
Joshua Chong
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Arts critic and reporter @TorontoStar • tips and pitches: [email protected]
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Harvey Fierstein – through tears – just gave an all-timer kind of acceptance speech while accepting his Lifetime Tony Award "There is nothing quite like bathing in the applause of a curtain call, but when I bow, I bow to the audience...with gratitude, knowing that without them I


Tony Awards 2025: The snubs, surprises and top moments from Broadway's biggest night. My latest critic's notebook is now live Toronto Star thestar.com/entertainment/…


Our awesome audience team at The Globe and Mail will be hosting a Q+A with me on Tuesday about all things Stratford Festival — as well as any other questions readers may have about my reporting on Canadian theatre. Got a question? We'd love to hear it! theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-a…

SCOOP: The Stratford Festival’s search for its new artistic director has narrowed, as a top Canadian director widely considered the frontrunner is out of the running. #theaTO More details for Toronto Star: thestar.com/entertainment/…

It’s the first day of the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. Glenn Sumi, Alexa MacKie and I will be reviewing more than 50 shows over the next week for Toronto Star. First batch of reviews will be out tomorrow! #FringeTO #theaTO


A brilliant bit of immersive journalism, as Toronto Star's Joshua Chong plays one half of a rhino in the iconic opening of Mirvish Productions's THE LION KING. The video will make you smile. thestar.com/entertainment/…

Wrote about my experience being in The Lion King last week for Toronto Star thestar.com/entertainment/…



It’s Fringe season! Joshua Chong, Glenn Sumi and I will have 50+ reviews across 2025’s Toronto Fringe festival. From musicals to one-person shows, there’s forever so much to see✍️🎭 #TheaTO #FringeTO Thrilled to have my first Toronto Star bylines: thestar.com/entertainment/…

Nine new #FringeTO reviews are now up Toronto Star. Really strong festival so far with tons of critic’s picks from Alexa MacKie (she/her), Glenn Sumi and me. thestar.com/entertainment/…

More #FringeTO reviews are now up Toronto Star. (Thanks to Glenn Sumi and Alexa MacKie (she/her) for holding down the fort while I was away at the Shaw Festival. More on that later!) thestar.com/entertainment/…

Batch of new Toronto Fringe reviews up at the Toronto Star Fringe hub, including 2 new Critic’s Picks shows from me! thestar.com/entertainment/…

4 days done, 22 shows seen so far, one “Are you Glenn Sumi?”, one “I’d like to read your reviews in the Star, but they’re behind a paywall”. 😂 But I truly do (generally) enjoy when Toronto Fringe’ers I may not know say hello and want to chat about shows! fringetoronto.com/fringe/about

More Toronto Fringe reviews are up, including plenty of critic’s picks from myself, Glenn Sumi and Joshua Chong! It’s been a beautiful festival so far — I’m feeling very grateful. Only a few more reviews and shows to go! 🎭 via Toronto Star: thestar.com/entertainment/…

We now have 33 #FringeTO reviews up Toronto Star, with many more still to come. #theaTO From Alexa MacKie (she/her), Glenn Sumi and me: thestar.com/entertainment/…

New batch of #FringeTO reviews are now up Toronto Star, from Glenn Sumi, Alexa MacKie (she/her) and me. Check back daily as we have more reviews still to come. #theaTO thestar.com/entertainment/…

Psst… the Toronto Star Toronto Fringe review hub has been updated with more reviews by me, Joshua Chong and Alexa MacKie (she/her) Get your tickets now! Fest ends Sunday. thestar.com/entertainment/…
