Articles related to "Tarragon Theatre"

It's hard to find a show these days that an adult can enjoy just as much as a child, but Puppetmongers, the respected Toronto theatre company seems to deliver everytime.

Michael Healey, known world wide for his hit play The Drawer Boy, is set to have his new play entitled Generous open the 2006-2007 Tarragon Theatre Season.

Michel Tremblay has always had a knack for stirring the pot. His plays, most of them based on his upbringing in Montreal and his own family, have graced stages worldwide.

The Toronto Fringe Festival is set to begin, and I had the chance to sit down with one of the creators/performers of one of its shows to talk about collective creation.

As with the Fringe, there are shows playing that are hit and miss. On this day, it was one hit, and one definite miss.

Pleiades Theatre presents the great Canadian classic Hosanna, written by one of Canada’s most acclaimed playwrights Michel Tremblay.

Thirty five years after it's world premiere at the Tarragon Theatre, Leaving Home gets a very well deserved (and long overdue) revival, care of Soulpepper.

Andy McKim, who currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director at Tarragon, has been named to replace Layne Coleman at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille in May.

Theatre Francais de Toronto has a long standing tradition of premiering acclaimed playwright Michel Tremblay's new work, and as of October 18th, they will do it again.

Michael Healey is a funny guy. His writing is clever, quick, and you can't help but laugh out loud at his jabs at politics, public figures, and corporations.

Visionary New York director stages world premiere in honour of 200th anniversary of composer Wolfgang Von Goethe while his touring 1990s Expressionist Opera Howls on.

Will Eno's one-man stand-up performance piece, oddly titled Thom Pain (based on nothing) opened this week at the Tarragon Theatre Extra Space starring Tom McCamus.

A survey of playwriting contests with looming Spring deadlines: what they're looking for and what they offer.

The Tarragon Theatre in Toronto is known as the "playwrights" theatre, and they are honouring the new and the tried and true this upcoming season.

Toronto-based Theatre Smash is set to open it's first production, entitled Tiny Dynamite at the Tarragon Theatre Extra Space on September 27th.

The Designated Mourner meant several huge monologues for Eric Peterson and his director was a Godsend.

In the fall of 1997, Eric Peterson played Jack in The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre - a role he will never forget.

Eight of Canada's most exciting writers are now developing their own stage projects as part of a current three-week residency for The Second Annual Playwrights' Retreat.

The 2007 Dora Award Nominations were announced this morning, celebrating the best of the Toronto theatre scene.

The 28th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards were held on Monday at the Winter Garden Theatre, feting the very best of the Toronto theatre, dance and opera season.

If you head out to the Toronto Fringe Festival, beginning this coming Wednesday, July 4th, you'll need some help deciding what shows to see and what shows to avoid.

An outline of the upcoming theatre season at the Citadel in Edmonton, Alberta.

A look at a few key outlets for emerging playwrights who are trying to get their work produced.

The Real Place, an animated short honouring playwright John Murrell, has that same-old NFB vibe to it that edges on self-parody. 4/10.

Mirvish Productions and Dancap Productions stage big shows like Jersey Boys, Young Frankenstein, Toxic Avenger, The Boys in the Photograph & Topol in Fiddler on the Roof.

Theatre Passe Muraille is turning back the clock for their upcoming season.

An interview with Michael Scholar Jr., creator of November Theatre, who is currently adapting the punk classic, Hard Core Logo, for the stage.

Shakespeare and the classics, plus a nine-hour work by the renowned Robert Lepage are among the best bets for Toronto theatres for the summer 2009 season.

An interview with Dora-nominated playwright and actor Brendan Gall. Currently working on his next play, Gall discusses his process as a playwright.

With any Fringe show you see, there are those you walk away from delighted to have seen, and others that you wish that you could get those precious minutes back.

Brian Marler chats about his current role as Jerry in Harold Pinter's Betrayal at Theatre and Company and also the tragi-comedy of Canadian playwright J. Karol Korcynski.