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With a little creativity, anything is possible.

In January 2018, Mozart rules at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO)! To celebrate the 262nd anniversary of the great composer's birth, TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian and Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie are co-curating the Mozart@262 Festival-four compelling programs presented at three differ

Opening January 19, Hart House Theatre is honoured to present a pivotal, American classic, The Crucible.

Last Sunday morning, Angela Gentili called the director of The Christmas Story at the Church of the Holy Trinity to tell her that Jesus, aka her 8-month-old son Samuel, was sick and would not be showing up for the December 10th afternoon performance of the Nativity Play.

Witness the drama and emotion of an entertaining family dinner fraught with secrets and tension when The Humans begins January 6, 2018, at the Citadel Theatre.

Thought For Food presents the world premiere of Dark Heart, on stage January 24 - February 11 at The Assembly Theatre.

On December 4, 1956, four young rock 'n' roll icons, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for the first and only time for what would be one of the greatest impromptu jam sessions ever recorded in music history.

Drayton Entertainment will bring their popular production of the world-wide smash-hit musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to Toronto.

Drayton Entertainment brings their popular production of the world-wide smash-hit musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to Toronto.

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David Mirvish will present The Old Vic production of Dr.

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the principal casting for The Nutcracker.

Following critically acclaimed, sold out runs in NYC and at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, SOULO Theatre and Canada's Queen of Solo Theatre Tracey Erin Smith presents Peter Michael Marino's semi-improvised, semi-scripted, solo comedy 'Show Up' which makes its Toronto debut on December 9 at 9:30

Tickets go on sale Monday July 17 for the irrepressible, big-hearted, moustachioed critter, DR SEUSS'S THE LORAX.

This evening, Friday, December 8, 2017, The National Ballet of Canada welcomed over 50 organizations composing Toronto's vibrant and diverse dance community, who attended a special, FREE performance of The Nutcracker at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, titled Dance Mosaic: Canada 15

Th tre fran ais de Toronto (TfT) presents Le Dire de Di (The Telling of Tell), a one-woman show co-produced with Ottawa's Th tre La Catapulte.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017.

At the still-tender age of 32, London, Ontario's Jeff Leeson (JFL42, MTV, SiriusXM) is ringing in nearly two decades (!) as a professional stand-up with Off The Cuff, his intensely riveting comedy special debut.

On Sunday, December 17 at 2 PM, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir presents its wildly popular Sing-Along Messiah, Toronto's largest sing-along classical Christmas concert.

If love had a sound, it would take the form of the colourful melodies pervading the air during the TSO's BEST OF TCHAIKOVSKY.

Returning to the COC stage after an absence of nearly 40 years is Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio (Die Entf hrung aus dem Serail) in a new COC production from Lebanese-Canadian Wajdi Mouawad, a playwright and director whose work is internationally recognized for its moral impulse.

Verdi's Rigoletto, a searing exploration of patriarchy, power, and commerce, returns to the Canadian Opera Company this winter with a production from acclaimed American director Christopher Alden.

On Sunday, December 17 at 2 PM, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir presents its wildly popular Sing-Along Messiah, Toronto's largest sing-along classical Christmas concert.

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announces the 2017/18 season lineup of Cannon Dolls featured in The Nutcracker.