Karen Fricker

Dion: A Rock Opera 3 stars (out of 4) By Ted Dykstra and Steven Mayoff, directed by Peter Hinton-Davis. Until March 3 at Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Ave. coalminetheatre.com

The high emotions of the show are designed to sweep you away, and at just about three hours long, the experience was exhausting and exhilarating, writes Karen Fricker.

A wordless ballet version of “Hamlet” in Toronto. A wrestling, circus, and theatre mash-up in Quebec. International tours of his work starting up again after the pandemic hiatus.

Playwright Michael Healey will star in his acclaimed play "The Master Plan" when it's remounted at Soulpepper.

Director Esther Jun and her wonderful cast roll with the play's stylistic and thematic improbabilities and excesses in this Stratford Festival production.

Ireland's Panti Bliss, the drag persona of Rory O'Neill, is coming to Toronto with her autobiographical solo show, “If These Wigs Could Talk.”

This new stage adaptation of J.M. Barrie's beloved classic places Wendy Darling front and centre.

Peter Fernandes makes it happen. One of Canadian theatre's busiest actors, he's starring in two major shows for which he put himself forward as the leading man.

The Toronto Star’s theatre critics Joshua Chong, Glenn Sumi and Karen Fricker will review dozens of shows throughout the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival.

The performer, who grew up in southern Ontario but moved to the U.K., is back in Toronto in two acclaimed productions.