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The Musical Stage Company Reveals 2024-25 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2024


Following the record-breaking sixteen-week run of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, The Musical Stage Company has announced the details of their upcoming programming.

Tarragon Theatre Reveals 2024/25 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2024


Artistic Director Mike Payette and Managing Director Andrea Vagianos have announced Tarragon Theatre's 2024/25 season. Learn more about the lineup here!

New Performers Added To Massey Hall's Celebrating Gordon Lightfoot Concert
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2024


New performers have just been announced for next month's Celebrating Gordon Lightfoot on Thursday, May 23, 2024. To honour Gordon Lightfoot's legacy and his love for performing at his favourite venue over 170 times.

Ben Caplan Comes to TD Music Hall in October
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2024


TD Music Hall will welcome Canadian singer-songwriter Ben Caplan on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Tickets on sale this Friday, April 19, 2024.

SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER Makes Canadian Premiere Next Month
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2024


 Following the celebrated Canadian Premiere of THREE SISTERS, co-produced with Soulpepper Theatre, Obsidian Theatre concludes their 23.24 season with another Canadian premiere in May: seven methods of killing kylie jenner, by the internationally acclaimed and award-winning British playwright and actorJasmine Lee-Jones.  

Pleiades Theatre to Offer Reality Glasses For d/Deaf Audiences
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 16, 2024


Pleiades Theatre is introducing Augmented Reality glasses for d/Deaf audiences during the world premiere of TYSON'S SONG.

MEAN GIRLS to Return to Toronto This Summer at the Royal Alexandra Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2024


After a sold-out five-week run in 2022, the North American Tour of Mean Girls will return to Toronto for a limited four-week engagement at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Review: SHANIQUA IN ABSTRACTION at Streetcar Crowsnest
by Ilana Lucas - April 15, 2024


Directed by Sabryn Rock, behind Theatre Passe Muraille’s hit Our Place, watson’s show is an 85-minute series of sketches about the joys and frustrations of being a Black woman right here, right now.

Spotlight: ART at The Rose Brampton
by BWW Special Offer - April 15, 2024


Art - Dive into the world of friendship and the nature of Art

Review: SPRING DOUBLE BILL at Toronto Dance Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - April 14, 2024


Toronto Dance Theatre’s Spring Double Bill, highlighting East Asian choreographers of different dance backgrounds, is as welcome as a spring bloom. The two trios run the gamut from serious to irreverent, but both highlight dance as a way to connect, whether between the present and past self, or between an outsider and host.

Spotlight: UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY ABOUT THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY at Young Centre for the Performing Arts
by BWW Special Offer - April 12, 2024


Outside the March and Soulpepper Theatre present A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney

How to Stream the 2024 Olivier Awards in the U.S., Canada, and Australia
by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2024


The 2024 Olivier Awards will be able to streamed on BritBox in the U.S., Canada, and Australia this weekend.

Toronto Comedian Tony Molesworth Brings BANJOKER to Red Sandcastle Theatre 
by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2024


For two weekends (Thursday through Saturday May 2-4, and Thursday through Saturday May 9-11, at 7:30 PM nightly), the Red Sandcastle Theatre will welcome Toronto-based international touring funny man Tony Molesworth for a two weekend (six night) run of his one-man comedy and banjo shtick show titled 'BANJOKER'.

Soulpepper to Present Punctuate! Theatre's FIRST METIS MAN OF ODESA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 11, 2024


Soulpepper will present Punctuate! Theatre’s multi-Dora Award-winning production of FIRST MÉTIS MAN OF ODESA. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Spotlight: RE-IMAGINED at Lester B. Pearson Memorial Theatre
by BWW Special Offer - April 11, 2024


Re-Imagined: A Theatre Concert - A Pasek & Paul Playlist

Lady Gaga Impersonator Athena Reich Brings LADY GAGA #ARTBIRTH To Toronto In May
by A.A. Cristi - April 10, 2024


Get ready for the return of Athena Reich, the world's top Lady Gaga impersonator, with her hit Off-Broadway show LADY GAGA #ARTBIRTH. Coming to Toronto's Geary Avenue Warehouse this May for a limited final run.

Interview: 3 Questions with Andrea Donaldson of MAD MADGE at The Theatre Centre
by Ilana Lucas - April 10, 2024


BroadwayWorld spoke to MAD MADGE director Andrea Donaldson about what audiences can expect from this collaboration, described as “paying homage to Jane Austen and Tina Fey in the same breath.”

Art of Time Ensemble to Present BOTH SIDES NOW: A TRIBUTE TO JONI MITCHELL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 10, 2024


Art of Time Ensemble will present its upcoming final 25th season performance of Both Sides Now: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell. Learn how to purchase tickets.

APORTIA CHRYPTCH: A Black Opera for Portia White to be Presented at Canadian Opera Company Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 10, 2024


The world premiere of Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White will be presented at the Canadian Opera Company Theatre in June. Learn more about the performances and see how to purchase tickets.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Comes to Grand Theatre's Spriet Stage
by Stephi Wild - April 10, 2024


Through Tennessee’s infamous Sun Records and one legendary night with Presley, Cash, Lewis, and Perkins – London, Ontario’s international music footprint will be on full display with an extended run of Million Dollar Quartet, the final production of the Grand Theatre’s 2023/24 season.

Cast Set for A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD AT The Capitol Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 09, 2024


The Capitol Theatre Port Hope has revealed the cast for the summer production of A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Off-Mirvish 2023/24 Season Plays to 85,000 Theatregoers & $7m Box Office
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 09, 2024


Off-Mirvish has just ended its 2023/24 season. Learn more about what the season brought for Mirvish!

JUNIOR Festival Welcomes Families to Harbourfront Centre in May
by Stephi Wild - April 09, 2024


Harbourfront Centre will present JUNIOR, Toronto’s international children’s festival, over the May long weekend of May 18–20, 2024.

World Premiere Of THY WOMAN'S WEEDS Comes to Centaur Theatre
by Stephi Wild - April 09, 2024


Centaur Theatre, in partnership with Repercussion Theatre and Tableau D'Hôte Theatre, and developed in collaboration with Playwrights' Workshop Montréal, have announced the long-awaited world premiere of THY WOMAN'S WEEDS by Erin Shields and directed by Amanda Kellock.

Spotlight: THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE at Crow's Theatre
by BWW Special Offer - April 09, 2024


Experience the Heat: Things We Lost in The Fire at Crow's Theatre!


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