Tom Patterson

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, ANNIE and More Included in Stratford Festival 2025 Season Lineup

Stratford Festival announced its 2025 season, featuring productions of HAMLET, THE TEMPEST, and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The season will also include a new adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

THE PROM Comes to The Heights Players Next Month

The Heights Players will kick off its 69th season with the award-winning musical The Prom for a limited engagement beginning September 6th, 2024! Set in current day New York City and Indiana, The Prom brings humor and color to an important issue facing the nation - LGBTQIA rights.

New Adaptation of Margaret Laurence's THE DIVINERS Comes to Stratford Festival

A new adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s classic Canadian novel The Diviners comes to the Tom Patterson Theatre for its world première. Directed by Krista Jackson with Geneviève Pelletier and with text by Vern Thiessen and Yvette Nolan, this production offers a bold adaptation, epic in scope, spanning centuries of this land’s past.

Review: Sara Topham Delivers a Masterful Performance as HEDDA GABLER at the Stratford Festival

The emotions evoked by this play are complex ones. HEDDA GABLER is raw and disturbing and funny and devastating. It is the story of a complicated woman trapped in a world that does not suit her. It explores the psyche of Hedda in a way that leads to more questions than answers. This piece will likely lead some theatregoers to engage in deep discussions while it will leave others speechless.

Review: The Stratford Festival's CYMBELINE Offers Fantasy and Excitement

An exciting production of William Shakespeare’s CYMBELINE opened last night at the Tom Patterson Theatre. This rarely played Tragicomedy Romance offers an intriguing and fantastical story and Director Esther Jun and company take full advantage of all the twists, turns and laughs within the text.

Pride Takes The Spotlight At The Stratford Festival

The Stratford Festival celebrates Pride with a series of events and performances highlighting LGBTQ+ stories and artists.

CYMBELINE Now On Stage at The Stratford Festival

Experience the magic of Shakespeare's CYMBELINE, now captivating audiences at the Stratford Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

HEDDA GABLER Begins Previews At The Stratford Festival

Henrik Ibsen's sensation Hedda Gabler will begin performances at the Tom Patterson Theatre. Directed by Molly Atkinson, this show brings a complex portrait of female identity and independence, while gifting us with one of theatre's great tragic characters.

Stratford Festival's Economic Impact Pegged At $276.7 Million

The economic impact of Toronto's STRATFORD FESTIVAL has been estimated at a whopping $276.7 million.

Video: First Look At Gender-Swapped Ken Ludwig's LEND ME A SOPRANO at Olney Theatre Center

Get a first look at Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Soprano, a gender-swapped adaptation of his 1989 Broadway hit, Lend Me A Tenor, runs in the Roberts Mainstage at Olney Theatre Center February 7 - March 10, 2024.

Review: LEND ME A SOPRANO at Olney Theatre Center

Olney Theatre Center's Roberts Mainstage is presenting Ken Ludwig's 'Lend Me a Soprano' through March 10. This is a reimagining (by the author) of Ludwig's Tony-winning farce 'Lend Me a Tenor,' a staple of professional, community, and school theatres nationwide...which I've somehow never seen.  As the change in the title suggests, the production is gender-swapped; the male roles in the original are female in the new version and vice versa. Having not seen the original, I cannot speak to the difference in effect in the new version, but can only evaluate 'Soprano' on its own merits...and it has many merits.

Colm Feore's RICHARD III is Now Streaming on Stratfest@Home

The Stratford Festival's acclaimed 2022 production of Richard III featuring Colm Feore in the title role is now coming to Stratfest@Home, the Festival's subscription streaming service, for national and international viewing.

Gender-Swapped LEND ME A SOPRANO Comes to Olney Theatre Center in February

Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Soprano, a gender-swapped adaptation of his 1989 Broadway hit, Lend Me A Tenor, runs in the Roberts Mainstage at Olney Theatre Center February 7 - March 10, 2024. Learn more about the production here!

Stratford Festival Unveils 2024 Casts and Creative Teams

Get all the latest updates on the highly anticipated 2024 season at the Stratford Festival. Find out which talented actors have been cast in which productions, and get ready to experience the magic of live theater at one of the world's most renowned festivals.

Review Roundup: PARTNERSHIP at the Mint Theater Company

Mint Theater Company just celebrated opening night of the American Premiere of Elizabeth Baker’s Partnership. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Photos: First Look at Mint Theater Company's Production of Elizabeth Baker's PARTNERSHIP

Mint Theater Company presents the American Premiere of Elizabeth Baker’s Partnership directed by Jackson Grace Gay. Check out all new production photos here!

First Preview of Mint Theater's PARTNERSHIP Canceled Due To Weather

The first preview of Mint Theater's American Premiere of Elizabeth Baker’s Partnership has been canceled due to weather. Performances will now begin on Sunday October 1st at 2PM.

Mint Theater's American Premiere of Elizabeth Baker's PARTNERSHIP Begins Performances Saturday

Mint Theater Company will present the American Premiere of Elizabeth Baker’s Partnership. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Review: WEDDING BAND At The Stratford Festival is A Beautifully Heartbreaking Story about Love and Dignity

This season, the Stratford Festival is certainly not shying away from material that addresses pandemics – fictional or historical. Director Sam White’s production of Alice Childress’ WEDDING BAND takes place during WWI when many were falling ill and dying from the influenza virus. It is the story of interracial couple Julia Augustine (Antonette Rudder) and Herman (Cyrus Lane) who are forced to contend with influenza when Herman falls ill, and who have already been contending with another pandemic – that of racism and white supremacy that is arguable even more rampant. This beautiful and heartbreaking play allows us to witness how Julia as a Black Woman, and Julia and Herman as a couple reckon with both external and internal forces that challenge their faith in their relationship and lead them to come to terms with what “dignity” means to them.

Photos: The Company of PARTNERSHIP Meets the Press

Get to know the talented cast members of Partnership. Discover the actors who will be bringing the show to life and learn more about their roles in this hit production. See photos of the company meeting the press!