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Reading back over all of my 2013 theatre reviews — about a 150 — brings back such wonderful memories: this script, that actor, this set design, that soundscape.

WHEN JEWS WERE FUNNY Directed by Alan Zweig It would likely pain him to admit it, but Toronto documentarian/notorious curmudgeon Alan Zweig has had quite the year.

SAVING MR. BANKS Starring Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks Directed by John Lee Hancock Offering a largely fictionalized take on the two-week stand-off that ensued when Walt Disney (Tom Hanks, radiating benevolence) attempted to convince P.L.

Walking With Dinosaurs Starring Justin Long, John Leguizamo Directed by Barry Cook & Neil Nightingale Considering they have fascinated human beings for decades and once ruled the planet in mighty fashion, the dinosaurs deserve better.

There's much that actor Mig Macario loves about the Philippines: the heat, the food, the joyful spirit of the people.

Some classics deserve to be revisited because they have become emotional touchstones, evoking pleasant memories with very little effort.

Highs and lows of the unattached explored in Single & Dating in Vancouver

Husband and wife musical duo perform two nights in Vancouver

Bruce Willis meets Scrooge in Instant Theatre’s holiday action adventure blockbuster

Latest Cavalia extravaganza is hot to trot