But it also sums up the whole spirit behind theatre for young people: that kids deserve to have stories performed for them on their terms. And it is, as Allen MacInnis, artistic director of Toronto’s venerable Young People’s Theatre, says in a program note, a broader “call to arms” to think and care about forgotten or unseen populations. Until Dec. 31 at Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front St. E. youngpeoplestheatre.ca or 416-862-2222Thom Allison’s production of Seussical walks the walk of this commitment to inclusion on multiple levels. YPT has successfully staged Seussical twice before (in 2006 and 2011), both times directed by MacInnis. As the global turn to the right attempts to thwart the embrace of difference, a little pro-Who propaganda surely can’t go amiss.

Source: thestar November 18, 2016 21:56 UTC