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Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood. Several Broadway favorites made the cut, including recent Kennedy Center inductee Meryl Street (The Iron Lady), Tony winner Viola Davis (The Help) and more!

Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced the 12 plays comprising Soulpepper's 15th anniversary season, including ten new productions, two remounts, and a revisit, to run in repertory from January to December, 2012. The season includes plays from Canada, Ireland, England, the United States and Russia, and brings Soulpepper to 107 original productions over 15 seasons. The season opens with Soulpepper's very first original full-length play, continuing the company's commitment to new works about the city of Toronto as seen in this year's Window on Toronto and 2009's Civil Elegies.

Coming off its biggest summer ever dominating the television landscape with a record number of scripted originals and a firm hold on the #1 position in cable, USA Network today announced the season two pick up of the new hit original series SUITS with an order of 16 one-hour episodes. The series, which shoots in Toronto, stars Gabriel Macht ('Love and Other Drugs'), Patrick J. Adams ('Lost'), Rick Hoffman ('Samantha Who'), Gina Torres ('Firefly'), Sarah Rafferty ('Brothers & Sisters') and Meghan Markle ('CSI Miami'). The announcement was made today by Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel, co-presidents, USA Network.

USA Network is giving one lucky SUITS fan the chance to live like a lawyer Mike Ross-style - without the actual law degree - with the 'Legal Life Sweepstakes.'

At a press conference held June 7 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 171 nominations for 197 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011 for the 32nd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents THE ERNIE PLAY, written by Melanie Plank and directed by Shade Murray, as the 2010-2011 New Playwrights Series selection

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents THE ERNIE PLAY, written by Melanie Plank and directed by Shade Murray, as the 2010-2011 New Playwrights Series selection

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents THE ERNIE PLAY, written by Melanie Plank and directed by Shade Murray, as the 2010-2011 New Playwrights Series selection

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's Double Bill (re)Birth: E. E. Cummings in Song & Window on Toronto will preview on April 30, 2011 and open on May 9, 2011 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, featuring the multi-talented artists of the Soulpepper Academy.

The Theatre School at DePaul University proudly presents PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL, book by Elizabeth Kann & Victoria Kann, music by John Gregor, lyrics by John Gregor, Elizabeth Kann & Victoria Kann, directed by Lisa Portes, as the final installment of the 2010-2011 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Series.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of The Time of Your Life will preview on March 16, 2011 and open on March 18, 2011 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Theatre School at DePaul University proudly presents PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL, book by Elizabeth Kann & Victoria Kann, music by John Gregor, lyrics by John Gregor, Elizabeth Kann & Victoria Kann, directed by Lisa Portes, as the final installment of the 2010-2011 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Series.

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents Hedda Gabler, written by Henrik Ibsen, adapted Christopher Shinn and directed by Azar Kazemi, as the second installment of the 2010-2011 New Directors Series.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of The Time of Your Life will preview on March 16, 2011 and open on March 18, 2011 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, part of the Soulpepper Family Series, will preview on February 17, 2011 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents Hedda Gabler, written by Henrik Ibsen, adapted Christopher Shinn and directed by Azar Kazemi, as the second installment of the 2010-2011 New Directors Series.