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BWW Review: THE FLICK Explores The Anxieties And Issues Of Working-Class Young Adults
by Isabella Perrone on October 14, 2019 in Toronto Set in one of the last American cinemas with a 35mm projection system, THE FLICK examines the lives of three employees who are struggling with romantic relationships, finances, family, and themselves. It's a bleak look at life that suggests some interesting perspectives, although a lengthy runtime makes for a long, sometimes uncomfortable watch. (more...) 
Two Weeks Left To Nominate For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards, Presented by TodayTix!
by BWW News Desk on October 14, 2019 in Toronto There's just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31. (more...) 
Seven Siblings Theatre Presents GIRL IN THE MACHINE
by BWW News Desk on October 14, 2019 in Toronto Seven Siblings Theatre presents Girl in The Machine by Stef Smith from November 14-24, 2019 in the Backspace at Theatre Passe Muraille, directed by the company's Artistic Director Will King (Recall, Titus Andronicus). (more...) 
BWW Review: Against the Grain Theatre Champions Accessibility in Their Cozy, Emotional LA BOHÈME
by Isabella Perrone on October 14, 2019 in Toronto One of the most unique opera experiences in Toronto this year is that of a classic story brought to life in a dive bar. The Tranzac Club's unassuming entry makes it easy to miss if you aren't looking for it, but upon entering the building there's an unshakeable feeling that something special is happening within. (more...) 
Photo Flash: Celebrities In Disguise Reveal Deep Secrets In INTANGIBLE ADORATIONS
by BWW News Desk on October 14, 2019 in Toronto The first of five anonymous celebrities took to the stage for opening night of Intangible Adorations: Experience The Icon on Saturday October 12th to the delight of a select audience of VIP guests. The show explores the impact of celebrity worship on the mental health of the famous, and those who become infatuated with celebrity. Audience members gathered in the Hall of Celebrity, watched a VIP screening of a short film about the creation of The ICON, and then encountered a celebrity whose identity was concealed in a morph suit who revealed their deepest secrets connected to their own mental health in the Red Chapel. On Saturday, the ICON nearly revealed their identity. Although they did not remove the morph suit, they did pose for photographs and signed autographs to allow guests a chance to try and guess out who it was. (more...) 
BWW Review: See Toronto up close in THE JUNGLE at Tarragon Theatre
by Louis Train on October 12, 2019 in Toronto THE JUNGLE is a boldly political new play, argumentative and direct and a bit radical. It is also a touchingly honest drama, brimming with humor and pathos. And it is also another category: a Toronto play, a play that is both of and for our beautiful, challenging city. (more...) 
BWW Review: Lush Orchestration and Raunchy Humour Makes for Smooth Sailing in SOMETHING FOR THE BUOYS
by Louis Train on October 14, 2019 in Toronto Imagine On the Town with a bunch of dick jokes and you'll sort of get a picture of SOMETHING FOR THE BUOYS, a new Canadian musical by Eli Pasic. The show is equal measures charming and raunchy, with a good deal of humour and an excellent - actually, surprisingly, really good - score. Inspired by musical comedies of the 30s and 40s, SOMETHING FOR THE BUOYS follows the adventures of a group of sailors (seamen!) and burlesque dancers as they look for love in the big city. (more...) 
BWW Review: IF I COULD #THROWBACK TIME is a Love Letter to the Past and a Stark Reminder of Our Present
by Isabella Perrone on October 12, 2019 in Toronto It's not unusual for The Second City to take a political angle with their sketch comedy, and their latest revue is no exception. Climate change, racism, sexism and Canada's long history of genocide are all fair gamea?"and in the hands of director Rob Baker and the talented mainstage ensemble, there's a perfect balance between funny and frightening. (more...) 
Shakespeare BASH'd Brings A Fresh Take To A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by BWW News Desk on October 11, 2019 in Toronto Co-Artistic Director James Wallis and Associate Artistic Director Catherine Rainville helm this inventive and fresh production of a dream filled world familiar to many audiences. With the experience and knowledge from a decade of directing and performing Shakespeare, Rainville and Wallis aim to take everything audiences think they know about this story and challenge expectations, presenting a Dream built in the BASH'd style, using the unique talents and life experiences of the company. The Monarch Tavern, one of the company's favourite bars, provides the perfect location for a drunken dream of lovers, fairies, and magic. (more...) 
Contest: Win Tickets to Almighty Voice and His Wife in Toronto!
by BWW Contests on October 11, 2019 in Toronto Get ready because BroadwayWorld is giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Soulpepper Theatre Company's production of Almighty Voice and His Wife! The winner will receive a pair of tickets to their choice of the production's October 15th or October 16th performance. The contest will run now through October 13th at 11:59PM EST, so make sure to enter for your chance to win TODAY! (more...) 
Isango Ensemble Makes Canadian Debut With A MAN OF GOOD HOPE
by BWW News Desk on October 11, 2019 in Toronto Isango Ensemble, the award-winning South African theatre company that draws its artists mainly from the townships surrounding Cape Town, makes its Canadian debut with the production A Man of Good Hope. (more...) 
Assembly Theatre Presents New Musical 'TIL DEATH DO US PART
by BWW News Desk on October 10, 2019 in Toronto For one day and one night in Vegas, a quirky group of friends travel to the Chapel of Blue Suede Shoes for Ross and Norah's wedding. Things begin to go awry when an alarm is heard and the Chapel goes into lock down. (more...) 
The National Ballet of Canada Announces GISELE Casting
by BWW News Desk on October 10, 2019 in Toronto Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the principal casting for Giselle which will feature several milestone events as well as important debuts. Giselle opens the 2019/20 season, which celebrates Ms. Kain's 50th anniversary with the company, and is onstage November 6 a?" 10, 2019 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. #GiselleNBC (more...) 
Lotti Revealed: Tafelmusik Performs The Music Of Venetian Master For The First Time In November
by BWW News Desk on October 10, 2019 in Toronto Ivars Taurins directs Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir in Lotti Revealed, the inaugural choral concert of Tafelmusik's 2019/20 season, November 14 to 17, 2019 at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. The program marks Tafelmusik's first venture into the music of Italian baroque composer Antonio Lotti. The transcendent Missa Sapientiae (Mass of Wisdom) is paired with choral music by his admirers Bach, Handel, and Zelenka. In keeping with this season's theme of a?oeOld meets New,a?? music by European baroque composers is coupled with the world premiere of Kadosh/Sanctus/Holy by Canadian composer James Rolfe. For full program details, visit tafelmusik.org. (more...) 
A Grand Theatre Presents the World Premiere of THIS LONDON LIFE
by BWW News Desk on October 10, 2019 in Toronto Anyone who hails from London, Ontario and has travelled anywhere in the world, has undoubtedly uttered the phrase, a?oeno, not that London, the other one, in Canada.a?? (more...)
THE ARKIN AND FRIENDS Returns To Crow's Theatre
by BWW News Desk on October 09, 2019 in Toronto Six-time Canadian Comedy Award winner, Monkey Toast, hopes that you'll join them for The Arkin and Friends. (more...)
Stratford Festival's BILLY ELLIOT Extends To Nov. 24
by BWW News Desk on October 09, 2019 in Toronto The Stratford Festival's season will now stretch to November 24, with a three-week extension of Billy Elliot the Musical, which has been packing houses since it opened in the spring. (more...) 
Reviews: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY in Toronto
by BWW News Desk on October 10, 2019 in Toronto After critically acclaimed, smash-hit runs at The Old Vic London, in London's West End, and at The Public Theater New York, Girl from the North Country comes to Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre for a strictly limited engagement. Performances are now on stage through Sunday, November 24. (more...) 
Dance Centre Presents the 12th Biennial DANCE IN VANCOUVER
by BWW News Desk on October 09, 2019 in Toronto Vancouver's contemporary dance scene takes centre stage in Dance In Vancouver, November 20-24. (more...)
PGC'S Women's Caucus Announces 2019 Bra D'Or Award Winner
by BWW News Desk on October 09, 2019 in Toronto The Women's Caucus of Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) is pleased to announce Pamela Halstead as the winner of the 2019 Bra d'Or Award, which recognizes an individual for promoting and supporting the work of women playwrights in Canada. (more...) 
BWW Review: Carmen Aguirre Breaks Down Her Life Story Through Dance in BROKEN TAILBONE
by Isabella Perrone on October 08, 2019 in Toronto In Nightswimming's BROKEN TAILBONE, presented by Factory Theatre, playwright and performer Carmen Aguirre does double duty as a dance and history instructor. A traditional seated theatre is swapped for a bare dancefloor, with a handful of chairs against the walls and a bar at the back of the room. Pulsating lights (lighting design by Michelle Ramsay) and steady beats (sound design by Pedro Chamale) are the final pieces that turn the space into a Latinx dancehall, where over the course of the 80-minute performance, Aguirre teaches the basics of salsa, meringue, and twerkinga?"among other popular dance stylesa?"while constantly connecting each type to an experience from her personal history. (more...) 
BWW Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Bursts with
Emotion in the Hands of a Stellar Cast
by Isabella Perrone on October 08, 2019 in Toronto Set in Bob Dylan's hometown of Duluth, Minnesota in 1934, writer and director Conor McPherson's GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is equal parts bleak and beautiful. The busy story centers on the Laine family and their guest house; stressed father and husband Nick (Donald Sage MacKay) is busy caring for his wife Elizabeth (Katie Brayben), whose dementia has progressed to the point where she's like a rowdy child with a sailor's mouth. His issues double with their children Gene (Colin Bates), an alcoholic, would-be writer and Marianne (Gloria Obianyo), their adopted Black daughter who's several months pregnant. (more...) 
Winners Of RBC Emerging Artist Apprentice Award Announced
by BWW News Desk on October 08, 2019 in Toronto Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Barry Hughson, Executive Director, today announced that Corps de Ballet member Genevieve Penn Nabity and Apprentice Noah Parets are the winners of the seventh annual RBC Emerging Artist Apprentice Award for their performances as Apprentices during the 2018/19 season. (more...)
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Go Totally Tutu in Joyous Celebration of Dance
by BWW News Desk on October 08, 2019 in Toronto By popular demand, Show One Productions presents the anticipated return of the world famous, all-male ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (Trocks), onstage March 7, 2020 at 8pm and March 8, 2020 at 2pm and 7pm at the Winter Garden Theatre. Following a sold-out run of shows in 2017, these sensational performances will showcase the Trocks' wickedly absurd antics and serious dancing chops a?" featuring sly send-ups of beloved ballet classics and contemporary works. Infused with a heavy dose of highbrow hilarity, this antic-laden production will offer audiences a chance to experience high-powered diva energy as the men strut their stuff in size 11 pointe shoes. (more...) 
Tickets to HAMILTON at the Ed Mirvish Theatre Go On Sale This Month
by BWW News Desk on October 08, 2019 in Toronto Producer Jeffrey Seller and David Mirvish announced today that tickets for HAMILTON will go on sale to the public Monday, October 28 at 9:00 AM ET. Tickets will be available at the Ed Mirvish Theatre Box Office (244 Victoria Street) and online at Mirvish.com only. Tickets will be available for performances February 11 - May 17, 2020. Tickets will not be available by phone. (more...) |
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