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Open-air concerts and late summer sunsets in the Heart of the City is what Chevrolet Indie Fridays are all about.

On Wednesday evening at the beach in Grand Bend, four fantastic Canadian musical theatre performers will be serenading beach-goers with some popular Broadway tunes.

Toronto's Women of Musical Theatre Festival concluded a week ago today.

While Anne of Green Gables-The Musical is enjoying the first of a three-year revival in the Homburg Theatre, many changes are happening behind the scenes.

Two of Toronto's most exciting indie theatre companies, UNIT 102 ACTORS COMPANY (named 2015's Best Small Theatre Company by NOW Magazine) and LEROY STREET THEATRE (The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; Much Ado About Nothing) are joining forces to open a brand new theatre space in the heart of Parkdale.

Massey Hall is thrilled to present Saskatchewanian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Shauf for his return to Toronto to perform as part of the Live at Massey Hall concert and film series with special guest Jennifer Castle on Thursday, November 23 at 8pm.

TIFF will serve up one of the most exciting duels in sports history to kick off the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival®.

On Friday evening, as part of the Stratford Summer Music Festival's cabaret series at Revival House, the incomparable Sharron Matthews hit the stage for delightful and moving show that had the audience captivated from start to finish.

The graduating class of Summer 2017 at Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts has launched into its final week of rehearsals for The Drowsy Chaperone.

This season at the Stratford Festival is the final season for the Tom Patterson Theatre as it currently stands.

The Shaw Festival's production of Liz Lochhead's sultry adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula - a feminine-focused take on the iconic vampire story - begins previews July 8 at the Festival Theatre.

The second part of a trilogy of plays penned by Kate Hennig is currently engrossing audiences at the Stratford Festival's Studio Theatre.

Special guests from Canadian rock band Loverboy, Mike Reno, Paul Dean, Matt Frenette, and Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve, have just been confirmed to join the special tribute evening for Kenny Shields on August 29 at Winnipeg Classic RockFest.

At a ribbon cutting ceremony earlier today, the Shaw Festival honoured former Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell's fourteen year tenure by renaming the Studio Theatre.

 A stunning new stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's famous North By Northwest is set to receive its North American premiere at the Royal Alexandra Theatre as one of the most innovative productions ever to be staged when it appears from September 19 - October 29.

Winnipeg - Over the years, many have tried to invade Shaw Park, but none have been as relentless as the living dead coming to the downtown ballpark on July 28th.

The Shaw's production of An Octoroon is perhaps the funniest, and certainly the most subversive, theatre experience this season.

The iconic hip-hop duo and founding members of rap super groups Wu-Tang Clan and Def Squad, Method Man & Redman will make their long awaited return to Toronto this summer at Toronto's Festival of Beer presented by the Beer Store, with a supporting performance by Canadian hip-hop pioneer Saukrates.

Midland Cultural Centre is thrilled to present Mary Black for the ONLY Canadian date on her final North American concert tour! Considered Ireland's premiere female vocalist, Mary Black will be performing songs that span her lifelong career during this concert.

Fresh off its run at the Hamilton Fringe Festival, Apsara Theatre Company in association with Dreamwalker Dance Company will present Someone Between at the Summerworks Performance Festival.

At one of their very popular community meals yesterday, The Theatre Centre made its first programming announcement for 2017/2018 with a continued focus on Residency work, supporting artists, and filling the role of culture and community hub for the neighbourhood and beyond.

Coal Mine Theatre launches the 17-18 season with Pulitzer Prize Award-winning playwright Annie Baker's THE ALIENS.

Misfit is based entirely on an actual letter written by screen siren Marilyn Monroe after her forced confinement to a psychiatric clinic in 1961.

An eclectic lineup of street performers from around the globe will converge on Woodbine Park in The Beach this Labour Day Weekend for the 18th annual Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy.

Massey Hall has announced 'Live At Massey Hall: Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton' on Tuesday, December 5 at 8:00 PM.