TORONTO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 289

Ross Petty Productions will present CINDERELLATHE GAGS TO RICHES FAMILY MUSICAL!, beginning tonight, November 21 at Toronto's Elgin Theatre.

Three years after its smash 18-week debut run in Toronto, Odysseo by Cavalia returns next spring.

Listening to Rita Carrey's debut CD Around Each Christmas Tree, it's obvious baby brother Jim, one of filmdom's greatest and most successful comic-actors, didn't get all the talent in the family.

Young People's Theatre has announced that the musical James and the Giant Peach has just been held over for a second time due to overwhelming audience demand.

Toronto based Alexander Showcase Theatre will perform Charles' Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" from Nov.

Harry Potter fans, critics, wizards and squibs can once again unite for a magical night out with the enchanting production, Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff.

Theatre Sheridan announces the line-up of shows for its 42nd season, featuring a blend of Broadway classics, rare gems and innovative, immersive theatrical experiences.

It's unlikely anyone leaving a performance of 'The Motherf**ker With the Hat' (MOFO) will be indifferent.

Chris Tsujiuchi returns with A CHRIS-TERICAL CHRISTMAS CABARET, Dec.

DOGFIGHT, the hauntingly beautiful musical by Pasek and Paul (Edges, James and the Giant Peach, A Christmas Story) and Peter Duchan, will receive it's Toronto debut in the form of a staged reading, December 1st and 2nd at TRANZAC (292 Brunswick Avenue), produced by Kelly Holiff and Jason Spetter.

Sometimes an idea is so crazy, it just might work.

I am pleased to announce the nominees for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Toronto Regional Awards.

Snow Angel is the first production by this dynamic Calgary company to be seen in Toronto.

BUYER & CELLAR is an outrageous new comedy about the oddest of odd jobs: 'an underemployed Los Angeles actor going to work in Barbra Streisand's Malibu basement' (The New York Times).

Soundstreams today announced its inaugural collaboration with Canadian Stage, as the acclaimed theatre company revealed Julie, a chamber opera by Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans, as one of the anchor productions of its globetrotting 2015/2016 season.

TAPESTRY presents TAPESTRY BRIEFS: BOOSTER SHOTS, ten original, provocative opera shorts brought to life in site-specific installations in-and-around the Distillery Historic District, for four performances only, this weekend, November 13-16, 2014.

After last year's explosive success, FireWorks is back with two more original, full-length plays developed at Alumnae Theatre: Burying Toni by Catherine Frid and You Have To Earn It by Ramona Baillie and Maria Popoff.

Tarragon Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of Sextet, written and directed by the prolific, award-winning Morris Panych, one of Canada's most celebrated playwrights and directors.

Simply put, Juan Chioran, with his at times hilarious, at times heartbreaking, performance as Cousin Julio, is the reason to see the Toronto premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' 'The Mother f**ker with the Hat.

Canadian Stage today announced details for its 2015.

Pleiades Theatre, with the support of Theatre Passe Muraille, presents the English-language premiere of TheSound of Cracking Bones (Le bruit des os qui craquent) by internationallyacclaimed playwright Suzanne Lebeau.

N THE QUEEN OF PARIS is a musical reimagining of Emile Zola's romantic and touching novel Nana, making its world premiere in Toronto's beautiful, historic Elgin Theatre on September 24, 2015.

Tickets are now on sale for the world premiere of Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical, presented by Starvox Entertainment, and on stage at the Panasonic Theatre (651 Yonge Street) from Feb.

World-renowned trailblazers in the world of contemporary circus, the Australian performance troupe Circa arrives in Toronto with their newest work, Opus.

At the Shaw Festival in its record-breaking 2013 season, all performances of Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia' sold-out before it opened.