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by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur, adapted by Michael Healey, directed by Graham Abbey
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
August 15-October 25, 2019
Earl Williams: “I ain't important. It's...
Birds of a Kind
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by Wajdi Mouawad, translated by Linda Gaboriau, directed by Antoni Cimolino
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
August 14-October 13, 2019
Eitan: “All probabilities are possibile”
Getting Married
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by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Tanja Jacobs
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 25-October 13, 2019
Collins: “Bless you, ma’am, there’s all sorts of bonds between all sorts...
The Glass Menagerie
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by Tennessee Williams, directed by László Bérczes
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 7-October 12, 2019
Amanda: “In these trying times we live in, all that we have to cling to is...
Victory
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by Howard Barker, directed by Tim Carroll
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August 10-October 12, 2019
Ball: “I wish I could be more offensive. I really do.”
"A good play...
Rope
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by Patrick Hamilton, directed by Jani Lauzon
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 24-October 12, 2019
Brandon: “And for one who hasn’t a conscience, I can understand murder being...
Cyrano de Bergerac
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by Edmond Rostand, translated & adapted by Kate Hennig, directed by Chris Abraham
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August 11-October 20, 2019
Cyrano: “Regarde-moi, mon cher, et...
The Russian Play
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by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Diana Donnelly
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 25-October 13, 2019
Sonya: “So why is play still going on?”
The lunchtime play...
The Ladykillers
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by Graham Linehan, directed by Tim Carroll
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 6-October 12, 2019
Marcus: “It was a great plan, except for the Human Element. So many plans fail...
Beside Myself
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music by Steve Thomas, book & lyrics by Norm Foster, directed by Patricia Vanstone
Norm Foster Theatre Festival, FirstOntario PAC, St. Catharines
August 2-17, 2019;
Theatre Collingwood, Georgian Bay...
Sex
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by Mae West, directed by Peter Hinton-Davis
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 5-October 13, 2019
Margy: “To me all men are just assets”
I have long been waiting for the...
The Neverending Story
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by David S. Craig, directed by Jillian Keiley
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
June 15-November 3, 2019;
National Arts Centre, Ottawa
January 31-February 15, 2020
The...
Twelve Angry Men
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by Reginald Rose, directed by Marti Maraden
Drayton Entertainment, Playhouse II, Grand Bend
July 18-August 3, 2019;
Hamilton Family Theatre, Cambridge
August 9-24, 2019
Juror 8:...
Brigadoon
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music by Frederick Loewe, book & lyrics by Alan J. Lerner, directed by Glynis Leyshon
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 25-October 13, 2019
Tommy: “All the music of life seems...
Waitress
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music & lyrics by Sara Bareilles, book by Jessie Nelson, directed by Diane Paulus
David Mirvish, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
July 10-August 18, 2019
Jenna and Jim: “It's a bad idea, me and you,
Billy Elliot the Musical
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music by Elton John, book & lyrics by Lee Hall, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May 28-November 10, 2019
Billy: “Electricity
Sparks inside of me
Mother’s Daughter
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by Kate Hennig, directed by Alan Dilworth
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
May 27-October 27, 2019
Bess: “Women beware women”
With Mother’s Daughter, Kate Hennig completes her...
Nathan the Wise
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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, translated by Edward Kemp, directed by Birgit Schreyer Duarte
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
June 15-October 19, 2019
Nathan: “Unwarped of prejudice, let each...
Jumbo
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by Sean Dixon, directed by Gil Garratt
Blyth Festival, Memorial Auditorium, Blyth
June 14-August 10, 2019
P.T. Barnum: “The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment...
Othello
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Nigel Shawn Williams
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May 27-October 27, 2019
Iago: “Men should be what they seem”
Michael Blake has become...
Henry VIII
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by William Shakespeare & John Fletcher, directed by Martha Henry
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
May 29-October 27, 2019
Henry VIII: “This oracle of comfort has so pleased me,
Little Shop of Horrors
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music by Alan Menken, book & lyrics by Howard Ashman, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 31-November 2, 2019
Chorus: “Shing-a-ling, what a creepy thing
to...
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Antoni Cimolino
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
June 1-October 26, 2019
Falstaff: “I am glad, though you have ta'en a special stand to strike at me,...
Private Lives
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by Noël Coward, directed by Carey Perloff
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 30-October 26, 2019
Elyot: “Let’s be superficial”
The Stratford Festival’s most recent production...
She The People: The Resistance Continues
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by The Second City, directed by Carly Heffernan
The Second City, 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
May 4-September 15, 2019
“Fight For Your Right”
She The People was The Second City’s first sketch...
Walking on Bombshells
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by Phatt Al, Nadine Djoury, Stacey McGunnigle, Sharjil Rasool, Allana Reoch & Chris Wilson, directed by Chris Earle
The Second City, 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
March 19-September 8, 2019
McGunnigle to...
Corteo
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written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca
Cirque du Soleil, Scotiabank Arena, Toronto
December 7-16, 2018;
☛ Touring North America until September 1, 2019 – see below
The Dreamer Clown:...
Bed and Breakfast
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by Mark Crawford, directed by Ashlie Corcoran
Great Canadian Theatre Company, Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre, Ottawa
December 6-22, 2018;
☛ Touring Canada until November 2, 2019 – see below
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman, book by David Greig, directed by Jack O’Brien
David Mirvish, Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
November 21, 2018-January 9, 2019
☛ Touring...
Come From Away
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music, lyrics & book by Irene Sankoff & David Hein, directed by Christopher Ashley
David Mirvish, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
February 18, 2018-January 20, 2019
Elgin Theatre
February...
Volta
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written and directed by Bastien Alexandre
Cirque du Soleil, Grand Chapiteau, Toronto
September 19-November 26, 2017;
☛ Touring North America until April 19, 2020 – see below
“Low Voltage”
Luzia
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written by Daniele Finzi Pasca & Julie Hamelin Finzi, directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca
• Cirque du Soleil, Grand Chapiteau, Port Lands, Toronto
July 28-October 16, 2016;
☛ Touring North America until...