The best way to plan a visit to the Stratford Festival in Ontario (209 miles from Lansing) is to think of it as an arts and culture resort. It is so fully packed with plays, musicals, lectures, tours, ...

There is more to the Stratford Festival than the superb plays that are produced each year. It used to be called the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, but now the extremely successful theater gathering ...

STRATFORD, Ontario — Settling in my seat for “Annie” at the Stratford Festival of Canada, I awaited with perennial pleasure the overture’s trumpet solo for “Tomorrow,” followed by the chirpy sounds of ...

STRATFORD, ONTARIO — The star-crossed lovers typically pull focus in “Romeo and Juliet.” But in director Sam White’s simple if atypically violent new production this summer at the Stratford Festival ...

When I arrived at the Stratford Festival in Ontario this year, there was snow on the ground and wreaths on the doors. In late September. But it wasn’t because of premature Canadian frost and exuberant ...

Thanks to extra support from its donors and strong interest from audiences, the Stratford Festival emerged from a challenging year for many performing arts organizations with exceptional results. At ...

This month’s picks include a 1974 adaptation of the Eugene Ionesco play “Rhinoceros,” starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, and a behind-the-scenes look at Disney. By Elisabeth Vincentelli At this ...

What a joy it is to see “Something Rotten” transformed into something terrific. The caffeinated comedy, which played New York back in 2015, is the marquee musical of the Stratford Festival in Ontario, ...

How overdue is the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT? Well, that Toronto transit line has been so delayed that a play, set amid the chaos its construction has caused in the Little Jamaica ...

All I want to be is just happy.' It's one of Bobby's lines in the final scene of the show. I actually think that I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life. I'm doing a fantastic version of my ...