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An early international hit for the French playwright, known for her razor-sharp ridicule of bourgeois urbanites and their values, ‘Art’ has become a modern...
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While Second City‘s She the People: The Resistance Continues isn’t exactly a sequel, it’s a fun all-female comedy revue that offers the “more of...
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And the comedy institution’s latest Toronto revue does get a few great digs at the city’s famously unreliable transit system. The sharpest cut comes...
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It’s not that It’s a Wild, Rowdy, Wonderful Life, which opened this week, doesn’t have its funny moments, with a talented cast (the touring...
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The research was conducted by Kent State University and other colleges, and it’s one hell of an insight in to some of humanity’s most...
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Review: Second City’s all-female revue delivers laughs, strong message (Includes first-hand account)
It’s also a shameful myth that feminists have no sense of humour – one easily discredited by Second City‘s new all-female sketch revue, She...
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Quite the opposite, in fact. The Best Is Yet to Come Undone, which opened on Monday night, is a fast-paced smorgasbord of comedy that...
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Review: ‘Animal Farm’ ditches clever Orwellian satire for broad comedy (Includes first-hand account)
It’s clear from Soulpepper‘s new stage adaptation of Animal Farm, which opened on Thursday, that director Ravi Jain and playwright Anthony MacMahon also saw...
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Both the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail reviews lead off by alluding to the scandal involving the Soulpepper founder; both critics even attempt...
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While last year’s Twist Your Dickens largely satirized Christmas in popular culture – Charles Dickens, TV specials, etc. – this year’s show, The Good,...