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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

Monday, May 28, 2018

Canadian country singer George Canyon to play Teen Angel in Grease: The Musical by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Also making cameos in Toronto are Mark Ballas of Dancing With the Stars, Logan Henderson and Drake Bell.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:21PM

CanadaHub brings five new productions to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Controversial Daughter and Native Earth Performing Arts’ Huff are among the works heading to Scotland in August.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:14PM

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Stratford Festival’s two musicals this season couldn’t be more different. Donna Feore is directing and choreographing both by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

After past hits such as Guys and Dolls and A Chorus Line, Donna Feore takes on The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show, and finds their leading men have things in common.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:45PM

A transvestite and a travelling salesman walk into a theatre … a look at the leads in The Rocky Horror Show and The Music Man by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

We compared Frank N. Furter to Harold Hill, the con man stars of the two very different musicals onstage at the Stratford Festival.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AM

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Steven Page and Bruce Dow lead new Festival Players of Prince Edward County season by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The 2018 season, the first under new artistic director Graham Abbey, also includes remounts of The Drawer Boy, A Beautiful View and Blind Date.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:37PM

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

In the Toronto theatre named for his mother, viewers can watch Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Mirvish throws open the Princess of Wales Theatre for a royal wedding viewing party for 2,000.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:15PM

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Brampton’s Rose Theatre unveils first season under Brendan Healy by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Former Buddies in Bad Times artistic director aims to capture city’s ‘eclectic dynamism’.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:48PM

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Janel Parrish returns to Toronto with Grease the Musical by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The Pretty Little Liars actress got engaged in Toronto last fall and returns to play Sandy in musical version of 1978 film.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:00PM

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Come From Away actress is coming from away to host the Dora Awards by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Astrid Van Wieren, Beulah in the Broadway version of the hit musical, will spend her day off in Toronto hosting theatre awards.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:17PM

Friday, March 23, 2018

Crow’s Theatre announces its largest season yet for 2018-19 by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

New season includes bringing Shaw Festival hit Middletown to Toronto and several documentary plays, such as Pulitzer finalist The Wolves.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:34PM

Monday, March 19, 2018

Toronto Dance Theatre celebrates 50 years by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

Modern dance company founded in 1968 by Patricia Beatty, David Earle and Peter Randazzo still thriving under artistic director Christopher House.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:45PM

Thursday, February 22, 2018

A remount of Djanet Sears' Othello prequel Harlem Duet opens new Tarragon Theatre Season by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The 2018/19 bill also features a new play from Daniel MacIvor, the Toronto debut of Hannah Moscovitch's Edinburgh Fringe hit Old Stock and Kiviuq Returns: An Inuit Epic.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:07PM

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

New Canadian Stage season features collaborations between homegrown artists by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

It includes new work by Betroffenheit creators Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young, Kim Collier and Daniel Brooks, Peggy Baker and Arcade Fire members, and a Jordan Tannahill-Akram Khan collabor…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:52PM

Tuesday, February 13, 2018