(6 hours, 49 min. ago) - Nightwood Theatre is proud to present the Toronto premiere of Bear with Me, a side-splitting, no-holds-barred, true account of Motherhood. January 7 to January 24, 2009 - Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs. more...
(Jan. 4 11:59 PM) - Hart House Theatre scores a major coup in getting the rights to present the Canadian premiere of 'Jerry Springer - The Opera' for a limited run January 16-31.
(Jan. 4 11:55 PM) - Nightwood Theatre is proud to present the Toronto premiere of Bear with Me, a side-splitting, no-holds-barred, true account of Motherhood. January 7 to January 24, 2009 - Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs.
(Jan. 4 11:52 PM) - Quinn Van Antwerp will replace Derek Krantz in the role of Bob Gaudio in the Canadian production of Jersey Boys. Press night shifts from January 13 to January 20.
(Jan. 4 11:42 PM) - The Civic Light Opera Company once again offers Toronto theatre lovers a chance to see a rarely staged hit from Broadway's "golden era."
(Jan. 2 12:53 PM) - MAMMA MIA! star Louise Pitre will host the Canadian series Star Portraits for Bravo! Star Portraits is series of half-hour shows introducing the Bravo audience to working artists and reintroducing them to some well-known Canadian personalities.
(Dec. 16 4:33 PM) - Rob Roy The Musical, a new musical based on the legendary Scottish hero from the late 17th and early 18th centuries, will receive its world premiere in Chicago, Feb. 3 - Mar 15. The musical will then run March 24 to April 19 2009 at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto.
(Dec. 16 11:11 AM) - The Civic Light Opera Company revives its 1998 musical version of A Christmas Carol at Fairview Library Theatre. Production runs thru December 21.
(Dec. 10 12:48 PM) - Producer Jonathan Randall announced today that the brand new stage version of the hit Disney Channel movie Hight School Musical 2: On Stage will make its Canadian stage debut this March. Performances begin Friday, March 13th at the Toronto Centre for the Arts in the Studio Theatre (5040 Yonge Street) for a strictly limited engagement of 5 shows.
(Dec. 1 4:16 PM) - The Canadian Premiere of Adam Guettel's Myths and Hymns will replace the previously announced Rob Roy (In Concert) in Talk Is Free Theatre's (TIFT) current season. There will be a limited three- performance run at Gryphon Theatre in Barrie on March 25 and 26, 2009.
(Nov. 19 5:37 PM) - The Manitoba Theatre Centre, in co-production with David Mirvish (Toronto), is pleased to present Medea at the John Hirsch Theatre at the MTC Mainstage from November 20 to December 13.
(Nov. 18 10:27 AM) - Today Dancap Productions announces the new cast for the Canadian production of JERSEY BOYS. The new cast includes: Derek Krantz as Bob Gaudio, Jeremy Kushnier continuing in the role of Tommy DeVito, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and Jeff Madden in the role of Frankie Valli, plus Timothy Sell in the role of Gyp DeCarlo and Shawn Wright in the role of Bob Crewe. Performances begin Friday, December 12, 2008 at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street).
(Nov. 13 11:14 PM) - Toronto's production of 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC' has been extended to March 29, 2009.
Tickets for the extended weeks go on sale November 17th 2008.
(Nov. 13 7:00 AM) - Hot off a sold-out run at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, Scorched, will take the stage in the Tom Hendry Theatre at the MTC Warehouse from November 13 to 29.
(Nov. 9 7:00 AM) - Due to popular demand, Dodger Theatricals and Dancap Productions Inc., announce additional Toronto performances for the smash hit musical JERSEY BOYS, now playing at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street) through November 9, 2008.
(Nov. 6 11:58 AM) - In honour of its 50th anniversary, the Manitoba Theatre Centre will officially unveil a commemorative sculpture of its co-founders, John Hirsch and Tom Hendry, on Monday, November 10 at 1:30 pm. In attendance will be Babs and Gail Asper, artist Ruth Abernethy and MTC's founding General Manager, Tom Hendry.
(Nov. 5 3:04 PM) - The Manitoba Theatre Centre, in co-production with David Mirvish (Toronto), is pleased to present Medea at the John Hirsch Theatre at the MTC Mainstage from November 20 to December 13.
(Oct. 29 4:18 PM) - Hot off a sold-out run at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, Scorched, will take the stage in the Tom Hendry Theatre at the MTC Warehouse from November 13 to 29.
(Oct. 24 5:15 PM) - A fine cast, brisk direction and some spectacular production values overcome the deficiencies in the original 1959 script to make this a moving and enjoyable production.
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(Oct. 22 1:25 PM) - David Mirvish is pleased to present the new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE at the Canon Theatre for a strictly limited 5 week engagement. Performances begin October 28 running through November 30, 2008.
(Oct. 20 4:33 PM) - This summer, Broadway¹s hottest musical made Canadian premiere electrifying audiences at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, extending twice and garnering extraordinary critical acclaim. Today, Dancap Productions Inc. and JERSEY BOYS are pleased to announce that the show will remain in Toronto! The show will extend through February 1, 2009 with a new Canadian cast, just in time for the holidays.
(Oct. 4 12:18 PM) - Factory Theatre will present the world premiere of the Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman's deeply moving and funny play Scratch first written when she was only 16. Scratch is a semi-autobiographical story of Charlotte's experience, told through the touching and quirky perspective of 15 year old Anna, of losing her mother, novelist and journalist Carole Corbeil to ovarian cancer. Charlotte states, "I had an urgent need to tell a story that came from a place of pure grief. So much of who I am came from losing her. My writing and talent is so linked to that loss".
(Oct. 4 11:41 AM) - The Canadian Stage Company opens its 2008/09 Bluma Appel Theatre season with Frost/Nixon, the 2007 Tony Award®-nominated play by Peter Morgan, award-winning author of The Last King of Scotland and The Queen. Tony Award®-winning stage and screen veteran Len Cariou (star of the original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd) plays the role of President Richard Nixon and is joined by David Storch (Canadian Stage's Lonesome West) as TV talk-show host David Frost. Three-time Dora Award-winner Ted Dykstra (Canadian Stage's Fire) directs. A co-production with Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Frost/Nixon had its Canadian premiere September 18, 2008 in Vancouver. The production transfers to the Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto October 13 to November 8, 2008.
(Oct. 4 11:25 AM) - Nightwood Theatre will present, in association with The Canadian Stage Company Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs, the world premiere of Wild Dogs from October 4 – November 8, 2008.
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