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Friday, June 27, 2025

NYCC Delivers Us Our Bat Boy by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: New York City Center announces Casting for Bat Boy June 2025 (NEW YORK, NY) " NEW YORK CITY CENTER announced that Taylor Trensch, who made his Broadway debut …

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Coal Mine Theatre Toronto Announces Exciting 11th Season by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Coal Mine Theatre Unveils Their 11th Season COAL MINE THEATRE UNVEILS 11TH SEASON OF FOUR UNMISSABLE PRODUCTIONS; BRINGING TOGETHER THREE BUZZY CONTEMPORARY HITS…

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

BACK TO THE FUTURE | FORWARD TO THE PAST Marking 35 Years Of Radical Art, Experimentation, And Creative Collaboration by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: SUMMERWORKS PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2025 BACK TO THE FUTURE | FORWARD TO THE PASTMARKING 35 YEARS OF RADICAL ARTISTRY, EXPERIMENTATION, AND CREATIVE COLLABORATION AUGU…

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Acton says: Stirred by Shakespeare in "Love You More" at the Tank by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Love You More By Acton This has to be a mistake. Entering Love You More (writer Nikhil Mahapatra, director N // Nicky Maggio) at The Tank, we're handed a …

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Monday, June 23, 2025

Luminato Festival Spontaneously Underwhelms by "An Oak Tree" by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree By Ross With a "good luck, you're going to be great," the acclaimed English theatre creator Tim Crouch (My Arm; ENGLAND) ushers this u…

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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Shaw Festival's "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" Shrugs Away the Magic by Ross

The Shaw Festival Theatre Review: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe By Ross Four children play before being joined by many more. Jumping rope before the bomb sirens ring out, when overco…

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Acton Says: Tell Me More, Tell Me More: "Bear Grease" at St. Luke's Theatre by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: LightningCloud's Bear Grease at St. Luke's Theatre By Acton There's an electrifying moment in Act 2 of Lightning Cloud's Bear Grease (co-creator and di…

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The Shaw Festival's Tradition of Farce Lives on with Tons of Money by Ross

"I have an idea…" she says brightly, and with that lightbulb moment, most of the mischief of this fabulous farce flies forward. It's the lightest of its form, this particular play, never r…

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Friday, June 20, 2025

Stratford Festival Delivers the Hope and Salvation of "Forgiveness" by Ross

The Stratford Festival Theatre Review: Hiro Kanagawa's Forgiveness By Ross With a tender ear for the pain of imprisonment and racial profiling, balanced with the virtue of Forgiveness, from …

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

The Fight is On in Matchstick Theatre's Fierce "Leaving Home" at Coal Mine Toronto by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Matchstick Theatre's Leaving Home By Ross "It's not the end of the world," we are told within the first few minutes of Leaving Home, but for many in this moving a…

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The Shaw Festival's Tradition of Farce Lives on with "Tons of Money" by Ross

The Shaw Festival Theatre Review: Will Evans and Valentine's Tons of Money By Ross "I have an idea…" she says brightly, and with that lightbulb moment, most of the mischief of this fabulou…

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

"Anything Goes" Kicks its Heels Sky High at the Shaw Festival by Ross

The Shaw Festival Theatre Review: Anything Goes By Ross All aboard the MS Americana, as the Shaw Festival's effervescent production of Anything Goes sets sail for a spirited crossing filled …

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Monday, June 16, 2025

Classic Stage Company's "Bus Stop" Pauses to Solidly Ponder Love and Loneliness Over a Cup of Coffee by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: CSC's Bus Stop By Ross Loneliness and love, two subtle but powerful constructs that rule the world and our senses, making us all act foolish and desperate at…

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Sunday, June 15, 2025

Shaw Festival Delivers "Dear Liar" " a Delightful Love Dance filled with Care and Sarcasm by Ross

The Shaw Festival Theatre Review: Jerome Kilty's Dear Liar By Ross It seemed like the most fitting formulation for the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario to present Dear Liar, a p…

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Saturday, June 14, 2025

MTC Annouces Two Exciting Plays for the 2025-26 Season by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Plays by David Lindsay-Abaire and Martyna Majok Announced for MTC's 2025-26 Season There's a lot of excitement coming from MTC these days as they announce that the …

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Hello, Transport Group's One Night Only "Dolly!" by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Transport Group Presents HELLO, DOLLY! ONE NIGHT ONLY MONDAY, JUNE 23, 8 P.M. AT CARNEGIE HALL Transport Group (Jack Cummings III, Artistic Director & Co-Founde…

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Smart Ignites the Stage with her Words in Broadway's "Call Me Izzy" by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Call Me Izzy By Ross Out from a slice of light no bigger than a doorway, the talented Jean Smart emerges, filling the confined space with a talent and an energy …

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Stratford Tells a Long, Cool "The Winter's Tale" in Serious Traditional Tones by Ross

The Stratford Festival Theatre Review: Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale By Ross A symbolic glow ball rolls out, chased by a spirited cherub, as a majestic and angelic vision follows, fully wi…

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Vive la farce! "The Imaginary Invalid" at Red Bull Theater by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: The Imaginary Invalid at Red Bull Theater By Acton Desperate times call for desperate measures, and in an age when a minor illness can cost you an arm and a …

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Monday, June 9, 2025

The Winners of the 2025 Tony Awards are… by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: the Winners of The 2025 Tony Awards It was a very happy ending at the 78th Annual Tony Awards last night, June 8, at Radio City Music Hall, for the new musical Mayb…

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These Two Orphan Girls, "Annie" and "Anne of Green Gables", One Musically in NYC and the other from Prince Edward Island, Find Masterful Can†by Ross

We went into each, hesitatingly, thinking these two shows would be strictly just 'cute'. And probably well done, but not much more than that. I tend to shy away from these family-focused typ…

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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Eldritch Theatre Presents "Buster Canfield's Apocalyptic Miracle Show" Magically Tricking Us into Buying What He is Selling Most Wondrously at t by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Buster Canfield's Apocalyptic Miracle Show at the Red Sandcastle Theatre By Ross A tremendous drum roll begins the show before a flurry of red curtain dramatics u…

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Acton gets his "Freek" on at Atlantic Theater Company by Ross

An Off-Broadway Theatre Review: ATC's A Freeky Introduction By Acton We duck under a curtain and cross the threshold to find a DJ (DJ Monday Blue) beckoning us in, filling the room with rhyt…

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Motorcycles, Mayhem, and Macbeth Rides Strong, Reving its Engines on the Dark Streets of Stratford by Ross

Three moonlit bodies motor out in an unexpected vehicle for a watery drop, hooded in wordless violence that sets the cinematic scene with a vengeance. It's not the beginning that was expecte…

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Saturday, June 7, 2025

"After the Rain" Incites Captivating Virtuosity at Tarragon Theatre Toronto by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Tarragon's After the Rain By Ross As I was taking in the musical mastery of After the Rain, a world premiere musical from Tarragon Theatre and The Mus…

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Stick Around Shines as Uniquely as Coloured Glass at Here For Now Theatre Stratford by Ross

She studies herself, deep into the mirror in the first few telling moments of Here For Now Theatre's auspicious world premiere of Stick Around, examining her birthday body in the way we a…

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Friday, June 6, 2025

"Stick Around" Shines as Uniquely as Coloured Glass at Here For Now Theatre Stratford by Ross

The Stratford Theatre Review: Here For Now Theatre's Stick Around By Ross She studies herself, deep into the mirror in the first few telling moments of Here For Now Theatre's auspicious worl…

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Stratford Festival's Ridiculously Fun "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" by Ross

Beautifully gowned women adorned in diamonds swirl in a rainbow of colors across the ballroom floor, all looking for their idealized prince. They are all ripe for the picking, as we soon fin…

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Frontmezzjunkies Places His Bets on the 2025 Tony Awards by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies Tries to Predict: The Winners of the 2025 Tony Awards By Ross The 2025 Tony Awards are getting closer and closer to being handed out on June 8th, and I can't help myself …

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

These Two Orphan Girls, "Annie" and "Anne of Green Gables", One Musically in NYC and the other from Prince Edward Island, Find Masterful Can†by Ross

The Stratford Festival Theatre Review: Annie and Ann of Green Gables By Ross We went into each, hesitatingly, thinking these two shows would be strictly just 'cute'. And probably well done, …

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The Winners of the 2025 Dorian Theater Awards are… by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Winners of the 2025 Dorian Theater Awards Celebrating "both mainstream achievements and works that reflect LGBTQ+ themes and perspectives"in the spirit of GALEC…

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