July 2008 - This Month

Vanity Fair: William Congreve's 17th century masterpiece The Way of the World gets a new look.

They've Got No Strings: Performers and puppets are the stars of the Broadway musical comedy hit Avenue Q.

On the Fringe: Over 800 artists are ready to entertain you at this year's Toronto Fringe Festival. See Theatreworld.

Here Comes Summer: Outdoor theatre lets the fresh air in with The Rose Theatre's The Taming of the Shrew.

Festival Stages: Brian Dennehy stars as a small-time Broadway gambler in the Stratford Festival production of Eugene O'Neill's Hughie. See Stratford

A young woman learns the truth about her mother's profession in the Shaw Festival production of Mrs. Warren's Profession. See Shaw.

Banner photo credits: L to R: Cirque du Soleil's Les Baroques from Saltimbanco; The National Ballet of Canada's Cinderella, Photo: by Cylla von Tiedemann; Measha Brueggergosman in Opera Atelier's Idomeneo, Photo: by Bruce Zinger; Lisa O'Hare as Eliza Doolittle in Dancap Productions My Fair Lady, Photo: by Joan Marcus.

Openings: Week of July 20, 2008. Horse Feathers at Dufferin Grove Park; Shadowland Theatre presents The Light that Stands Still at Toronto Island; Something's Rockin' in Denmark at the Jane Mallett Theatre. See Previews.
Photo:from Something's Rockin' in Denmark.

Recent Reviews: The Sisters Rosensweig at the Jane Mallet Theatre; My Name is Rachel Corrie at the Tarragon Theatre Extra Space; Black Watch at Luminato at Varsity Arena; 'Night Mother at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts; See Reviews; Getting Married; The Little Foxes; An Inspector Calls; Wonderful Town at the Shaw Festival. See Shaw; The Music Man; The Taming of the Shrew; The Trojan Women, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet; Cabaret, at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. See Stratford.