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The Toronto Fringe Festival runs June 30-July 12 at locations throughout the city.   We’ll be on site reviewing as much as we possibly can, so be sure to bookmark our Fringe Homepage  to read all our reviews as they’re published.   In the meantime, we asked the artists to send us their best show pitch for a taste of what there is to look forward to at the festival this year. Check out Pa...

The Toronto Fringe Festival runs June 30-July 12 at locations throughout the city.   We’ll be on site reviewing as much as we possibly can, so be sure to bookmark our Fringe Homepage  to read all our reviews as they’re published.   In the meantime, we asked the artists to send us their best show pitch for a taste of what there is to look forward to at the festival this year. Check out Pa...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

Before we announce the winners of our  2024 Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series .   I saw 40 plays at the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival and my very favourite was a deeply strange clown two-hander about Albertan rats. Creative, heartfelt, and executed brilliantly, Rat Academy is a perfect example of why it’s important to take risks at the thea...

Before we announce the winners of our  2024 Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series .   Bowtie Productions is one of Toronto’s most promising young companies. Specializing in intimate and complex musical theatre, Bowtie produced two of the nominated shows in this year’s Critics’ Pick Awards. In addition to Taylor Long’s nominat...

Before we announce the winners of our  2024 Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series .   One of the most refreshing and memorable theatre pieces of 2024, Circlesnake Productions’ 13 Plays About ADHD All At the Same Time is nominated for Outstanding New Work , Outstanding Ensemble , and Outstanding Production . We caught up with four of the five c...

Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series.   Stratford Festival stalwart Steve Ross not only had the season of his career at the festival this past summer, appearing in Something Rotten and taking on the flashy starring role in La Cage aux Folles , but he also had a hit down the road with Here For N...

The Toronto Fringe Festival runs July 3-14 at locations throughout the city.   We’ll be on site reviewing as much as we possibly can so be sure to check back at MyEntertainmentWorld.ca as well as @MyEntWorld on Instagram  to read all our reviews as they’re published.   In the meantime, we asked the artists to send us their best show pitch for a taste of what there is to look forward to a...

Our annual Baseball Roundtable Podcast returns, previewing the 2024 season for the Toronto Blue Jays.   This year’s panel consists of Jays superfan Melissa Wright and Sky Dome insider Luis Fernandes , alongside returning villain die-hard Yankees fan Chris Behmke who shares his outsider take on the Jays and predictions for his own beloved team.   CLICK HERE to subscribe to the My En...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

Before we announce the winners of the  2023 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   The Outstanding Ensemble -nominated cast of Silent Protagonist Theatre’s Fringe hit Frankenstein(esque) are not just a cast but a creative team who collectively created the show along with director Nicole Wilson . We caught up with some of the tea...

Before we announce the winners of the  2023 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   We caught up with the team behind Outstanding New Work -nominated Fringe musical Our Little Secret: The 23&Me Musical to chat about the origins and future of the show. Featured in this interview are writer/performer Noam Tomaschoff, composer Ryan Pe...

Before we announce the winners of the  2023 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   Allister MacDonald burst onto our radar in 2023 playing one of the most demanding roles in the entire theatrical canon. As Prior in That Theatre Company’s ambitious production of Angels in America , their dynamic and heartbreaking performance earn...

Before we announce the winners of the  2023 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   Augusta “Gus” Monet aka Coyote Ugly is nominated for Outstanding Performance (Supporting) for their memorable work in Doctor Faustus , an original two-person adaptation created & performed by Gus and their creative partner James Evans (who makes a c...

Toronto’s favourite improv company Bad Dog Theatre is taking over the Assembly Theatre’s Parkdale space this month for a Comedy on Queen Street festival featuring 60+ shows and countless fantastic artists. We caught up with a pair of those artists to discuss one of the shows on offer: Holiday! An Improvised Musical    Based on Sondheim’s Company , Holiday! features a rotatin...

The Toronto Fringe Festival runs July 5-16 at locations throughout the city.   We’ll be on site reviewing as much as we possibly can so be sure to bookmark our Fringe Homepage  to read all our reviews as they’re published.   In the meantime, we asked the artists to send us their best show pitch for a taste of what there is to look forward to at the festival this year. Check o...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown...