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  • THE VOYAGE OUT
    May 28 - May 29

    Journeys of exploration, of the world and of the spirit...(Read More)

  • June 30
    DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS
    Toronto's Theatre, Dance and Opera Awards
    Recognizing the outstanding achievements in Toronto's performing arts community, the Doras honour...(Read More)

  • TONY® AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL: JERSEY BOYS
    August 21 - October 5
    Dates have been announced for the Toronto engagement of JERSEY BOYS, playing the Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street. The musical will make its Canadian premiere on Thursday, August 21, 2008 through October 5, 2008. (Read More)

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Extended to June 14
Evil Dead: The Musical has been extended to June 14, at the Diesel Playhouse on 56 Blue Jays Way in Toronto. Performance times are: Monday to Thursday at 8 p.m.; Friday at 7:30 p.m., 11 p.m.; Saturday at 7 p.m., 11 p.m.

Ticket prices range from $19.50 to $75 and can be purchases at the Diesel Playhouse Box Office (56 Blue Jays Way) by telephone at 416 971-5656 or online at www.evildeadthemusical.com

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logo-theatreaurora.gif (8359 bytes) Theatre Aurora's second annual

April 3 - 19

The Playwrights of Spring Festival is showcasing four new playwright productions from Ontario with original Canadian content and has significant historical relevance for Ontarians. A Rustling is this year's feature pick and written by Ontario's very own playwright, Dalene Flannigan. It tells Canadians of a historical event that topped major newspaper headlines in 1927, bumping the Charles Lindbergh story.

The Premier Gala - Bloom'n Theatre - will open the festival with feature play A Rustling (Dalene Flannigan) on April 3 and will alternate evenings with Live'n Theatre - a three (one-act) play series (Naked in the Kitchen by Lynda Martens, Connections by Carol Libman and Midnight Rubes by Ron Fromstein) until Closing Gala on April 19.

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HUMBER THEATRE PRESENTS THE SCATTERED DUST OF ANTIGONE
April 4 - April 12

Humber Theatre is pleased to announce that The Scattered Dust of Antigone will open at the Humber Studio Theatre on the Lakeshore Campus on Friday, April 4, 2008. The Scattered Dust of Antigone is directed by Brad Krumholz and Tannis Kowalchuk of NACL Theatre and features Humber's third year students in the Theatre Performance program, with support from the students enrolled in the Theatre Production program.

The Scattered Dust of Antigone is an unbridled, multi-media physical theatre performance that Krumholz and Kowalchuk have created in collaboration with the third year acting students. Based on Sophocles' Antigone, the performance is an exploration of revolution, authority, resistance, heroism, and the physics of bodies in motion.

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HAPPY: A VERY GAY LITTLE MUSICAL
The First New Sky Gilbert Musical Since 1991!
April 17 - April 27

happy_display_09-07.jpg (10710 bytes)The Cabaret Company presents HAPPY: A VERY GAY LITTLE MUSICAL by Sky Gilbert exploring the very delicate balancing act that is modern gay domestic life. Sky Gilbert's first musical in over 15 years, HAPPY: A VERY GAY LITTLE MUSICAL is a fierce and entertaining battle between irony and hypocrisy as it dissects the sometimes happy, sometimes rocky life of a gay couple that also happens to write songs together.

HAPPY: A VERY GAY LITTLE MUSICAL previews Wednesday, April 16, officially opens Thursday, April 17, 8pm and runs until April 27, 2008 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto.

Bob and Dave have been happily married for five years. Dave, a composer, is tall, dark, straight acting, cool, calm and collected. Bob, his lyricist, is tall, dark, not so straight acting, and not very collected at all. They are hard at work on a new musical (called Happy!) and very grateful for the help offered by their best friend, script doctor (and committed alcoholic) Sue. Everything is just peachy keen until there is a knock on the door. A very handsome young man stands there. He says he has come to deliver The Evening Star. But to everyone's surprise, he delivers a whole lot more!

HAPPY: A VERY GAY LITTLE MUSICAL stars Jason Cadieux (Sky Gilbert's Crack, "Lilies" (Genie nomination), "Train 48") as Bob, David Tomlinson (Sky Gilbert's Rope Enough, Bethany's Gate, "Train 48") as Dave, Sharron Matthews (Sharron's Party!, Les Misèrables, Beauty and the Beast, Outrageous and her recent star turn as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz) as Sue, and newcomer singer/songwriter Jamieson Eakin (known to some as the sexiest boy to ever work the Buddies ticket booth) as "The Boy At The Door With A Big Surprise!"

HAPPY: A VERY GAY LITTLE MUSICAL is Sky Gilbert's welcome return into the musical comedy genre since Suzie Goo: Private Secretary in 1991. Sky Gilbert is a professor, drag performer and award-winning writer. Although primarily a playwright, Gilbert has also published novels, poetry, and a memoir. He currently holds the University Research Chair in Creative Writing and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph.

Micah Barnes, a veteran of the Queen St. West music scene, composed the music for HAPPY: A VERY GAY LITTLE MUSICAL. Micah acted in and wrote a song for Sky Gilbert's first gay play Lana Turner Has Collapsed! in 1980 and wrote the music for two other Sky Gilbert musicals: An Evening and Marilyn Monroe is Alive and Well and Living in Joe's Brain, both in 1981-82. HAPPY: A VERY GAY LITTLE MUSICAL marks the first collaboration between Gilbert and Barnes in over 25 years!

Starring Jason Cadieux, Jamieson Eakin, Sharron Matthews and David Tomlinson
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, Toronto
Previews Wednesday, April 16, 2008 and runs until April 27, 2008
Officially Opens Thursday, April 17 @ 8pm
Thursday - Saturday @ 8 pm, Sunday @ 2:30 pm

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Théâtre français de Toronto ends its 40th season with a new fun and up beat musical
Et si on chantait… (Shall we sing?)
April 23 to May 10

Inspired by the success of La, la, la, mine de rien, also penned and directed by Mignault, this production is composed of songs and stories celebrating happiness. The musical revisits the 60's, travels through the 80's, and dances all the way to now. The musical runs from April 23 to May 10, 2008 at theThéâtre français de Toronto in the Berkeley Street Theatre.
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Presents
An Italian Straw Hat
May 1 - 17
HatPublicity.jpg (17683 bytes)A Musical Farce by Eugene Labiche, Marc-Michael, translated by Lynn and Theodore Hoffman

In this renowned comedy with songs in the French 19th century farcical vaudeville tradition, the hero, M. Fadinard, is about to get married when an attractive lady and her irate lover pop up. They announce that his horse has compromised her by eating her rare Italian straw showFive and that they will not leave the bridal chamber until Fadinard has produced an identical one. The mayhem that ensues - mistaken identities, characters hiding behind closed doors, and all the other devices of French farce - create an evening of unparalleled hilarity. And all embellished with song and dance!

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new work inspired by painting BY Paul Klee
"Dance of the Red Skirts"
May 3 to 25
Theatre Columbus is proud to present their latest offering, a new comedy inspired by Paul Klee's 1924 darkly whimsical masterpiece, Dance of the Red Skirts.

Scripted by Martha Ross, the play will be presented at Tarragon Theatre's Extra Space May 3 to 25. One of Klee's artistic intentions was “to make memories abstract” and many of his paintings seem like imaginative dreamscapes.

The Tarragon Extra Space, 30 Bridgman Ave.

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presents
Award-Winning West End Production of Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY
May 8 to 31
myfairlady.gif (16768 bytes)Dancap Productions presents Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady, stunningly re-invented by four-time Tony Award Winner Trevor Nunn (Les MisÈrables) and Choreographed by two-time Tony Award Winner Matthew Bourne (Mary Poppins) from May 8 to 31, 2008 at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street. Christopher Cazenove, who played Ben Carrington on TV's Dynasty and Lisa O'Hare, who played the title role of Mary Poppins in London, star as Professor Henry Higgins & Eliza Doolittle. Marni Nixon, Eliza's singing voice in the 1964 film, plays Mrs. Higgins.
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Dove's First-Ever Stage Production Debuts
Body & Soul to change perceptions of beauty and aging
May 10 - 17

cast-grid220x220.jpg (17616 bytes)Ninety-one per cent (91%) of women aged 50-64 think it's time to change the way society looks at aging. Body & Soul, a new stage production created by Dove, will aim to do just that.

Working with internationally acclaimed playwright Judith Thompson and a national cast of 12 real Canadian women between the ages of 45 and 78, Dove has created a play that will celebrate the diverse beauty of mature women.

Young Centre for the Performing Arts
Baillie Theatre - Proscenium
Distillery Historic District

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May 28 - May 29 at 8 PM

Trinity St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor Street West

Guest Artists

Monica Whicher, soprano
Alexander Dobson, baritone

Programme

  • GAVIN BRYARS: The Adnan Songbook for voice, 2 violas, cello, bass, clarinet and guitar - text by Etel Adnan
  • DEREK HOLMAN: Daybreak and a Candle-end for voice and string quintet - text by W.B. Yeats World Premiere
  • RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel for voice, string quartet and piano (arr. Harold Birston) - text by Robert Louis Stephenson
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Toronto's Theatre, Dance and Opera Awards
June 30
Recognizing the outstanding achievements in Toronto's performing arts community, the Doras honour the creators of over 200 theatre, dance and opera productions annually in the following categories: General Theatre, Independent Theatre, Dance, Opera and Theatre for Young Audiences.

On Monday June 30, the awards will be hosted by Sharron Matthews of the iconic Sharron's Party! A VIP Reception will be held at the Rosewater Supper Club from 5 – 7 p.m. at 19 Toronto Street. At 8 p.m. the awards show will be in the Winter Garden Theatre at 189 Yonge Street. At 10:30 p.m. there will be an After Party in the Cascading Lobbies.

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TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL JERSEY BOYS COMES TO TORONTO
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DIRECTED BY DES McANUFF
Toronto Centre for the Arts
August 21 - October 5, 2008

The Toronto engagement of Jersey Boys will play at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on 5040 Yonge Street. The musical will make its Canadian premiere on Thursday, August 21, 2008 through October 5, 2008.

Directed by two-time Tony Award winner and Toronto native Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical and continues to break box office records since opening on Broadway in November 2005.

Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty.

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