Category Archives: bread and circus

Should Toronto Theatre Be Holding On to its Hat?

J. Kelly Nestruck at The Globe and Mail is getting a bit of a beating for an article that he wrote recently comparing Toronto’s theatrical season to that of Chicago and making the argument that there is much that Torontonians … Continue reading

Posted in brad fraser, bread and circus, george f. walker, j. kelly nestruck, jeff haslam, judith thompson, mirvish productions, stewart lemoine, summerworks festival, tim meadows, tracy letts | 2 Comments

Scott and the City: Party (Not) in the U.S.A

jordan bell, scott freethy, kylee evans For Toronto-based musical theatre actor/singer/songwriter Scott Freethy 2009 was one prolonged kick in the ass. Providentially, Freethy realized that his wildly dramatic, woe-filled escapades of misery and misfortunate proved hilariously fraught with Schadenfreude for … Continue reading

Posted in bread and circus, jordan bell, kylee evans, scott freethy, sharron matthews | 1 Comment

The Toronto Comedy Community is Extraordinary.

comedy for haiti On January 12th, 2010 the world was reminded once again of our precarious position on this Earth of ours when a catastrophic earthquake, measuring 7.0. MMS, hit Haiti and devastated this already impoverished and politically unstable country. … Continue reading

Posted in bad dog theatre, bread and circus, carnegie hall show, clandestiny, comedy bar, eton house, ghost jail theatre, monkey toast, spirits bar and grill, the groundhog pub, the second city, yuk yuks | Leave a comment

The Carnegie Hall Show Gets Nostalgic

kurt smeaton, naomi snieckus and chris gibbs in the carnegie hall birthday show photo by skye regan (http://www.skyeregan.com/) A sea of people packed the Bread and Circus Theatre last Wednesday to celebrate the first anniversary of The National Theatre of … Continue reading

Posted in bread and circus, chris gibbs, cleopatra williams, improvisation, jeff raimondo, judy marshak, kurt smeaton, matt baram, naomi snieckus, the national theatre of the world, waylen miki | Leave a comment
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