BroadwayWorld.com has received an exclusive first look at the new Toronto cast of GREASE - THE MUSICAL singing an acapella rendition of 'Grease is the Word'! Led by Pretty Little Liars star, Janel Parrish (Sandy), GREASE - THE MUSICAL opens for previews at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto on Nov...
The Winter's Tale takes us on a great arc of emotion and experience, capturing the play's themes of death and regeneration, hostility and reconciliation (The New York Times) and dazzles with its visual drama, choreography (The Washington Post). A co-production with The Royal Ballet (UK), Christo...
'The Final Countdown' is over! It's time to show off your air guitar skills, wear those acid wash jeans, and tease your hair to new heights! Wailing with big chords, big hair, and an even bigger heart, the ultimate arena-rock love story Rock of Ages has exploded onto the stage at the Dunfield Theatr...
BAT OUT OF HELL star Andrew Polec (Strat) took a road trip from Philadelphia to Toronto to start rehearsals for the show's North American Premiere. Hop along for the ride in the video below!...
On September 25, 2017, the 2017/2018 Mirvish Subscription Season Launch Event took over the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Subscribers and media guests were privy to some of the great things ahead for this season of top-notch Toronto theatre. Click below to watch highlights from the event!...
As part of the Mirvish season launch event in Toronto - David Hein and Irene Sankoff, the creators of COME FROM AWAY, performed the song 'Stop The World.' Check out the video of their performance below!...
BroadwayWorld has a first look at the Toronto debut production of FUN HOME, slated for the Panasonic Theatre this spring! In the video, Hannah Levinson, one of Toronto's Matildas, performs 'Ring of Keys.'...
Prior to the Toronto engagement, BAT OUT OF HELL THE MUSICAL played London's West End at the London Coliseum for limited run through July 22, 2017. The show also ran at the Manchester Opera House from February 17 - April 29, 2017. Below, go behind the scenes with the show's stars before the musica...
Classic rock fans will have a chance to honour the legacy of Kenny Shields on August 29 at Shaw Park at Winnipeg Classic RockFest. This will be an evening dedicated to celebrating the incredible career of one of Canada's true legends with a final farewell performance by members of Streetheart along ...
The National Ballet of Canada is home to artists who have come from all over the world to make Canada their home and to contribute to the arts and culture in this great Nation. In this new video celebrating Canada's 150th, they share their stories about why they are proud to dance in Canada....
At a press conference held May 30 in the lobby of the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 235 nominations for the 38th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in the performing arts in Toronto....
Earlier this week, the musical Bat Out of Hell launched its North American debut with a free mini-concert on Toronto's Yonge Street. Mayor John Tory welcomed the cast of the musical, including stars Andrew Polec and Christina Bennington, as well as Meat Loaf himself! Watch below as they give ...
BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at The Stratford Festival's production of GUYS AND DOLLS directed by Donna Feore. Check out the extended 'Crapshooters' dance sequence below, featuring a 19 piece orchestra playing the 1992 Broadway revival orchestrations for the first time ever since that ...
STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL is the inspiring story of a championship ballroom dancer who defies all the rules to follow his heart. The classic dance tale straight from down under is on its way topside for a North American premiere in Toronto. The exciting production released a new trailer today, c...
Garth Drabinsky's SOUSATZKA is currently thrilling Toronto audiences and is steeped in Broadway-bound buzz. But would the producer even be able to leave Canada after spending five years as a guest of the taxpayer? The Agenda with Steve Paikin asks some of the easy questions, and a lot of the hard on...
The Broadway-bound, world premiere engagement of SOUSATZKA, with book by Craig Lucas, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., based on the original novel 'Madame Sousatzka' by Bernice Rubens, opens tonight in Toronto. Directed by Adrian Noble and choreographed by Graciela Dan...
Would he jet to New York at the invitation of Canada's progressive hero, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to attend a Broadway performance of "Come From Away," a musical that showcases the generosity of foreigners? "Absolutely not," the president said....
Check out a new CBC News segment on the comeback of theatrical producer Garth Drabinsky below as he gears up for the opening night of Sousatzka!...
The cast and the audience at Come From Away got a special treat from up north this evening when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stage ahead of the Canadian-born musical to address the audience. Trudeau is in the city to celebrate the show and to attend his first in the Broadway mus...
The cast and the audience at Come From Away got a special treat from up north this evening when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stage ahead of the Canadian-born musical to address the audience....
The Broadway-bound, world premiere engagement of SOUSATZKA, with book by Craig Lucas, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., based on the original novel 'Madame Sousatzka' by Bernice Rubens, is currently in previews in Toronto for an opening on March 23, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a...
In Episode 1 of our video series on the creation of Pinocchio, Set and Costume Designer Colin Richmond walks through his imaginative designs at The National Ballet of Canada's production shop and wardrobe department. Check it out below!...
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David Mirvish is delighted to present the Studio 180 Theatre production of MY NIGHT WITH REG, by Kevin Elyot, directed by Joel Greenberg. MY NIGHT WITH REG plays February 10 to 26 at the Panasonic Theatre....
Above the Elgin Theatre in Toronto on the 4th floor, magical things are happening. A company with 70 Tony Award nominations and 12 wins between them are gearing up to premiere a new musical, Sousatzka, based on the 1988 Shirley MacLaine film Madame Sousatzka. At the helm of the project, notorious th...
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