November 14, 2023nestruck on theatreNestruck on Theatre: What parts are Steve Carrell and Tom Rooney both checking off their lists in 2024?J. Kelly Nestruck4 min read
November 7, 2023Stratford Festival to see returns of Sara Topham, Vanessa Sears and Deborah Hay in 20244 min read
September 14, 2023reviewLove’s Labour’s Lost at Stratford is something to savour, much like a guilty pleasure dating reality show4 min read
September 12, 2023Stratford Festival returns to Neverland as Wendy and Peter Pan to open 2024 season3 min read
July 20, 2023reviewWomen of the Fur Trade’s historical satire exposes women behind Riel rebellions3 min read
June 20, 2023reviewStratford Festival production of Richard II is bold and brash, but not-quite-fully realized5 min read
June 19, 2023reviewStratford Festival’s brief stage adaptation A Wrinkle in Time will leave kids wanting more - which is not a complaint 4 min read
June 17, 2023reviewStratford Festival: Much Ado About Nothing is really something else with a little Shields added to the Shakespeare4 min read
June 7, 2023reviewGrand Magic: Third time’s the charm for Antoni Cimolino and Eduardo De Filippo at the Stratford Festival4 min read
June 3, 2023reviewRock musical Rent resurrected in a loving production to convert the skeptics at Stratford Festival4 min read
June 3, 2023reviewStratford Festival’s AIDS drama Casey and Diana is a moving celebration of women who choose compassion over fear4 min read
June 1, 2023reviewServiceable Spamalot a sign of a Stratford Festival failing in quest to find a higher musical-theatre purpose4 min read
May 30, 2023nestruck on theatreThe Stratford Festival ritual of opening week is finally backJ. Kelly Nestruck5 min read
May 26, 2023The king returns: After two decades away, Paul Gross is back in Stratford to play Lear9 min read
March 7, 2023newsletterA new comedy about drag and (Canadian) Conservatives - and what else is opening on stages across the country this weekJ. Kelly Nestruck5 min read
October 21, 2021opinionMartha Henry, a Stratford Festival legend, shone till the endJ. Kelly Nestruck6 min read
April 1, 2021Match: Actors married 10 years to the date after they met at the Stratford Festival3 min read
March 30, 2021newsletterThe inspiring resilience of Indigenous performance through the potlatch ban to the pandemicJ. Kelly Nestruck3 min read
March 2, 2021newsletterNestruck on Theatre: What to expect from the 2021 Stratford Festival season planned for midsummer (hint, hint)J. Kelly Nestruck4 min read
February 5, 2021Canadian theatre remembers Christopher Plummer – a great who grew up alongside this country’s professional stages4 min read
January 19, 2021newsletterNestruck on Theatre: Watch the Stratford Festival’s wild Merry Wives – and a new weekly hour of improv and cabaretJ. Kelly Nestruck4 min read
