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Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Civil Elegies will run December 3 - 24, 2009, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

CBC News has reported that there's a new kid on the block in Canada - the National English Theatre Company will launch it's first show, A Christmas Carol, on December 15.

Harbourfront's World Stage brings the Canadian Premiere of DV8's To Be Straight With You to the Fleck Dance Theatre for a limited engagement, starting December 2nd through to December 5th, 2009.

The World Premiere of Necessary Angel's Hamlet begins preview performances tonight, with its official opening happening this Thursday, November 19th.

STOMP, the international sensation, is making its triumphant return to Winnipeg's Centennial Concert Hall.

The Canadian Stage Company launches the 2009-2010 Season with the Canadian premiere of the Broadway and West End hit Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard.

David Mirvish is delighted to announce a change to the line-up of shows for the 2009-10 Mirvish Theatre Subscription Season.

The Alumnae Theatre Company's 'Palace of the End' is a searing triptych of monologues that present different perspectives on the war in Iraq.

The Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, known for its development, creation and encouragement of new work, has announced the lineup for its annual Play Reading Week which will run from November 19 to 28, 2009.

STOMP, the international sensation, is making its triumphant return to Winnipeg's Centennial Concert Hall.

Broadway's rockin' goodtime musical ROCK OF AGES is heading north, beginning performances in Toronto on April 20, 2010 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

On Monday November 16th, some of the biggest and brightest names in musical theatre came together to perform a special fundraiser event for the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Parfumerie will run November 26 - December 24, 2009, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Broadway's rockin' goodtime musical ROCK OF AGES is heading north, beginning performances in Toronto on April 20, 2010 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL: Last year we offered a Dramatic Reading of A Christmas Carol which was lots of fun and did put you in the mood for the Season.

MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, the new musical comedy based on a true story, seems to be a certified hit, selling more than 16,000 tickets at the 700-seat state-of-the-art Panasonic Theatre.

Necessary Angel's Hamlet opened November 19th at The Harbourfront Centre's Enwave Theatre, and BWW was on hand to catch all the fun at the after-party!

Audience momentum for MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING continues to build.

As theatre patrons somberly filed out of Alumnae Theatre's production of 'Palace of the End', it seemed as if the air had been sucked out of the small studio theatre.

Michael Rubinoff and Mark Selby present the return of TONY AWARD-WINNER JASON ROBERT BROWN on Monday, November 23, 8PM at the Glenn Gould Studio in the CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front St.

Described as a 'radical re-visioning of one of the world's greatest plays', Necessary Angel's Hamlet had its opening on November 19th at The Harbourfront Centre's Enwave Theatre.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS is the story of 15-year-old Eugene Jerome, growing up in Brooklyn in 1937, fantasizing about becoming a baseball star while observing, in his witty, perceptive and funny way, his family's way of living and rising to the challenges that face them with pride, spirit and a marvel

With the 2009 Summer Classical Repertory Season at a close, The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum broadens its scope to focus on activities such as its year-round educational programs and ongoing development series for playwrights, 'Botanicum Seedlings.

Ground Zero Theatre (GZT) and Hit & Myth Productions (H&M) present SPEED-THE-PLOW by David Mamet, a biting Hollywood comedy at The Studio at Vertigo Theatre Centre (115-9th Avenue, Base of the Calgary Tower), November 10-22, 2009.

TEATRON Toronto Jewish Theatre presents the winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle award for best play, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, by Neil Simon at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Studio Theatre, 5040 Yonge St.