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Opera, concerts, dance and circus are major parts of the interdisciplinary company's 2017-18 season
The company will feature shows from the United States, England and Australia, while the Off-Mirvish season will be all local
With a U.S. tour and a production set to open on London's West End, Toronto theatregoers are hoping for a local production of the award-winning musical
Offerings include an opera, a "theatrical mixtape" and a rocking take on Shakespeare
Come from Away creators David Hein and Irene Sankoff struggled as artists, found each other as life and business partners and became the dynamic duo of the Canadian musical
After 13 years, Toronto theatre company is changing its name, doubling its budget and expanding its ambitious, innovative program
The Walterdale Theatre cancelled its production of Othello with a white performer in the title role after allegedly receiving threats
From residential-school drama to Broadway-bound musical, Edmonton venue's new artistic director creates buzz with 2017-18 season
Although attendance last year was up about 5,000 from 2015, the Niagara-on-the-Lake repertory theatre still posted a loss
Robert Chafe's sweeping new stage adaptation is a great small work of art about final founding father Joey Smallwood
Theatre star Chilina Kennedy is taking a brief reprieve from New York to grace Toronto with her portrayal of American singer-songwriter Carole King
Leaving #CanstageSoWhite behind, managing director Matthew Jocelyn hopes to put more positive discourse centre stage in 2017
From a landmark musical to a thrilling Shakespeare shake-up, these were the best productions in a stellar year for Canadian theatre
Shorter after Ride the Cyclone started in off-Broadway previews, Richmond's mother, Janet Wright of Corner Gas fame, died
Groundling Theatre Company to remount play in beautiful, intimate setting in Toronto
Brandon Victor Dixon, currently playing Aaron Burr in the musical about the American revolution and its aftermath, then spoke to Pence directly during the curtain call
The possibility of London Road being a complete and utter disaster is what motivated director Rufus Norris to tackle it, first on stage at the National Theatre in London, then on film
Margaret Norrie McCain has requested the Theatre Centre be named after its artistic director, Franco Boni
Newfoundlanders who sheltered 6,600 stranded 9/11 travellers get a preview of Broadway-bound musical based on their kindnesses
Michael Therriault, Sara Topham and Tom McCamus will be all be joining the Shaw Festival
The company is set to establish a permanent location on the first floor of an $11-million condo complex in January
With a variety of faces and plays, this season explores themes of Canadian identity in the lead-up to the country's 150th anniversary
Broadway-bound play set in Gander, Nfld., in days after 9/11, receives warm response at a special showing in the small Maritime town
The artistic director of STO Union takes the country's richest prize for the stage
Anyone who believes that Toronto's publicly subsidized theatres should reflect the actual public, at a time when "visible minorities" constitute a majority of the city's population, will sur…
