this week! It’s Christmas, after all! If you want to see what’s playing, see our list below. Anything with two asterisks and highlighted in red comes highly recommended by our Editor, Mike.
Super Fun Christmas Sing-A-Long is a Toronto Holiday Tradition with Legs — and Booze
What’s Christmas without a few good carols?
Taking the stage for a third year in a row, married couple Sharron Matthews and George Masswohl belt out all the holiday classics in their perennially popular spectacular, Sharron and George’s Super Fun Christmas Sing-A-Long.
