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Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) will convert downtown Barrie into the song & dance filled streets of River City, Iowa in its upcoming rendition of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, tonight, Sept.

Young People's Theatre (YPT) has announced its participation in the Welcome to the Arts initiative, which aims to connect Syrian refugees with the Canadian artistic community.

The Next Stage Theatre Festival returns this January with a lineup of ten theatre companies that showcase the very best indie theatre in the country.

Alumnae Theatre Company's 2016-17 season opens with THIS, a 2010 play written by Canadian-born, New York City-based playwright and House of Cards showrunner Melissa James Gibson, running from Friday, September 16 until Saturday, October 1, 2016.

Beginning this week, TD presents The 10th Annual Manifesto Festival of Community & Culture (MNFSTO10) celebrates ten successful years with ten incredible days of music, art exhibitions, dance showcases, community summits, and more across the city of Toronto from September 9 - 18, 2016.

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is pleased to announce the film and video works that will be presented as part of the 17th Annual Festival, October 19-23, 2016 in Toronto.

What is there left to do when you have one bullet, one granola bar, and one zombie blocking the only exit? That's the dilemma facing these two survivors of the zombie apocalypse.

Unlike anything you've seen or experienced before, THE BOX is the exclusive 'cabaret nouveau' theatre of varieties concept anchored in New York and London.

The Canadian Opera Company's acclaimed Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre returns this fall for its 11th season, once again offering a dynamic showcase of Toronto's cultural and artistic diversity.

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in November 2016.

 Starvox Entertainment is pleased to announce casting for the Canadian debut of GRAEME OF THRONES.

Interested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors? BWW is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to complement our existing feature coverage in Toronto, Canada! All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an enthusiasm for giving local theaters and prod

On Saturday, November 26, iconic American composer Philip Glass will be awarded The Eleventh Glenn Gould Prize at an exclusive concert in his honour, presented by The Glenn Gould Foundation and the NAC Orchestra.

The Patrick Conner Award Committee is pleased to announce that the recipients of the 2016 Patrick Conner Award are GEORGINA BEATY and SARAH PITTOELLO.

The Stratford Festival's production of THE AENEID, currently playing in repertory at the Studio Theatre, is not your standard version of Virgil's classic epic.

The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, will open at the Royal Ontario Museum on November 12, 2016.

A new iteration of the suburban teen thriller Concord Floral written by Jordan Tannahill, directed by Erin Brubacher and Cara Spooner, and inspired by the medieval allegory The Decameron, will open Canadian Stage's 16.

The Second City is proud to present the 78th Mainstage Revue, Come What Mayhem!, opening Today, August 30, 2016 for an extended engagement.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a student rush ticket policy for the show's Calgary engagement, which begins Tuesday September 6, 2016 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium and plays a limited one-week engagement through Sunday

From October 12 - November 6, Pleiades Theatre, in co-production with Theatre francais de Toronto, presents the Toronto premiere of The (Post) Mistress (in English, from October 25 to November 6) and Zesty Gopher s'est fait ecraser par un frigo (in French, from October 12 to 23), the latest musical

Director, Carey Perloff has assembled a stellar cast for the Stratford Festival's production of Henrik Ibsen's JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN at the Tom Patterson Theatre.

Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present the World Premiere Youth Production of Bremen Rock City with Music by Colleen Dauncey, Lyrics by Akiva Romer Segal and Book by Sara Farb.

Harbourfront Centre is delighted to present TAIWANfest: A Cultural Tango with Hong Kong, August 26-28, co-produced by Asian Canadian Special Events Association.

Opening September 16, Hart House Theatre is pleased to partner with Canadian Rep and and ENSEMBLE: Canadian Youth Theatre to present an epic tale by one of Canada's finest playwrights.

The Coal Mine, a new independent theatre in Toronto's east end, founded by Chief Engineers Diana Bentley and Ted Dykstra, proudly presents their third season of fearlessly challenging plays, produced, directed, designed and performed at the highest possible level.