All stories by Trish Crawford on BroadwayStars

Friday, November 20, 2015

Toronto Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Bond, James Bond by Trish Crawford

From Thunderball to Skyfall, the theme songs for James Bond films featured stars of the day and memorable tunes.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Monday, November 16, 2015

Julie gets North American premiere in Toronto by Trish Crawford

Based on August Strindberg's once scandalous Miss Julie, it’s the first opera presented by Canadian Stage.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:47PM
Saturday, November 14, 2015

‘Loud, fat and chaotic’ music gets Canadian debut by Trish Crawford

Esprit Orchestra performs Andrew Norman's Play at Koerner Hall Nov. 15

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:17AM
Thursday, November 12, 2015

A box seat tour of Toronto theatres by Trish Crawford

Box seats don’t have the cachet they once did, but they are charming, roomy and affordable.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:15PM

Young conductor Jordan de Souza having a breakout year by Trish Crawford

At 27, new Tapestry conductor-in-residence is leading top orchestras, including the Canadian Opera Company.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:57AM
Monday, November 9, 2015

Canadian Opera Company seeks its next stars by Trish Crawford

The COC awarded three singers prizes in competition to find fresh talent.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:52PM
Thursday, November 5, 2015

Honey, I shrunk the theatre by Trish Crawford

Ed Mirvish Theatre loses 900 seats for Gaslight, bumped from Royal Alexandra by Kinky Boots extension.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Women storm the stage of Koerner Hall this season by Trish Crawford

All-female concert series, Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage, features Anne Carrere as Edith Piaf Oct. 30.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:00PM
Thursday, October 22, 2015

If Joan of Arc were Muslim by Trish Crawford

Opera Atelier's Armide, the story of a Muslim warrior princess, opens Oct. 22 in an era of increased discussion of Muslim culture.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:11PM
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Pyramus and Thisbe, COC's brand new Canadian opera by Trish Crawford

The Canadian Opera Company's world premiere of Pyramus and Thisbe puts pressure on Canadian singers, director, composer.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PM
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Toronto production of La Traviata stars real life couple as ill-fated lovers by Trish Crawford

Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina and American tenor Charles Castronovo are a married couple playing lovers in La Traviata.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Monday, October 5, 2015

Barbara Hannigan to sing while conducting in TSO gig by Trish Crawford

Risk-taking soprano Barbara Hannigan will reveal her ‘party trick’ when she conducts the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 7 and 8.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:30AM
Sunday, October 4, 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet comes to Cineplex by Trish Crawford

With tickets sold out to the performances of Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, National Theatre Live will broadcast

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AM
Friday, October 2, 2015

Rockin’ barefoot Messiah to play at Harbourfront Centre by Trish Crawford

Against the Grains’ updated Messiah is moving to the Harbourfront Theatre in a Massey Hall collaboration.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:14PM
Thursday, October 1, 2015

So what does astronaut Chris Hadfield think about space movies? by Trish Crawford

He liked The Martian. He didn't like Gravity.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:55PM

Chris Hadfield's made-in-space album landing on Earth by Trish Crawford

The music Canadian astronaut recorded in space is being released as Space Sessions: Songs from a Tin Can Oct. 9.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AM
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Soundstreams opener a percussionists' dream by Trish Crawford

Hundreds of instruments — bells, chimes, gongs and toy piano — feature in Sept. 29, along with Adrianne Pieczonka and Krisztina Szabo.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
Saturday, September 26, 2015

Royal Conservatory celebrates a region’s resilience, 10 years after Katrina by Trish Crawford

Artists inspired by music from New Orleans, Haiti and Cuba perform at Koerner Hall to “honour” the strength of the human spirit.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

TSO plays scores of Vertigo, Psycho, Back to the Future by Trish Crawford

First up, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo with live music by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in honour of TIFF’s 40th.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:22PM
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Our Last Tango tells famous tango couple's tale by Trish Crawford

Documentary Our Last Tango follows tango dancers Maria Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Thursday, September 3, 2015

TIFF: ‘I Saw the Light’ actor Casey Bond talks about the Blue Jays, and how he went from the baseball diamond to the big screen by Trish Crawford

Centre fielder Casey Bond, who first acted in Moneyball, plays fiddle in Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light at TIFF.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00PM

Bicycle Opera heralds a new kind of ring cycle by Trish Crawford

A two-minute composition, played entirely on bicycle bells, is the way Bicycle Opera kicks off its opera program

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:15PM
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Michael Bell takes cues from Michael Bublé’s career by Trish Crawford

Decades removed from a Juno Award-winning career, Michael Bell is giving music another try, this time as a crooner.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AM
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Cultural institutions try to catch your eye with art by Trish Crawford

Elaborate photo shoots using underwater photography and a Porsche showroom are changing city cultural agencies brochures

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:03PM
Friday, July 24, 2015

Der Vampyr is an opera with bite by Trish Crawford

Opera written almost 200 years ago, onstage July 31, introduces the sexy, handsome, rich vampire motif.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Classical music stars at the Toronto Summer Music Festival by Trish Crawford

Toronto's only classical music summer program, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, adopts Pan Am theme of the Americas.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AM
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Buffy Sainte-Marie inspires indigenous artists by Trish Crawford

Native music steps up on the world stage with artists like Sainte-Marie, Tanya Tagaq and a Tribe Called Red.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:51PM
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Kinky Boots Toronto run extended to Nov. 8 by Trish Crawford

Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein musical about a drag queen helping save a shoe factory has won rave reviews.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:09PM
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Hurricane Katrina series part of Royal Conservatory’s 2015/16 season by Trish Crawford

Meryl Streep and the Takács Quartet, Bryn Terfel’s Koerner Hall debut, Joan Armatrading’s farewell also part of season.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:42PM
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Red Ride Tour gives aboriginal artists their due by Trish Crawford

Aboriginal musicians performing classical, rock, blues, grunge and hip hop genres cross North America on the Red Ride.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:25PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Murder and madness lurk in COC double bill by Trish Crawford

Groundbreaking Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung return to Toronto May 6, with John Relyea and Krisztina Szabo in lead roles.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic