Michael Healey News

North Coast Repertory Theatre Presents One of Time Magazine's Top 10 Plays- Behind the Plain Lives of Two Farmers, a Past That's Anything But... The Drawer Boy

Peggy Baker Dance Projects, in association with Necessary Angel, presents the world premiere of Are You Okay, a theatre/dance piece created and performed by acclaimed dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker and award-winning playwright and actor Michael Healey, directed by Necessary Angel Artistic Director Daniel Brooks

Peggy Baker Dance Projects, in association with Necessary Angel, presents the world premiere of Are You Okay, a theatre/dance piece created and performed by acclaimed dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker and award-winning playwright and actor Michael Healey, directed by Necessary Angel Artistic Director Daniel Brooks.

Seven plays. Seven San Diego premieres. North Coast Repertory Theatre will light up the stage with a roster of imaginative, first-time productions during the 2010-2011 season. From laugh-filled, captivating comedies to explosive, thought-provoking dramas, Season 29 promises audiences a rewarding theatrical experience in an intimate setting. And there's more welcome news - subscriber ticket prices have been lowered for the season, so you can enjoy all seven plays and save.

Tickets for the Shaw Festival's 50th season went on sale to Shaw Festival Members and Visa Infinite cardholders on November 6 and December 4, respectively, and the response has been wonderfully strong. Compared to the same time last year, Members ticket sales are 5% ahead, with group sales reaching the $1 million mark, 15% ahead of the same time last year. Next season's productions of My Fair Lady and The Admirable Crichton are very popular with families, reflecting a remarkable 143% increase in family package sales.

Obsidian Theatre Company in association with Nightwood Theatre is thrilled to present the Toronto premiere of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize award-winning play Ruined. Written by Lynn Nottage and starring theatre and film veterans, Yanna McIntosh and Sterling Jarvis, the story is set in a small mining town in the civil war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Peggy Baker Dance Projects, in association with Necessary Angel, presents the world premiere of Are You Okay, a theatre/dance piece created and performed by acclaimed dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker and award-winning playwright and actor Michael Healey, directed by Necessary Angel Artistic Director Daniel Brooks.

Obsidian Theatre Company in association with Nightwood Theatre is thrilled to present the Toronto premiere of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize award-winning play Ruined. Written by Lynn Nottage and starring theatre and film veterans, Yanna McIntosh and Sterling Jarvis, the story is set in a small mining town in the civil war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Seven plays. Seven San Diego premieres. North Coast Repertory Theatre will light up the stage with a roster of imaginative, first-time productions during the 2010-2011 season. From laugh-filled, captivating comedies to explosive, thought-provoking dramas, Season 29 promises audiences a rewarding theatrical experience in an intimate setting. And there's more welcome news - subscriber ticket prices have been lowered for the season, so you can enjoy all seven plays and save.

The 2010-2011 Necessary Angel season is the company's most ambitious to date.

Seven plays. Seven San Diego premieres. North Coast Repertory Theatre will light up the stage with a roster of imaginative, first-time productions during the 2010-2011 season. From laugh-filled, captivating comedies to explosive, thought-provoking dramas, Season 29 promises audiences a rewarding theatrical experience in an intimate setting. And there's more welcome news - subscriber ticket prices have been lowered for the season, so you can enjoy all seven plays and save.

Welcome to the Shaw Festival's 50th season - one which celebrates the past, while looking enthusiastically forward. As explained by Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell, "This milestone season gives us an opportunity to honour the extraordinary achievements of our past, while creating vivid new signposts for our future, showing how the Shaw Festival will play a leading role in the theatrical conversation of the next 50 years and more."

Snapdragon in association with Neil McPherson at the Finborough Theatre present The London Premiere of The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey. Directed by Eleanor Rhode. Cast includes: Kenneth Bryans. Neil McCaul. Simon Lee Phillips.

Snapdragon in association with Neil McPherson at the Finborough Theatre present The London Premiere of The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey. Directed by Eleanor Rhode. Cast includes: Kenneth Bryans. Neil McCaul. Simon Lee Phillips.

The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre continues its 30th anniversary year with a Summer Season of exciting premieres of new plays from both emerging and already internationally renowned playwrights - together with a long overdue London rediscovery to celebrate the 150th birthday of J.M. Barrie.

The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre continues its 30th anniversary year with a Summer Season of exciting premieres of new plays from both emerging and already internationally renowned playwrights - together with a long overdue London rediscovery to celebrate the 150th birthday of J.M. Barrie.

Snapdragon in association with Neil McPherson at the Finborough Theatre present The London Premiere of The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey. Directed by Eleanor Rhode. Cast includes: Kenneth Bryans. Neil McCaul. Simon Lee Phillips.

The 31st Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the 2009/2010 season were handed out in a star-studded ceremony on the evening of Monday, June 28 at Toronto's in the Bluma Appel Theatre of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, hosted by the celebrated CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi. The Dora Mavor Moore Awards are produced and presented on behalf of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) and celebrate excellence in Toronto theatre, dance and opera. The 225 Dora-eligible shows opened between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010. A total of 35 Dora Awards plus the Silver Ticket Award, the Pauline McGibbon Award and the Audience Choice Award were given out.

At a press conference held today at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 174 nominations for 225 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010 for the 31st annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 174 nominations for 225 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010 for the 31st annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.