One of Robert Battle’s first dance memories involves moving to the song That’s Entertainment. Little did he know how prophetic that title was.

Caroline, Or Change is an amazing show: a slice of history, a rainbow of musical styles and a lesson in life all rolled into one.

Instead of sending his folks a terse invite to a show about their traumatic parenting, actor, writer and director Ravi Jain has collaborated on one with his mother, Asha, allowing her to respond to his side of the story with her own take.

You can say this about Atom Egoyan’s production of Martin Crimp’s Cruel And Tender: it’s never dull. How could it be, with a bad karaoke session, blown-up video projections and many scenes that end with characters shattering glass?

Family ties are tenaciously, relentlessly strong, even at the end of the world.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Shaun Majumder stopped by Second City last Saturday, January 28, for their late-night improv set. He’s in town taping the new series The Firm and tweeted that he was at the restaurant Lee. The comedy institution tweet-invited him to do some improv, and he complied. What a mensch.