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Colm Feore and Antoni Cimolino chatted for Stratford Festival's An Actor Prepares series.

What better wisdom could there be in this day and age than 'Hakuna Matata?' It means no worries for the rest of your days.

While public performances have been put on hold, performers and musicians are finding ways to virtually continue their art!  Members of the Ottawa Bach Choir, Canadian National Brass Project, Montreal's Church of St.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke brings together his close friends for an episode of #TSOatHome featuring the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Friday, April 17 at 3:00pm.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra has cancelled the remainder of its 2019-20 season.

One Voice for Arts + Culture (OVAC) is a new initiative proactively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis on behalf of the arts and culture sector across Canada.

Mirvish Productions will remember and honour Victor A.

Toronto Fringe has released the following statement regarding the cancellation of the festival:

In light of the current recommendations and directives from the government and public health agencies, Why Not Theatre and the Shaw Festival regret to announce that the 2020 production of Mahabharata is impossible to realize in the current circumstances and must therefore be postponed.

Shirley Douglas, one of the giants of Canadian theatre, TV and film died on April 5, 2020 from complications due to pneumonia (but not related to Covid-19).

Sure, you can't go out and see live sketch comedy right now, but with award-winning troupe The Sketchersons, the laughs can still come to you.

It is imperative that we all play our part in containing the spread of Covid-19.

Toronto Creators bring their 4:20 , two-hander Canadian musical hit to INSTAGRAM LIVE.

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Barry Hughson, Executive Director, today announced the cancellation of the June season.

Slipped Disc has reported that in response to Symphony Nova Scotia cancelling its season on 13 March with 18 concerts to play, over 60% of subscribers are donating the value of their tickets to the orchestra.

Photography Festival 2020 Website goes Live on April 1, 2020 presenting highlights of the full roster of exhibitions online planned for Toronto's celebrated month-long May FestivaL.

As a result of COVID-19, the Grand Theatre made some dramatic programming announcements today.

Nightwood Theatre has released the following statement regarding their livestreamed reading of All the Little Animals I Have Eaten.

With sadness and regret, today Music Director Elisa Citterio and Executive Director Carol Kehoe announced the cancellation of the remainder of Tafelmusik's 2019/20 season due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

The annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, produced by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), celebrate excellence in the city's performing arts sector for professional theatre, dance and opera.

Toronto Musical Concerts (TMC) Artistic Producer, Christopher Wilson and Associate Director, Ryan Kelly offer a daily YouTube Live stream, BIG GIRL & Friends supporting The AFC (Actors' Fund of Canada) beginning Monday, March 23.

Out of consideration for the health and safety of their audiences, artists, and staff in the context of COVID-19 Pandemic and resulting local and Provincial states of Emergency; the WeeFestival has made the necessary, yet heartbreaking decision to cancel all events scheduled for May 4 -24, 2020.

Producer Cameron Mackintosh has closed the North American touring production of MISS SAIGON due to the effects of COVID-19.

Playwrights Guild of Canada has announced via their website that they will present the first ever Play Reading Relay for World Theatre Day 2020.