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Alex Sharp has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME has won the 2015 Tony Award for Bet Play.

Paule Constable has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

It's here!! Tonight is the Opening of the 2015 Stratford Festival! I'm so excited to celebrate the season with my family and friends tonight, but I can't celebrate too much because THE SOUND OF MUSIC opens tomorrow night. It's been 3 months, a million snowstorms, a couple dozen parading swans, and 13 previews, and now it's finally time to open!

BroadwayWorld Toronto is pleased to present the third entry in an exclusive series of guest blogs from The Stratford Festival. Stephanie Rothenberg (Maria in The Sound of Music) and Sara Farb (Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank) will chronicle their road from first preview to opening night in our newest feature 'The Road to Opening!'

Stuart Thompson and Tim Levy for NT America, producers of the acclaimed Broadway production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, have announced that a US National Tour of the popular play will launch in October 2016.

BroadwayWorld Toronto is pleased to present the first entry in an exclusive series of guest blogs from The Stratford Festival. Stephanie Rothenberg (Maria in The Sound of Music) and Sara Farb (Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank) will chronicle their road from first preview to opening night in our newest feature 'The Road to Opening!'

Performances of the 2015 Stratford Festival Season began yesterday afternoon with the first performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Today the festival will present the first performance of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

Today the actor speaks exclusively to BWW about making his Broadway debut in this physically, mentally and emotionally demanding role.

?The critically acclaimed new play THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will celebrate Pi Day today, March 14 with a special lottery at the theater before both the 2pm matinee and 8pm evening performances, 2 hours before each curtain.

?The critically acclaimed new play THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will celebrate Pi Day on Saturday, March 14 with a special lottery at the theater before both the 2pm matinee and 8pm evening performances, 2 hours before each curtain.

No, the Stratford Festival isn't doing another production of West Side Story. Chilina Kennedy already played that Maria at the Stratford Festival a few years back. The festival will produce the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical - The Sound of Music for their upcoming season.

This week's 'Backstage on Broadway' on New York's PIX 11 features Broadway's latest crop of animal stars and their trainers.

The producers of the critically acclaimed new play THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME have announced that the Broadway production has officially recouped its $4.75 million capitalization, following the week ending January 25, 2015. Written by Simon Stephens, adapted from Mark Haddon's best-selling novel, and directed by Tony Award-winner Marianne Elliott, the play began preview performances on September 20, 2014 and opened to rave reviews on October 5, 2014. The production plays at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street).

Tonight, January 17th, 2015 at 8:00 pm, Beyond Boundaries presents Into The Woods In Concert at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (115 Simpson Avenue) to benefit the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) and MCC Toronto Refugee & Immigration Program.

“Witch Fulfillment” – that's what next Saturday night's benefit concert of “Into the Woods” (ITW) is for artistic director Christopher Wilson. He adores the beloved Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine fairytale musical and his excitement mounts with each passing day.

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for an filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. The most recent conversation featured the cast of Broadway's THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME: Alex Sharp, Francesca Faridany, Ian Barford, Enid Graham, Taylor Trensch and Helen Carey, moderated by BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge. Check out Part 1 of the interview below!

Swift advance sales have prompted the Stratford Festival to extend the runs of four productions, just as the box office has opened to the public. Performances of Carousel, The Alchemist, The Physicists and The Last Wife have been added to the schedule.

The acclaimed new play THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME just celebrated the 101st performance on New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1. Why the 101st? Because it's a prime number! Check out photos from inside the celebration below!