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Review: Soulpepper’s ‘August: Osage County’ is a must-see powerhouse (Includes first-hand account)

Director Jackie Maxwell does perfect justice to Letts’ 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning black comedy, which opened last night. It’s a brutal, blistering portrait of a...

Jeff CottrillMay 25, 2019

Entertainment

Review: Strindberg’s marital drama comes alive in new Toronto revival (Includes first-hand account)

The opening-night crowd with whom I saw this dark comedy last night — at the fledgling company‘s cramped Toronto digs, in the basement of...

Jeff CottrillApril 29, 2015

Entertainment

Review: Toronto production of ‘Cannibal! The Musical’ is great silly fun (Includes first-hand account)

But now it’s 2015 in Toronto, where Cannibal! The Musical is a reality – and already looks to be a hit. Adapted from the...

Jeff CottrillFebruary 18, 2015