Feature: BEYOND CASTING: THE PLAY IS THE THING
by Herbert Paine - Nov 7, 2024
While casting practices have evolved to enhance diversity (albeit, too slowly and not enough), the selection of plays remains strikingly homogeneous. We need to focus on what is produced as much as who is cast.
Feature: Ilana Lucas Picks The Top Toronto Theatre of 2023
by Ilana Lucas - Jan 2, 2024
It’s been a strong year for Toronto theatre. I saw 145 shows this year in Toronto and beyond, and am happy to report that theatre is alive and well. I’ve laughed, sobbed, coughed (discreetly into a mask), and cheered my way through our stages in 2023. Here are some local highlights.
Review: THE ISLAND at Ensemble
by Roy Berko - Oct 30, 2023
What did our critic think of THE ISLAND at Ensemble? Native South Euclid resident and Brush High School grad, Dr. Alan Wieder, is on a quest “to stem the tide of forgetfulness.” The oral historian, who has been on the faculties of both South Africa’s University of Western Cape and Stellenbosch University, is concerned that “few young South Africans know of the contributions or the sensibilities regarding the social justice and the revolution against class disparity and racism in the world.”
Photos: First Look at SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD at MAST Mayflower Studios
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2023
Production images have been released for the upcoming Mayflower MADE revival of Athol Fugard, John Kani & Winston Ntshona’s Sizwe Banzi is Dead, which runs at MAST Mayflower Studios until 14 October 2023 as part of Black History Month 2023. Check out the photos here!
Soulpepper Presents SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD, May 25- June 18
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2023
Soulpepper Theatre presents the Tony-nominated work by one of South Africa's greatest playwrights, Athol Fugard, in their production of his revolutionary apartheid-era collaboration with John Kani and Winston Ntshona, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead.
Have the Tony Awards Ever Made Exceptions to Their Rules?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Apr 9, 2023
This month, the reader question was: There's a lot of talk about Lea Michele's performance in Funny Girl, and how she won't be eligible for a Tony Award since the show opened last season. Is there any history of Tony Awards rules changes/exceptions in the past?
Conversation With Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Emerita of BAM, to Take Place at the Modern Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2022
A spirited conversation with Karen Brooks Hopkins, president emerita of BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), author, and senior advisor to the Onassis Foundation, will take place on Thursday, June 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Modern Theatre, 525 Washington St., Boston, MA.
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Presents THE ISLAND
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 7, 2022
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has announced full casting and production details for THE ISLAND by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona, directed by Mikael Burke. THE ISLAND opens Saturday, April 9th at 8pm.
Court Theatre Announces 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 29, 2022
For the 68th season, Court Theatre will share a beloved, sharp-witted classic comedy; a drama set in Apartheid-era South Africa that speaks directly to our moment; an award-winning Caryl Churchill play about the lives of women farm laborers in 1970s England; and a celebratory, exuberant musical that re-imagines the story of Oedipus.
Lantern Theater Company Announces Additional Extension of ME AND THE DEVIL
by Stephi Wild - Nov 16, 2021
The Lantern’s first collaboration with nationally prominent director and playwright Steve H. Broadnax III, this world premiere play with music shows the dramatic confrontation between the great American blues musician Robert Johnson and the Devil from whom, legend has it, Johnson received his extraordinary talent.
Lantern Theater Company Announces Five-Week Extension of ME AND THE DEVIL
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2021
Lantern Theater Company announced today that its world premiere digital production of Me and the Devil, the Lantern's first collaboration with nationally prominent director and playwright Steve H. Broadnax III, will extend its streaming run through Sunday, November 21, 2021, to meet audience demand.