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BroadwayWorld spoke to Travis Knights of THE MARS PROJECT about his love of Tap, his goal to spread the art form across Toronto’s Black community, and the lightness that comes from dancing in altered gravity.

It couldn’t be clearer why Chris Abraham decided now was the time to stage this play about the challenge that a former pastor and the former caregiver to his late wife pose to a sitting conservative governor’s platform on the eve of a pivotal vote. And that, paradoxically, might be the problem.

It comes in many forms, each one its own type of exquisitely agonizing rejection. The job application or the one to the program that could define your future, thrown out, perhaps unanswered. The child forced to walk behind their two closer friends when there’s not enough room on the sidewalk. The feeling of being found wanting for the simple quality of being yourself, relatives and supposed friends turning away, or of being judged inadequate and dismissed out of hand before you’ve even been met.. The romantic brush-off. The birthday party attended only by the celebrant.

The Toronto Fringe’s 12-day extravaganza has concluded! Over 40,000 tickets were sold to 76 different shows around the city, from companies both local and international. With plenty of free arts programming at the Fringe Tent behind the Tranzac Club, the Fringe is a thrilling glimpse into the future of Toronto theatre.

BroadwayWorld spoke to this year’s curator, Aeris Körper artistic director Mayumi Lashbrook, about this year’s theme of play, the artists who transform porches and lawns into spaces for discovery, and why PORCH VIEW DANCES brings joy to the community.

Reviews of Madame Winifred's Circus of Wonders, Rooted: A Musical Poem, Girls' Night Cabin Fever, How Lucky Are We, The First Jew in Canada: A Trans Tale, and Are You Lovin' It?

Reviews of Gulp, Bus Stop, and Rosamund

Reviews of Monks, Stiff and Sons, Tape, Moe: A Rap Opera, and Crosstown

Reviews of Rat Academy, Poz, The Bluffs, and 1 Santosh Santosh 2 Go

Reviews of Gringas, Far-Flung Peoples, and Paternal Guidance

Reviews of Colonial Circus, Elephant Song, Daniel In Love (For One Night Only), and Cabaret of Murder at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Reviews of SEE YOU TOMORROW and ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT at the Toronto Fringe

Reviews of Chloe and Meraki, Doctor Dolittle, Crime After Crime (After Crime) and Unfurnished

BroadwayWorld spoke to Cooperman about her life of rebellion, her role in Adam Sandler’s You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, and why she finds humour in even the greatest tragedy.

BroadwayWorld spoke to Bahr about the real-life inspiration behind the show, her time on Curb and Hacks, and the value of near-death experiences.

THE LAST TIMBIT isn’t here for a long time; after all, doughnuts go stale quickly. It’s here to be an Experience, and an Experience it is.

Tennessee Williams’ sprawling classic about what happens when the unstoppable force, fading, fluttering Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Amy Rutherford), meets the immovable object of her brother-in-law, pragmatic, animalistic Stanley Kowalski (Mac Fyfe) proves a night of searing theatre, with Weyni Mengesha’s effectively musical direction providing an electric backdrop for a simmering contest of wills.

The frequently witty and always entertaining offering from the comedy troupe will make you happy that you put on pants and left the house.

McGee snaps spellbinding shots of existence, exquisitely distilling an emotion, moment, or rumination until it’s almost unbearable. As she goes on through the decades, you can hear a pin drop; that is, when audience members aren’t laughing or sobbing with recognition.

BroadwayWorld spoke to two of the show's creators, Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts founder Alexis Spieldenner and Emmy Award-winning writer Howard Reich, about the real-life inspiration behind the ballet, three generations of artistic collaboration, and why these stories need to be told.