Karen Fricker

Here’s what to see in New York, in the middle of the 2023/2024 season, where successful original musicals are a rarity and producers continue to lean on jukebox musicals as surer box office bets.

Rogue trapper, Wendat warriors feature in Genevieve Adam’s ‘Heartless’

These new productions of Daniel MacIvor’s groundbreaking solo shows from the 1990s are still riveting theatre, with something to say

The show’s simple, hooky premise — a song cycle in different pop genres retelling the Biblical story of Joseph — is an opportunity for one spectacular musical number after another

Having built a following on YouTube, the Toronto-based artist is back with a new laugh-filled, live-music how

Murderous puppets, feral chairs and an airborne James Bond feature in this hour-long show at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Soheil Parsa is directing Beatriz Pizano in the play by Federico Garcia Lorca, about a domineering matriarch who essentially puts her five adult daughters under house arrest after the death of her husband.

The American playwright and Canadian director André Sills on bringing “Gloria” to Toronto for its Canadian debut.

Shawn Daudlin, Buddies’ managing director of 13 years, confirmed his resignation on Facebook.

Christopher Newton, who established Theatre Calgary and was at the helm of the Shaw Festival for over two decades, died on Dec. 20 at age 85