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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Come from Away has a leading nine nominations for Britain’s Olivier Awards by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The Canadian-made musical about the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks in Newfoundland is tied for most nominations with Sondheim’s Company.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:55PM

Four Chords and a Gun, John Ross Bowie’s play about the Ramones and Phil Spector, comes to Toronto by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The play by Ramones fan and Big Bang Theory actor Bowie makes its Canadian debut April 2. And no, it’s not a musical.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Monday, February 18, 2019

Tyler Gledhill and Edwin Huizinga let their creativity take flight for Opera Atelier by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The dancer and violinist have co-created new work for Atelier’s The Angel Speaks, debuting Feb. 21 at the Royal Ontario Museum.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:27PM
Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Karen Kain will be the first Canadian to receive the highest honour of the Royal Academy of Dance by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Academy will given Kain its Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award for her 50 years with the National Ballet of Canada, making her the first recipient outside the U.K.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:11PM
Monday, January 28, 2019

Sherrie Johnson joins Crow’s Theatre as executive director by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The co-founder with Daniel MacIvor of da da kamera was most recently part of the leadership of Canadian Stage.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:08PM
Friday, December 21, 2018

Fiona Reid, Sara Farb to take flight with Harry Potter on Broadway by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Harry is a dad now, with a son who is best friends with the son of Potter’s nemesis, Draco Malfoy

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:46PM
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

National Ballet of Canada’s Guillaume Côté will become first Quebec artist to dance with the Bolshoi Ballet by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Côté will perform Romeo in Alexei Ratmansky’s Romeo and Juliet, a role he originated for the Canadian company.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:05PM
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Come From Away gets an extra nine weeks at the Elgin Theatre by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Tickets for new performances of the beloved Canadian musical go on sale Nov. 24.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:38PM
Monday, November 12, 2018

New dance show Grand Finale brings humour to the apocalypse by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Creator Hofesh Shechter sees humanity’s end coming within a century, but new work coming to the Bluma Appel theatre this week is, he says, full of communion.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:30PM
Friday, November 2, 2018

National Ballet of Canada announces its ninth operating surplus in a row by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Season that included the Norman McLaren ballet Frame by Frame and the company’s return to Paris ended $257,000 in the black.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:14PM
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Toronto theatre company and CBC partner on play podcasts by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

PlayME’s recordings of Canadian plays will be included in the new season of CBC Podcasts.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Stratford Festival extends The Rocky Horror Show to Dec. 2 by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Extension of 1973 cult rock musical marks the latest date that a show has run at the theatre festival.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:29PM
Monday, October 22, 2018

Toronto Star theatre critic Karen Fricker wins a Nathan Cohen Award by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Fricker is honoured in the short category for a review of a Soulpepper production of Hosanna.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:29PM

Opera Atelier prepares to make its Chicago debut with Actéon and Pygmalion by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The French Baroque operas about two heroes who fall in love, with starkly different consequences, open first in Toronto Oct. 25.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:29PM
Friday, October 19, 2018

Eric McCormack tends to his theatre roots with The Fantasticks by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The Will & Grace and Travelers star is happy to return to the Stratford Festival Oct. 30 with a musical he loves.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:11PM
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Toronto theatre designer Camellia Koo nominated for Siminovitch Prize by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Theatre prize will bestow $75,000 on one of four designers and $25,000 to a protégé of their choice.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Megan Follows to receive Stratford Festival’s Legacy Award by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Actress known for TV roles like Anne of Green Gables and Catherine de’ Medici in Reign spent two seasons at the theatre festival.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:07PM
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Luminato Festival chooses its new artistic director from within the organization and the city by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Toronto-born Naomi Campbell, who has been with festival since 2011, takes over from the departed Josephine Ridge.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:11PM
Friday, August 17, 2018

Shakespeare’s Othello, directed by Nigel Shawn Williams, leads next year’s Stratford Festival season by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Donna Feore will once again direct and choreograph both the festival’s musicals with Billy Elliot and Little Shop of Horrors.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:35PM
Monday, August 13, 2018

Opera Atelier’s Rossini festival debut to be released on DVD by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Toronto opera company’s creative team was invited to produce Rossini’s Ricciardo e Zoraide in Pesaro, Italy.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:24PM
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

At Overhear Toronto, an iPhone app lets spectators listen in on other people’s thoughts by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Adapted from a Saskatoon project, the SummerWorks presentation takes participants through the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood and through other people’s stories.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:59PM
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Bat Out of Hell — The Musical returns to Toronto in October by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Production based on the songs of Jim Steinman will begin its North American tour at the Ed Mirvish Theatre.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:29PM
Saturday, July 14, 2018

The front porch becomes a venue for self-expression in Porch View Dances by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

It began with a glance from Karen Kaeja’s living-room window and now the dance series is welcoming participants from outside where it began in Seaton Village.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

New Coal Mine Theatre season includes Toronto debut of Tony-winning play The Father by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The 2018-19 bill also includes sci-fi thriller The Nether, black puppet comedy Hand to God and a new holiday improv show, The Wonder Pageant.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
Thursday, June 28, 2018

The Stratford Festival’s director of new plays receives career achievement award by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Bob White has more than 40 years experience as a dramaturge and director, including 10 seasons at Stratford.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:02PM
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Jerusalem and Life After top 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Awards by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Jerusalem takes six awards, including Outstanding Performance for Kim Coates, with another six for Life After, including Outstanding New Musical for Britta Johnson.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:47AM
Monday, June 18, 2018

National Ballet of Canada named Best Company of the Year by French critics’ association by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

L’Association Professionnelle de la Critique de Théâtre, de Musique et de Danse recognizes company for its tour to Paris in 2017 with Nijinsky.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:18PM
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Fall for Dance North expands to six performances and two venues for 2018 by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Annual dance festival will include Adizokan from Red Sky Performance, Obeah Opera, the National Ballet of Canada performing Justin Peck’s Paz de la Jolla, and a commission from Anne Plamon…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AM
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Mirvish Productions provides bus service for matinee-goers in five Ontario locations by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Beginning July 4, patrons can travel to Toronto and back by bus from London, Woodstock, Kitchener, Milton and Morriston, Ontario.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:21PM
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Canadian Stage, Soulpepper Theatre and Musical Stage Company lead Dora Award nominations. by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Soulpepper’s 13 nominations come after a rough start to the year for Toronto company.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AM
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Best new Canadian play winner Bears returns to Toronto in Factory Theatre season by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

New season also includes a new play from Anosh Irani, productions that examine the internment of Japanese-Canadians and Black slavery, and a satire that turns the tables on men who objectify…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM

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