Twenty years after its Broadway premiere, Tommy returns to the stage in a new production helmed by its co-creator and original director, Des McAnuff at the Stratford Festival. The spectacular musical that swept the Tony Awards in 1993 started previews on Saturday, May 4, at the Avon Theatre, and pla...
Disney Theatrical Productions confirmed in January that Aladdin, a new musical based on the Academy Award winning animated film, will play its pre-Broadway engagement at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre(formerly the Canon) November 13, 2013 to January 12, 2014 and will open at Broadway's New Amsterdam T...
4 Out of 5 Stars | The Eifman Ballet's St. Petursburg resident production of RODIN blew audiences away at the Sony Centre in downtown Toronto....
The third rock musical produced by the Festival in recent years, Tommy will be the biggest musical ever staged at Stratford. The show features massive LED screens and extraordinary automated set pieces that light up, explode, spin and tilt - get a first look below!...
Based on The Who's 1969 concept album of the same name, Tommy tells the story of a young man who, despite having lost the faculties of speech, sight and hearing, becomes a pinball virtuoso - and the centre of a celebrity cult. In a new production helmed by its original Tony Award-winning director, D...
Toronto's own Kelly Holiff is doing a very special fundraiser at the end of April called 'Hit That Jive Jack', which benefits The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Kelly is a Toronto based performance who has had leading roles in RENT, Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast and more. She is headlining...
Mirvish Productions presents the return of LES MISERABLES starring West End star Ramin Karimloo as Jean Valjean. Get a glimpse of the show in the newly-released commercial below!...
During the launch of the 2013-14 National Arts Centre English Theatre season, Artistic Director Jillian Keiley introduced the members of the new season's acting ensemble. Watch the video below to hear the actors' thoughts on the upcoming season!...
Carmen. The very title conjures up images of sultry, physical passion, unleashed emotions and anguished eroticism. Davide Bombana's 2006 one-act interpretation of the Carmen story, so familiar to audiences through Bizet's opera, brought all of these qualities to the stage in an unforgettable flouris...
The Canadian Opera Company has recently announced its upcoming season which will include a new production of LA BOHEME, the Atom Egoyan-helmed COSI FAN TUTTE and Peter Sellars' production of Handel's HERCULES. Watch the trailer below to hear from the cast and creative forces behind these works!...
Everything about this piece - choreography, music, set, costumes; even the long catwalk that extends into the audience - is stunning. Following the success of Chouinard's Orpheus and Eurydice (featured in Canadian Stage's 2011.12 season), another of her internationally- acclaimed shows arrives for a...
Niagara-on-the-Lake will once again be abuzz as The Shaw Festival kicks off its 2013 season next week. 10 plays and musicals will be featured on four stages from April 3 to October 27. Watch the festival's trailer below!...
Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST is now on stage at Soulpepper Theatre. Watch the video below to hear the cast and director talk about the production - and get a look inside the rehearsal hall!...
One of the world's most beloved musicals lands on the Stratford stage when the festival's new season opens in April. Watch the video below to hear Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino look ahead to FIDDLER ON THE ROOF helmed and choreographed by Donna Feore, now in her 19th season at the festival....
With only 35 days until the launch of the 2013 Stratford Festival Season, we bring you a preview of their 61st season with 12 productions taking the stage. Watch the video below!...
Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino celebrates the Festival Theatre's thrust stage, designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch for Stratford's first season in 1953, and restored to its original configuration for 2013. The heart of any theatre is its stage, and nowhere is this truer than here in Stratford....
Designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch for Stratford's first season in 1953, and restored to its original configuration for 2013, the Tanya stage is a living legend in North American theatre. Check out the video below!...
THE GIACOMO VARIATIONS, starring Hollywood icon John Malkovich, will play Toronto's Elgin Theatre, June 7-9, 2013 for four shows only. BroadwayWorld brings you a look at Malkovich's 'Casanova' in the trailer below!...
Stratford Shakespeare Festival's 2013 season, the first season with Antoni Cimolino as Artistic Director, will feature The Three Musketeers by Peter Raby, adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas and directed by Miles Potter. The production will run at the Festival Theatre, may 18 through October 1...
For its 50th year, the Mirvish family will present 14 shows in Toronto - its biggest season ever....
Today, Danielle Wade, star of the new Toronto production of The Wizard of Oz, appeared on The Morning Show to talk about playing 'Dorothy' onstage. Click below to watch the interview!...
Producers Bill Kenwright, The Really Useful Group, David Mirvish, Troika Entertainment & Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures present the all-Canadian cast of the North American premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new stage adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ, which opened on December 20 at the Mirvish Theatre. W...
Producers Bill Kenwright, The Really Useful Group, David Mirvish, Troika Entertainment & Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures present the all-Canadian cast of the North American premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new stage adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ, which opened on December 20 at the Mirvish Theatre. B...
Producers Bill Kenwright, The Really Useful Group, David Mirvish, Troika Entertainment & Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures will present THE WIZARD OF OZ with an all-Canadian cast for the North American premiere....
Buzz has been building for the Wizard of Oz all season, thanks in part to the fantastic CBC reality show 'Over the Rainbow', which allowed the Canadian public to vote for the young lady they wanted to portray Dorothy. Danielle Wade was the chosen one. The show began performances on December 20th at ...
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