Paul Gross, Hailey Gillis, Martha Burns and Rylan Wilkie in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Photo by Dahlia Katz

It’s difficult to avoid certain ubiquitous words when describing Edward Albee’s 1962 play about marital dysfunction and middle-class malaise. Classic, iconic, searing—those descriptors slide almost too comfortably into place; it is, of course, all of those things and happens to be one of my favourites. Canadian Stage’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is my third live experience of it. Though it has, by far, the highest production value of that trio, it is the least resonant. Continue Reading