When it comes to the performing arts, Toronto audiences are spoiled for choice. On any given day, there are always multiple plays, musicals, operas and dance shows running on the city’s stages. Here’s a comprehensive guide to what to see — and skip — along with links to our full reviews. Check back often as productions open and new reviews are published.

Ava: The Secret Conversations

2 stars (out of 4)

In “Ava: The Secret Conversations,” the “Downton Abbey” actor Elizabeth McGovern throws herself so forcefully into the role of Ava Gardner that she’s almost completely unrecognizable. In the span of 85 minutes, McGovern delivers an eviscerating performance as the Golden Age film star — at times brittle and reserved, at other times spitting expletives toward anyone and anything in her vici

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