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Steve Fisher, BFA, CD (he/him)
@gracingthestage.bsky.social
A&E critic emeritus—Torontoist/AV Club/Now Magazine, etc.
HMCS YORK Recruiter/Master Sailor/BOSN.
Canadian Theatre Critics Association board member, #TheaTO hashtag creator.
Burly #BikeTO boi, karaoke kid, LGBTQ+ Ally. BLM
Pinned
Intro yerself w/ past gigs:

-Ziplined off Enercare Centre as SONAR the RCN Nfld Dog
-Walked in on Beyoncé, Renée Zellweger, & Michael Keaton (as bellhop)
-Hostage actor on train & plane for JTF2
-Wrote a stage intimacy article that went viral
-Crewed aboard HMNZS TE KAHA, Pearl Harbour>Victoria, BC
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…(con’t) Moonlight Schooner & Robin Hood at Canadian Stage, Invasion: Christmas Carol at Assembly, Christmas Carol at Campbell House, Shrek at YPT, Wizard of Oz at Al Green, We Will Rock You and & Juliet at Mirvish. Support Canadian live theatre!
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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TO shows closing this weekend: Public Consumption at Factory, Profoundly Affectionate at Tarragon, Dishwashers at Mildred’s. Or can still see Christmas Market at Crow's, Fulfilment Centre at Coal Mine, Bug at King Black Box, Bad Hats Narnia at Soulpepper, Hallmark(ish) at Royal Theatre (con’t)…
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Damn. One of Toronto's greatest. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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When film critic Gene Siskel died, @theonion.com posted the greatest two-word joke in history:
“EBERT VICTORIOUS”
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Knew nothing going in other than heard it's more dramatic than you'd expect from the title and posters, and yes, I was frustrated along with the characters, despite the Christmas setting, which is probably the exact feeling I was supposed to have about foreign workers working a Cdn Christmas market
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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This is an incredible read about how one editor at a Toronto publication uncovered the fact that a prospective freelancer was a fraud who's been getting AI-generated articles published across the globe.

The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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we've got quite a lot featured in the current issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, especially in the gift guide where i recommend professional earplugs for shows and @nikostratis.com' excellent memoir.
toronno! there's a new issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social out, which means more music coverage from us, including show listings, contributions to the annual gift guide, and "what we're listening to"! check it out online and across the city. www.thegrindmag.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Last week for Comeuppance at Soulpepper, Dissonant Species at Factory, An Orchid at Red Sandcastle, How Do We at HGJTC. Also Christmas Market-Crows, Profoundly Affectionate-Tarragon, Fulfillment Centre-Coal Mine, Narnia-Soulpepper, Dishwashers-Mildreds, Ava-Mirvish, Shrek-YPT, Hallmark(ish)-Royal.
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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50 years ago this week, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert made the first pilot for their TV show. In honor of this huge anniversary, I created my definitive “Best of Siskel & Ebert” article - 50 of their best reviews from across their entire career. 👍🏻👍🏻
The 50 Best Siskel & Ebert Reviews
screencrush.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Drop something BLACK & WHITE🖤🤍
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Come for the sheep, stay for the alt text
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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The White Stripes + OutKast getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the same night reminded me of my favourite Eye Weekly cover concept, commissioned for our Jan. 22, 2004 Music Critics Poll issue. (Illustration: Ben Shannon)
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Pleased to share my first piece for the Toronto Star! (Yes, it's about toilets.) Thanks to everyone who shared their #theatre washroom wisdom.

www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Women wait 34 times longer than men for theatre washrooms. Is there finally hope at the end of the line?
When the intermission lights come on, the race for the women's washroom begins.
www.thestar.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Thank you Intermission Magazine for sharing the wonderful news about Tara Beagan’s Governor General’s Literary Award win! www.intermissionmagazine.ca/news/tara-be...
Tara Beagan wins 2025 Governor General’s Award for drama
Her multilingual play 'Rise, Red River' connects environmental devastation with the intergenerational impacts of colonial violence.
www.intermissionmagazine.ca
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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It's crazy to me that we still treat the online realm like a wild west with thoroughly inadequate law enforcement.

Yeah, there are civil liberties trade-offs to law enforcement. But the breadth and depth of the scam economy is clearly a cancer on our society.
this is the craziest thing I've read in a long time???? Meta projected that 10% of its revenue last year, $16 billion, came from scams. Meta intentionally charges the scammers MORE and knows that people who click on scams are more likely to see more of them www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM