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This fall Canadian Stage turns up the heat with an original Canadian production of David Ives' smart and sexy play Venus in Fur, starring Dora Award-winner Rick Miller (MacHomer, Just for Laughs, Lipsynch) as Thomas and Carly Street(The Good Wife, Broadway, The Stratford Festival) as Vanda.

Louise Pitre, one of Canada's grand ladies of musical theatre, is embarking on an exciting new adventure this week as her show ON THE ROCKS opens at Theatre Passe Muraille.

Canadian Stage opens the 2013.

Louise PItre is one of the grand dames of Canadian musical theatre, and this fall, she's back in Toronto doing something truly brave, unique and more than a little scary.

Angelwalk Theatre, Toronto's premiere producer of Off-Broadway style musical theatre, launches its fifth anniversary season in 2013/2014 with a new production of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical, tick, tick.

Canada's Number One live Variety Show, 'It's Always Something', Presented by The Keg Steakhouse + Bar, an evening of comedy, music and dance in support of Gilda's Club Greater Toronto, announces that tickets go on sale today at 10am for the 12th annual spectacular to take place on Saturday, November

The who's who of Canadian theatre comes together on Monday, October 7 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Elgin Theatre with the Chandelier Gala ? an evening of song, dance and comedy.

Mirvish passed away at approximately 1:30 PM this afternoon at home surrounded by family, a representative from Mirvish productions confirmed.

David Mirvish is pleased to announce the brand-new hit stage show adapted from the most beloved program in television history, I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE, which will play a strictly limited engagement from October 15 - November 3, at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Hart House Theatre, the University of Toronto's Performing Arts Leader Since 1919, is proud to announce its 2013/2014 season.

Over 18 years, Ross Petty has created one of the longest-standing theatrical traditions in Ontario with his annual holiday pantomime, a truly unique creation that brings Canadian stars together on stage for a remarkable run of theatrical fun.

Fly on the Wall Theatre will present a Staged Reading of Martin McDonagh's acclaimed play: A Skull in Connemara - the second in his celebrated Leenane Trilogy (which includes The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West).

On Tuesday morning members of the press and the Toronto theatre community gathered at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre to join David Mirvish in celebrating fifty years of the Mirvish family producing theatre in Toronto.

TAPESTRY BRIEFS, the professional, fully staged show resulting from Tapestry New Opera's 17th annual 10-day intensive Composer - Librettist Laboratory (LibLab), will take place today, September 19 - 22 at the Ernest Balmer Studio in the Distillery Historic District, 9 Trinity Street, Studio 316.

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) Co-Artistic Directors Laurence Lemieux and Bill Coleman have announce an eclectic and daring new season of four new and returning stage works for 2013-14.

TAPESTRY, Canada's leader in the development and performance of new opera, today announced their 2013-14 season including the Toronto premiere of SHELTER, a chamber opera by composer Juliet Palmer and librettist Julie Salverson.

THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FLAMENCO FESTIVAL returns October 13 - 20, 2013 with free Flamenco classes; singing, guitar and choreography workshops; film screenings and the Toronto debut of Flamenco superstar La Lupi.

BWW asks the cast of PIG, "How far would you go for love?" Bruce Dow, Paul Dunn and Blair Williams are the stellar men forced to use their well-chiseled acting muscles to bring this challenging story to life.

Last February, BWW announced that Les Miserables would be kicking off Mirvish Productions exciting 50th Anniversary season in Toronto! Also announced at that time were Aladdin, Once, Arrabal, Metamorphosis, Heartbeat of Home and The Last Confession, as well as Dead Metaphor and God of Carnage as par

In the centenary anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1, the play The Two Worlds of Charlie F, which was first performed in January 2012 at two charity fund-raising evenings at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, will start a new UK tour in 2014, preceded by a two-week run at the Princess of Wales Thea

Theatre francais de Toronto in collaboration with Ottawa's Theatre de la Catapulte presents le fa le do an energetic thriller by Luc Moquin, which combines music and theatre.

Mirvish is presenting their 50th season in Toronto this year.

Young People's Theatre presents Louise Pitre as Miss Hannigan and Sterling Jarvis as Oliver Warbucks in its fall production of Annie (TYA), along with Jenny Weisz in the title role.

Michael Dowse's THE F WORD made its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival this week.

Alumnae Theatre is proud to present a very sexy and very bawdy production of The Underpants.