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Blind Date at Tarragon Theatre is a two-hander, and Rebecca Northan’s co-star is never the same from one evening to the next.
Read MoreBlind Date at Tarragon Theatre is a two-hander, and Rebecca Northan’s co-star is never the same from one evening to the next.
Read MoreA critically acclaimed meditation on time, family and relationships by playwright-in-residence Hannah Moscovitch has landed the Tarragon Theatre a Dora
Read MoreUnlike other, more conventionally “creative” interpretations, Tarragon’s take on Much Ado About Nothing actually renamed several characters in Shakespeare’s tale of two misled couples to better reflect their new roots. I’m not a purist when it comes to Shakespeare, so when 30 seconds into this production one of the characters actually used the word “Brampton,” my heart sang.
Read MoreI want you to be as surprised as I was that a play that includes an onstage violinist to punctuate emotional moments, a note in its program from a “consulting physicist” who provided the playwright with an eight-page biography of the play’s physicist character, and that features a fully grown woman playing an eight-year-old could work as well as it does.
Read MoreAt heart, Cake and Dirt is an often-funny, always-witty, occasionally-piercing examination of privilege well worth the price of admission. Like much of MacIvor’s work, it illustrates surprisingly dark truths while making you laugh.
Read MoreIt’s less than two weeks before the curtain goes up on Daniel MacIvor’s newest play, Cake and Dirt, and the
Read MoreOf all the plays I’ve seen at the Tarragon recently, this English-language premiere of a German production had by far the most muted audience reaction. Hooting was minimal, no one gave a standing ovation and afterward I overheard several theatregoers muttering about not having understood what happened. I liked it — a lot. Nevertheless, at times throughout the play I found myself thinking, a lot of people might enjoy this.
Read MoreWatching Waiting Room, Tarragon Theatre’s newest drama, brought memories of the experience bubbling to the surface. I presume it would be similar for anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in a hospital. Someone without that experience would leave the show with a solid idea of what a hospital stay is like, but I’m not sure I get what learning that lesson accomplishes.
Read MoreReview Lungs, by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Weyni Mengesha, running at Tarragon Theatre’s Extraspace to Jan. 25. Several weeks ago
Read MoreWriter/director Morris Panych’s production is the easiest type of play to review and the hardest to pull off: a tightly plotted comedy that provides consistent, believable characters with logical arcs and laughs aplenty. All I need do is describe the setup and assure you it has been executed well.
Read MoreFor most of its 75-minute running time, The Bakelite (pronounced “back-a-light”) Masterpiece, the two-hander playing at Tarragon Theatre’s Extraspace at 30 Bridgman Ave., is an enjoyable night out, with immersive staging and crackling dialogue delivered by actors at the top of their game.
Read MoreBeacher Michelle Monteith gets ready to reprise her role of Claire in Little One
Read MoreThe road to Mike Shara’s stage career hasn’t always been straight, but it has taken him far
Read MoreFood, wine and sex. Three things that epitomize the French way of life. Such is the case nowadays.
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