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"Tarragon Theatre has skimmed the cream of Canadian playwrights for
its 2001-2002 season."
Robert Crew, Toronto Star, March 2001
2000
"What a miracle the Tarragon is really."
David Macfarlane, Globe & Mail, 2000
1999
"An unrivalled purveryor of Candian drama."
Vit Wagner, Toronto Star, 1999
1998
"If I want to feel as if I do live in a really exciting city, I'll
go to an exciting little theatre such as the Tarragon."
David Macfarlane, Globe & Mail, 1998
1997
"Canada's leading alternate playhouse."
Sid Adilman, The Toronto Star, 1997
1996
"Producer of the year…Toronto's most enterprising playhouse."
The Toronto Star, 1996
1995
"alive and vital after twenty-five years. Tarragon is on the cutting
edge again."
CBC, 1995
1994
"...a true showcase of the power of Canadian theatre."
Theatrum, 1994
1993
"Year after year, Tarragon surprises me."
Nigel Hunt, EYE, 1993
1992
"Tarragon Theatre, the country's premier venue for the introduction
of new Canadian plays."
The Toronto Star, 1992
1991
"Tarragon is a stern champion and influential arbiter of plays Canadian."
The Toronto Star, 1991
1990
"Tarragon a model of stability."
The Toronto Star, 1990
1989
"Tarragon Theatre---no stranger to the diligent care and feeding
of Canadian plays---scores significantly..."
Hamilton Spectator, 1989
1988
"'best'…of what was in 1987: Hosanna, Toronto Mississippi (Tarragon)."
The Mirror/The Entertainer, 1988
1987
"What people have been getting at Tarragon the past few seasons is
quality theatre."
The Toronto Star, 1987
1986
"Tarragon is a powerhouse of new Canadian writing. It is also an
actors' powerhouse."
The Times of London, 1986
1985
"Much of the acting...at the Tarragon Theatre is as good as you are
likely to see this year in Toronto, New York or London."
Bob Pennington, Toronto Sun, 1985
1984
"Tarragon sets the standard for theatre in Toronto."
Alan Filewod, CBC, 1984
1983
"The work on stage is of the highest possible standard and the work
behind the scenes is exciting and aimed at an even more exciting future.
Bill Glassco has given Canadians a theatre we can call our own. He built
it on good choices, high standards, and out of respect for what our writers
had to say about us...Urjo Kareda has done more than simply continue what
Glassco started. The little theatre with the funny name has already earned
its place in our history. Kareda will see that it earns a place in our
future."
Paul Milliken, Performing Arts, 1983
1982
""...even a partial list of the performers who have appeared
at Tarragon and the plays produced there reads like a Canadian theatre
history course."
Allan M. Gould, Toronto Life, 1982
1981
"In 1970, original Canadian plays were an endangered species. By
making them the house specialty, the Tarragon changed the ground rules
for the whole country. It started with only 160 seats, and even now it
has only 210, yet with the exception of Stratford it is probably the single
most influential theatrical institution in Canada."
Martin Knelman, Saturday Night, 1981
1980
"When you're putting together a list of the important---the really
important---theatre organizations in this country, the Tarragon in Toronto
ranks high."
Jamie Portman, Southam Press, 1980
1979
"Tarragon Theatre is making all the waves with a string of popular
and critical successes."
Gina Mallet, Toronto Star, 1979
1978
"...possibly the most consistent showcase for interesting new Canadian
drama."
Henry Popkin, The New York Times, 1978
1977
"What my friends wanted was the kind of local theatre where the seats
are comfortable, the coffee good, the audience eclectic, and the artistry
soundly organized, and the intelligence ample. I should have taken them
to Tarragon."
Anne Montagnes, Performing Arts in Canada,
1977
1976
"One of the most exciting experiments in Canada's history."
John Fraiser, Globe & Mail, 1976
1975
"If there is a theatre in Canada which has done more for the development
of Canadian scripts I have to hear about it. Tarragon has exceeded the
wildest dreams of everyone connected with theatre in this country ."
Dave Billington, Montreal Gazette, 1975
1974
"The real creative energy emanates from those theatres that develop
their own plays. Of these, the most successful, on a popular and critical
level, is Tarragon Theatre."
TIME Magazine, 1974
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