TORONTO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 225

The story of queer Jazz Age poet, Hart Crane, whirls us through a mythic landscape of New York: the docks at night, the vaudeville theatres, burlesque houses and boxing matches.

The Grand Theatre is thrilled to announce an extraordinary line-up of local and national, returning and debuting artists in the 2017/18 Season.

Premiering at the 2017 Summerworks Festival, The Chemical Valley Project is an innovative documentary-theatre solo-performance that investigates Canada's energy infrastructure and the role of all Canadians in reconciliation.

Miguel Gauthier, Katharine O'Brien, Nora Saliken and Eitan Shalmon are funny people approaching humour from some dark and unexpected places.

Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua is a wildly immersive and darkly comic new show by Dora-nominated writer/solo performer Justin Miller, opening August 4, as part of the 2017 SummerWorks Performance Festival.

Has Harry Potter reached cult classic level yet? It certainly seemed to last night.

Tickets are now on sale for the National Theatre's Olivier and Tony Award-winning production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon's best-selling book, and directed by Tony Award winner Marianne Elliott (WAR HORSE, CURIOUS INCIDENT).

Ross Petty Productions has announced the 2017 holiday musical-the world premiere of a brand-new title-A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE FAMILY MUSICAL WITH A SCROOGE LOOSE!

Air and earth collide in Rough Magic, a new play that follows the innocent beginnings and volatile consequences of a relationship between two unlikely beings: Ariel, an airy sprite; and Caliban, a ground-dwelling mortal.

For 8 (long and frustrating!) years in a row, performer/playwright Gemma Wilcox (from London, UK) has applied to the Toronto Fringe Festival Lottery, and NOT had her name drawn.

The National Ballet of Canada is home to artists who have come from all over the world to make Canada their home and to contribute to the arts and culture in this great Nation.

Spell-binding jams that beg you to dance and dance.

Neeraja Ramjee presents BROKEN IMAGES, a psychological thriller by acclaimed Indian contemporary playwright Girish Karnad, August 10-20, 2017 at Red Sandcastle Theatre.

Come From Away, the hit, new musical that began its life and development at Sheridan's Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP) had a strong showing at the 38th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, presented at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto last night.

The recipient of the 2017 Silver Ticket Award is highly regarded arts manager, community activist and activator Jane Marsland.

Through the lens of her real-life experiences with cancer, poet and playwright Priscila Uppal (6 Essential Questions, Factory Theatre) creates a magical and uplifting theatrical dialogue between two old friends in the new play What Linda Said.

This summer through February 2018 Allen and Karen will be presenting a new project Extraordinary TO Dances (X-TOD) and Solo Dance Exchange (SDex) in a collaborative three-phase dance project.

In celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary, The National Ballet of Canada's special project, 150 Pointes of Canada, has attracted interest and participation from across the country.

Pulse Theatre is bringing A Flea in Her Ear, the most famous play by the greatest vaudeville maestro, Georges Feydeau, translated by Mladen Obradovic, to Toronto Fringe 2017 (July 5-16).

Stratford Festival's Artistic Director, Antoni Cimolino is directing one production this season and it is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.

Veteran comedic theatre company Sex T-Rex returns to at The Toronto Fringe Festival for the fifth year in a row to premiere their first-ever puppet show, Bendy Sign Tavern, from July 5th to the 15th, 2017.

Written by women, created by women, performed by women.

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced that Principal Dancer Jurgita Dronina will be a Lead Principal Dancer with English National Ballet in London, England next season.

Bravo Academy's New Music Theatre Intensives will present the new developing Canadian musical Drama 101, featuring Toronto based Emerging Artists! Join us for 'a funny and thought provoking new musical about the challenges and joys of becoming an adult.

The heart-pounding 'O Fortuna' fills the Roy Thomson Hall to the brim with the sound of a full orchestra and over one hundred voices.