At a press conference held May 30 in the lobby of the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 235 nominations for the 38th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.
Matthew Jocelyn, Artistic & General Director, today announced Canadian Stage's 17.18 season celebrating the 30th anniversary of the company: a dynamic 16-show line-up featuring nine original Canadian creations (including four world premieres) that connect a sweeping range of artistic expressions. Canadian Stage continues its surge forward as Toronto's premiere destination for multidisciplinary performance with a new season that highlights cross-pollination between artists, companies and art forms:
With great pride and excitement today, Acting Up Stage Company makes a series of major announcements about a significant expansion, along with a robust 14th season, new musical development initiatives, major producing partnerships, and a brand new name and vision.
Sheridan College's Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP), under the leadership of Michael Rubinoff, Associate Dean of Visual and Performing Arts, is an international centre of excellence for the development of new musicals in Canada. Since its inception in 2011, 15 shows have been incubated, with four having enjoyed their professional premieres (Come From Away, The Theory of Relativity, Prom Queen and Marathon of Hope) and one opening on Broadway in 2017 (Come From Away). To learn more about the CMTP and the works developed to date, click here.
The trio of art-inspired musicals will be performed at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario.
BRIC is pleased to welcome Brooklyn songwriter Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn and Los Angeles musical polymath Jherek Bischoff to BRIC House on May 5. The night will feature sets from both Mirah and Bischoff, with a euphonious string quartet rounding out the band. Expect to hear tried and true favorites from their back catalog along with new music from both Mirah and Bischoff's forthcoming albums. The sets will also feature Kane Mathis on the Kora, a complex 21 string West African chordophone, and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier on percussion.
Final casting has been announced for BLAME CANADA!, an evening featuring the best in Canadian musical theatre happening at 54 BELOW on Monday, June 15 at 9:30pm. Clyde Alves, who currently stars as Ozzie in the Broadway revival of On The Town, hosts the evening that celebrates work by members of the Canadian Musical Theatre Writers Collective (CMTWC).
Back by popular demand, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center presents its 2nd Family FilmFest for all ages today, October 11 with two showings at 11am and 1pm. Tickets are FREE and are first come, first sit.
Back by popular demand, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center presents its 2nd Family FilmFest for all ages on Saturday, October 11 with two showings at 11am and 1pm. Tickets are FREE and are first come, first sit.
The 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival celebrated its annual Awards Ceremony on July 10. Starting at 9pm in the Fringe Club (in the parking lot behind Honest Ed's), educative director Kelly Straughan announced several awards, including the much anticipated Patrons' Pick.
The Blyth Festival Young Company is promoted to the main stage for a revival of the musical hit Alligator Tears, an original musical by young Stratford playwright, Britta Johnson.
The Blyth Festival Young Company is promoted to the main stage for a revival of the musical hit Alligator Tears, an original musical by young Stratford playwright, Britta Johnson.
The Blyth Festival hosted its Annual General Meeting earlier this month to officially wrap up one of its most artistically successful seasons in recent memory, if not in the Festival's history.
The Blyth Festival is gearing up for another compelling season of homegrown Canadian theatre. The 2011 season pays homage to Canada-past and present-and explores ideas of the Canadian identity in a sometimes reverent and sometimes playful way.
Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Mirah with special guests, Lovers, on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 7:30pm at The Vera Project.
Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Mirah with special guests, Lovers, on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 7:30pm at The Vera Project.
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