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ESPOIR/ESPWA (the word hope in both French and Haitian Creole) is a story of hope following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Artistic Director Richard Rose and Managing Director Susan Moffat announced Tarragon Theatre's 2016-17 season today, featuring an ambitious and exciting mix of eight plays from across the country and abroad including two world premieres by Tarragon Playwrights-in-Residence, two Toronto premieres of

Alexandra Vandelle, President of the Board of Directors and member of the selection committee, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joel Beddows as the new Artistic Director of Theatre francais de Toronto (TfT).

When I was twelve years old, my mother drove me from our small town of Battleford, Saskatchewan, into the 'big city' of Saskatoon to see my first musical: a touring company of A Chorus Line.

World Stage 2016 continues it stellar season with the quirky and poignant Portraits in Motion, with four performances only from April 13-16 at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre in Toronto.

Socratic Theatre Collective is proud to present the Canadian premiere of S.

Due to the overwhelming success of ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER, Young People's Theatre (YPT) is adding 10 additional performances of its ground-breaking baby show over 5 days, from February 22 to 28, to meet demand.

Tarragon Theatre, in a co-production with Studio 180 Theatre, presents the Toronto premiere of You Will Remember Me by Governor General's Award-winning playwright François Archambault, one of Québec's most dynamic voices, in a translation by Bobby Theodore.

BroadwayWorld has exclusive photos from inside the first rehearsal of A CHORUS LINE at The Stratford Festival! The company began rehearsals yesterday, February 16.

The Koffler Centre of the Arts proudly presents "Tony Kushner in Conversation" on May 9, 2016 at 7:00 PM at the Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge Street.

'All I can do is try to go back in my mind and try to figure out what happened last night.

The Alumnae Theatre's New Ideas Festival is an annual, three-week, juried festival of new writing, works-in-progress and experimental theatre, with a different program of plays each week and staged readings on Saturdays at noon.

Starvox Entertainment today announced that Torontonians will be reliving the '50s this spring with Forever Plaid, the Dora Award-winning, off-Broadway musical.

2016 will be a jam-packed year for The Second City Toronto with brand new shows like Hooking up with The Second City, Superdude and Doctor Rude, and The 77th Mainstage Revue, plus world-class adult courses and youth camps at The Second City Training Centre.

?The buzz for Drayton Entertainment's 2016 Season continues to grow with the announcement that Canadian R&B singer Divine Brown will appear in the award-winning theatre organization's production of Little Shop of Horrors at St.

Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts at The Royal Conservatory of Music, today announced the return engagement of cabaret star Meow Meow on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 8 pm, as part of the Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage concert series, is being re-scheduled to Thursday, June 23, 2

MOUTH CONGRESS, a reference to oral sex found in the Sir Richard Burton translation of the Kama Sutra, was founded in 1984 when Paul Bellini rented a beatbox from Long & McQuade so he and Scott Thompson could jam around the big freezer in their basement.

TIME Magazine's #1 Show of the Year, the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of MATILDA THE MUSICAL, is coming to Canada!  Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Dodgers, MATILDA THE MUSICAL is presented in Toronto by David Mirvish as part of his 2015-16 Main Subscription Season.

There's a thin line between brutality and bravery.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bloor-Danforth subway line, The Artists' Newsstand at Chester Station will host a Birthday Party on Thursday, February 25 from 4pm to 7pm featuring live performances, music and complimentary cake, balloons and prizes.

Starvox Entertainment is thrilled to announce the force will be with Star Wars fans on stage this spring with the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy show, written and performed solely by comedian and actor Charles Ross.

DanceWorks, Toronto's longest running contemporary dance series, proudly presents Sporting Life, newly re-imagined by acclaimed choreographer Julia Sasso of Julia Sasso dances, 20 years after she first premiered this striking work at Ottawa's prestigious Canada Dance Festival in 1996.

BroadwayWorld Toronto is thrilled to announce that following the success of our 'Road to Opening' blog series last year by Stephanie Rothenberg and Sara Farb - The Stratford Festival and BroadwayWorld will bring the series back this year with two new bloggers!Beginning Monday February 22nd BroadwayW

Producers Daryl Roth, Hal Luftig and David Mirvish announced today that original Broadway cast member Kyle Taylor Parker will join the Toronto company as 'Lola' in the Tony Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.