Is Weird Al Yankovic still relevant? The hundreds who packed in at Massey Hall on Saturday night seem to think so.

I must confess, I used to love Weird Al when I was a nerdy teen. That was back in the day, when Eat It was playing in heavy rotation on Toronto Rocks. Now in the age of YouTube, Weird Al has found a global audience, his videos racking up millions of internet views. But does his live show cut it?

Daniel Lanois rocks my world. Lanois — renowned for producing some of the best work of U2, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young and Bob Dylan — brought his Black Dub project to life on stage at The Opera House last night.

Call it the Twitter of theatre. At the inspiraTO 10-minute play festival, there's precious little time to create memorable characters and leave an impression.

In its sixth annual incarnation, the inspiraTO festival shows some maturity, exploring themes of virginity, divorce, death, redemption, secrecy and desperation. There are two groupings of eight 10-minute plays themed loosely around sound. I attended the "redSound: sounds that disturb or awaken" program. The other set, "blueSound: Sounds that float or drift," is shown on alternating performances.

Try being a hotdog vendor at Nathan Phillips Square for a year and you'll likely meet some of the weird and wacky characters that weave in and out of Window on Toronto.

There's the Korean newcomer who wants to be your new best friend. Your heartbroken buddy Sean begs you to get your sister to call him back. A flirty girl in braids keeps returning for a side of sauerkraut. An old lady with Alzheimer's keeps telling you what was here 50 years ago. People constantly drop things off or leave them behind: a guitar, a script, a violin, a baby? Then a former LavaLife lover drops by to become your new stalker.

Such is the story told by half a dozen or so actors, easily playing a dozen parts each, in this fast-paced Soulpepper production that is as much a documentary of modern-day Toronto as it is a piece of brilliant theatre.

Rammstein brought the fire to the Air Canada Centre last night — literally. In fact, I think one of my contact lenses got singed. Lead singer Till Lindemann commanded the crowd throughout the 100-minute theatrical performance last night. This German band know how to put on a show.

Since 99 percent of the North American audience isn't likely to understand the lyrics -- mostly sung in German -- Rammstein relies heavily on theatrics, including pyrotechnics galore.

Ghost Stories are usually told around a campfire in the woods.

Bringing them to a live theatre audience poses many challenges — the greatest of which is to reel audiences in, as is the schtick with this Mirvish theatrical production at the Panasonic Theatre.

Had this been October, Ghost Stories would practically sell itself. I'd much rather be spooked in a theatre in the city than go on some hokey hayride in the country. But it being mid-April, getting my wits scared out of me isn't on the top of my agenda.