Stage Door News
Toronto: Monkey Toast welcomes Emmy-winning writer/producer Jay Kogen on January 9, 2021
Monday, December 28, 2020
Toronto: The Toronto Operetta Theatre presents “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Toronto: The Panto Players of the Red Sandcastle Theatre present “The Twelve Days of Cheshire”
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Toronto: The Guild Festival Theatre presents “A Christmas Carol” online December 23-January 3
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Toronto: ACTRA Toronto names Jani Lauzon as its 2021 Award of Excellence recipient
Friday, December 18, 2020
Toronto: Expect Theatre and Arts Etobicoke present multimedia “BABBLE” online
Friday, December 18, 2020
Toronto: CBC will broadcast Tapestry Opera’s “Rocking Horse Winner” on December 26
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Toronto: Njo Kong Kie is the winner of this year’s Patrick Conner Award
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Mumbai: “The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries” by Outside the March opens a branch in India
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Toronto: Outside the March presents “The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries: Power Hour” January 18-23, 2021
Monday, December 14, 2020
Toronto: The Theatre Centre holds Residency Showings December 14-17 on Zoom
Monday, December 14, 2020
Toronto: Mirvish postpones remainder of 2020/21 season – plans to reopen in September 2021
Monday, December 14, 2020
New York: Stratford actor Dion Johnstone will appear in “The African Company Presents ‘Richard III’” on January 11
Monday, December 14, 2020
New York: The cast of “Jagged Little Pill” reunites for a concert performance December 13
Friday, December 11, 2020
London, UK: “Come From Away: The Concert” plays limited run beginning February 10, 2021
Friday, December 11, 2020
Toronto: TO Live presents illusionist Scott Silven’s “The Journey” in February and March 2021
Friday, December 11, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Perth Museum is building a 300-seat outdoor entertainment venue
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Ottawa: Black Theatre Workshop joins NAC English Theatre as its inaugural Co-Curating Company in Residence
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Melbourne, AUS: Melbourne’s “Come From Away” returns to the stage in January 19, 2021
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille to present three digital shows this winter
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
London: Grand Theatre’s losses are offset by insurance purchase before the pandemic
Monday, December 7, 2020
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre announces its 2020 Queer Emerging Artists Award recipients
Monday, December 7, 2020
Toronto: Pointed Cap Playhouse presents “Pointed Cap Cabaret: A Webcrawl Revue” starting December 10
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Toronto: Factory Theatre announces “The Bedrock Creators’ Initiative” for new play development
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Festival’s Alexis Gordon is featured guest in INNERchamber's holiday concert
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Toronto: The Musical Stage Company will tour “UnCovered” digitally across Canada
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Stratford: Soon on Stratfest@Home – Christopher Plummer in “The Tempest” and “Caesar and Cleopatra”
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
St. Catharines: The Next Generation Leahy performs in person at FirstOntario PAC December 11-13
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
London: The Grand Theatre presents holiday show “Comfort and Joy” online December 22
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company names Perryn Leech as its new General Director
Monday, November 30, 2020
Stockholm: Michael Cavanagh of Western University named new Artistic Director of the Royal Swedish Opera
Monday, November 30, 2020
London, UK: One Night Only reunites the writers and creatives behind “Come From Away” December 19
Monday, November 30, 2020
Kitchener: Lost & Found Theatre presents “A Lost & Found Christmas: At Home” December 16
Friday, November 27, 2020
Waterloo: David Connolly receives the Arts Awards Waterloo Region’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Friday, November 27, 2020
Collingwood: Theatre Collingwood presents an online reading of “A Christmas Carol” with an all-female cast
Friday, November 27, 2020
Millbrook: 4th Line Theatre welcomes Beau Dixon as an Artistic Associate
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Toronto: Why Not Theatre gives a sneak peek into “The Bhagavad Gita Opera” on November 29
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Toronto: IRCPA presents “Moving Artists Forward” with Kathy Domony and Andrew Kwan
Monday, November 23, 2020
Toronto: Monkey Toast welcomes Van Gogh Exhibit producer Corey Ross December 5
Monday, November 23, 2020
Toronto: Opera Atelier welcomes Measha Brueggergosman as Artist-in-Residence for its 35th season
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents “La Voix humane” – the play and the opera
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Toronto: Cineplex Events presents the National Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” across Canada starting December 4
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Toronto: The watch party for Against the Grain’s “A Little Too Cozy” is tomorrow night
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Toronto: TO Live and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre present Taylor Mac’s “Holiday Sauce...Pandemic!” from December 12
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Toronto: Opera Atelier’s “Something Rich & Strange” will now livestream on December 12
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Shaw Festival presents “Songs for a Winter’s Night” December 5-19
Monday, November 16, 2020
Toronto: Studio 180’s production of “Contractions” streams again by popular demand
Monday, November 16, 2020
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre offers free admission to patrons for the next three years
Monday, November 16, 2020
Toronto: Iain Scott gives Zoom lectures for “An Introduction to German Opera” beginning November 22
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Toronto: Soundstreams’ “Electric Messiah” reimagines Handel’s oratorio as a music video
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Toronto: TAPA announces #Lights-on, a venue reopening guide for live entertainment
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Toronto: The Second City will livestream its last performance at 51 Mercer Street on November 14
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Toronto: Lighthouse Immersive presents “Illusionarium”, an experiential magic exhibit, starting December 14
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
New York: Meet the cast of “Jagged Little Pill” virtually on November 12
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Millbrook: Call for proposals for 4th Line Theatre’s 2021 Digital Festival of Light & Dark
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Toronto: Grand Canyon Theatre and NFFN present “Idiot Vision, Volume 1” November 27-28
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Toronto: Outside the March’s “Something Bubbled, Something Blue” goes viral
Monday, November 9, 2020
Toronto: Against the Grain Theatre presents “Messiah/Complex” December 13-26
Monday, November 9, 2020
Waterloo: Theatre of the Beat presents “UNMUTE” about domestic violence starting November 23
Friday, November 6, 2020
Toronto: 2020/21 Dan Fund commissions for new musicals go to Anton Lipovetsky and Amiel Gladstone
Friday, November 6, 2020
Toronto: MOonhORsE Dance Theatre presents the 20th anniversary of “Older & Reckless” November 6
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada cancels the remainder of its 2020/21 season
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Houston, TX: Houston Grand Opera adds Margaret Atwood’s “Songs for Murdered Sisters” to its virtual winter line-up
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Toronto: Applications are now open for Crossing Gibraltar, theatre outreach for new immigrant and refugee artists
Monday, November 2, 2020
Peterborough: Applications now open for the 2021 Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival
Monday, November 2, 2020
Toronto: Canadian Stage presents “A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call” November 4-22
Friday, October 30, 2020
Toronto: The 33rd Weesageechak Begins to Dance goes online November 25-December 6, 2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
Stratford: CBC Gem airs the Stratford Festival’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” beginning November 1
Friday, October 30, 2020
Perth: The Classic Theatre Festival to shutter after 10 years due to Covid-19
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Ottawa: Plosive Productions presents three live episodes of the 1940s radio show “SUSPENSE” starting October 28
Thursday, October 29, 2020
St. Catharines: FirstOntario PAC celebrates its fifth anniversary with in-person and virtual programming
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Toronto: Toronto Fringe’s 24-Hour Playwriting Contest receives a generous donation
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Toronto: The COC’s Annual General Meeting highlights the company's successes in 2019/20
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Toronto: Jason Robert Brown’s musical “13” will be rehearsed and filmed in Toronto for Netflix
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
New York: Sankoff and Hein and the “Come From Away” team share memories of creating the hit musical
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert has posted scenes from “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Stratford: CBC Gem airs the Stratford Festival’s “Othello” beginning October 25
Friday, October 23, 2020
Toronto: IRCPA presents Tomson Highway in Zoom conversation on November 6
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Toronto: Cahoots Theatre accepting submissions from ENBY artists from across Canada
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Toronto: Eldritch Theatre presents “The Deadly Doom of the Dungeons of Duodenum” starting November 25
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
London: Grand Theatre announces its virtual Un-Opening Night for October 22
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Kingston: The first-ever Shortwave Theatre Festival, November 1-7, features original radio plays and more
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Festival launches Stratfest@Home, a new digital subscription series
Monday, October 19, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Shaw Festival announces November dates of its concert series
Monday, October 19, 2020
Toronto: Factory Theatre presents “acts of faith” by David Yee live-streamed November 19-28
Monday, October 19, 2020
Ottawa: The Great Canadian Theatre Company has partnered with Tarragon Acoustic to bring plays to GCTC patrons
Friday, October 16, 2020
New York: Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” musical receives 15 Tony Award nominations
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Toronto: Obsidian Theatre announces “21 BLACK FUTURES” coming in February 2021
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville presents “Phantoms of the Opera House” online October 30-November 13
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival commits to a 2021 season no matter what form it might take
Friday, October 9, 2020
Ottawa: The Great Canadian Theatre Company will not present a subscription season in 2020/21
Friday, October 9, 2020
Toronto: Torrent Productions will postpone its 2020 panto “Sleeping Beauty” until 2021
Friday, October 9, 2020
Toronto: Angelwalk Theatre presents online series “Backstage Tea” October 20-December 15
Friday, October 9, 2020
Blyth: The Blyth community holds an online auction fundraiser for the Blyth Festival
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Toronto: David Mirvish will present the Canadian premiere of “BLINDNESS” beginning November 17
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Ottawa: The National Creation Fund is pleased to announce eight new investments in ambitious arts projects
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Toronto: Rendezvous with Madness Festival cancels all in-person screenings and exhibit tours
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Toronto: All the nominations are in for the 2020 Tom Hendry Awards to be celebrated October 25-30
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company cancels the remainder of its 2020/21 season
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Toronto: Western University graduate and “Kim’s Convenience” actor Simu Liu becomes a UNICEF Canada ambassador
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Toronto: Le Théâtre français de Toronto is looking for a new Artistic Director
Monday, October 5, 2020
New York: Alanis Morissette and the “Jagged Little Pill” cast have virtual fundraiser for Biden-Harris October 13
Friday, October 2, 2020
St. Catharines: The Foster Festival plans 12 readings of Foster’s “The Christmas Tree” starting December 4
Friday, October 2, 2020
Toronto: Soulpepper is commissioning six new works from six female playwrights
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Peterborough: The Pivot Series of outdoor performances begins this weekend
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Toronto: Relive the creative energy of NYC’s iconic Studio 54 at the AGO December 26, 2020-April 5, 2021
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Toronto: Crow's Theatre presents “Ghost Quartet: In Concert” online October 27-31
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Toronto: The Royal Conservatory presents “The Resounding Concert”, an online gala with international superstars
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival cancels the remainder of its 2020 season
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto announces its online 2020/21 season
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre announces the Artist Basic Income Guarantee Pilot Project
Monday, September 28, 2020
Toronto: The Musical Stage Company announces its 2020/21 RBC Apprentice Artists
Monday, September 28, 2020
Cambridge: A recording of “Earth” from Vera Causa Opera’s Community Opera Fest is now available
Sunday, September 27, 2020
New York: The Metropolitan Opera will present “Hamlet” with a libretto by Matthew Jocelyn in its 2021/22 season
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Toronto: The Assembly Theatre presents The Window of Opportunity Festival October 7-31
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Toronto: Luminato welcomes Dian Marie Bridge as its new Associate Artistic Director
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Toronto: “Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show” will book guests from across North America
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Toronto: Against the Grain offers an Opera Pub September 24 and a chat with actor/director Fiona Shaw October 1
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Toronto: Fall For Dance North debuts live and digital experiences starting September 29
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Toronto: Opera Atelier launches 35th season with new livestreamed creation
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
New York: “Come From Away” national tour launches “Conversations From Away” video series
Monday, September 21, 2020
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre invites submissions for the RBC Rising Star Emerging Director Prize
Monday, September 21, 2020
Toronto: Toronto’s performing arts companies launch weeklong campaign to celebrate live theatre
Monday, September 21, 2020
Toronto: Laurie Anderson, Neil Gaiman, Chilly Gonzales, Tatiana Maslany to serve on Glenn Gould Prize Jury
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre presents new funding opportunities for theatre artists
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Toronto: Factory Theatre presents a free, entirely digital 2020/21 season
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto hosts Les Feuilles Vives Festival September 21 to November 8
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Toronto: The Art of Time Ensemble announces its virtual 2020/21 season
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Toronto: The Second City presents a new, live virtual show “Happy Hour” on Thursdays
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Toronto: Studio 180’s first event of the season is Mike Bartlett’s “Contractions” on October 23
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company unveils a reimagined fall season with “Opera Everywhere”
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Toronto: Canadian Stage presents Dance in High Park September 26 to October 11
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Toronto: The Royal Conservatory of Music outlines safety protocols for its indoor concerts
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre announces a nationwide multi-platform open call for submissions
Monday, September 14, 2020
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre and Mongrel Media announce partnership for stage-to-screen writers
Monday, September 14, 2020
Burlington: The Burlington Performing Arts Centre returns to live performances
Monday, September 14, 2020
Toronto: The Royal Alex will dim its marquee lights to honour Salome Bey on September 15
Monday, September 14, 2020
Kingston: Theatre Kingston presents “The Meeting” with limited capacity and physical distancing
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Toronto: Fall for Dance North unveils its live and digital festival September 29-October 18, 2020
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Toronto: Obsidian Theatre and Luke Reece announce the Black Shoulders Legacy Fund
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Toronto: Toronto Operetta Theatre posts video excerpts from the zarzuela “Los Gavilanes”
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Toronto: Opera Makers, the COC’s digital series for kids, expands across Toronto
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Perth Museum brings back Performances from the Porch this weekend
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Toronto: Musical Stage Company’s “UNCOVERED” goes digital starting November 11
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Ottawa: The National Arts Centre announces a gradual return to live performances
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre announces Marie Farsi and Rouvan Silogix as its new Associate Artistic Directors
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Toronto: Tickets to Opera Atelier’s livestreamed productions are now on sale
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Toronto: The Royal Conservatory of Music concerts feature reduced capacity and physical distancing
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Toronto: Monkey Toast with a live streaming show and Fred Penner on September 16
Monday, September 7, 2020
Toronto; Studio 180 Theatre announces a 2020/21 season of eight online readings
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Toronto: Canadian Stage announces cancellations and a fully reimagined fall season
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Toronto: The Second City reopens tonight with “Safer, Shorter, & Still So Funny”
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Festival lighting designers and technical staff will create the Lights on Stratford Festival this year
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada cancels its fall season and “The Nutcracker”
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Government funding for Shaw Festival to help boost surrounding community
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Toronto: What’s happening on the Bloor Street Culture Corridor in September
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Toronto: Luminato Festival Toronto launches a year-round programme, Creative Current
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Shaw Festival cancels remaining performances of “Flush” and “Charlie’s Aunt”
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Toronto: COC’s Alexander Neef to begin appointment as head of Opéra national de Paris in September
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
New York: Memorial for Hamilton-born actor Nick Cordero to stream September 6
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Toronto: Luminato Festival Toronto launches year-round Artists in Residence Programme
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Toronto: Chapter Four of “Ghosts of the Royal Alex” is out plus other Mirvish news
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
New York: Chilina Kennedy joins “Soldiergirls” virtual benefit concert on August 31
Monday, August 17, 2020
Toronto: Royal Alexandra Theatre to dim its marquee lights in honour of lighting designer Howell Binkley
Monday, August 17, 2020
Millbrook: 4th Line Theatre presents “Bedtime Stories and Other Horrifying Tales” October 20-30
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of August 14
Friday, August 14, 2020
St. Catharines: The Norm Foster Theatre Festival reports a surplus for 2019
Thursday, August 13, 2020
St. Catharines: FirstOntario PAC announces the 4th Annual Celebration of Nations
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Toronto: The Guild Theatre Festival presents “Back on the Stage” August 21 and 22
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Muskoka: Dot the T Productions presents 21 days of live theatre and music staring August 10
Sunday, August 9, 2020
London: Western University’s “Pandemic Julius Caesar” will be released August 20
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of August 7
Friday, August 7, 2020
Kimberley, BC: Acclaimed Canadian stage actor Brent Carver has passed away at the age of 68
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Toronto: Volcano presents the audio drama “Metamorphosis: a Viral Trilogy” August 17, 24 and 31
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Perth Museum stages porch performances to celebrate diversity
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Toronto: Against the Grain Theatre's Joel Ivany chats with renowned director Peter Sellars August 6
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Toronto: SummerWorks and Canadian Stage announce details of “We Were, We Are, We Will Be”
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Toronto: “Ghosts of the Royal Alex” continues with a new chapter and a new song
Monday, August 3, 2020
Toronto: SideHustle, an online marketplace featuring goods and services by arts workers, has launched
Sunday, August 2, 2020
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of July 31
Friday, July 31, 2020
Toronto: Due to popular demand Fringe Collective content will be re-released online
Friday, July 31, 2020
Toronto: CBC Arts’s Emancipation Day programming includes Ngozi Paul’s “Free Up!”
Friday, July 31, 2020
Stratford: Sidewalk Scenes’ production of “Romeo and Juliet” is held over to August 30
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival’s “The Tempest” and “Caesar and Cleopatra” return to Cineplex theatres
Friday, July 24, 2020
Toronto: Nightwood Theatre annouces the winner of the inaugural Louise Garfield Award
Friday, July 24, 2020
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of July 24
Friday, July 24, 2020
New York: Live recording of the late Nick Cordero’s solo show to be released
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Niagara-on-the Lake: The Shaw Festival extends its cancellation of shows through September 15
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Toronto: Mixed Company presents the interactive Zoom-play “To Work or Not To Work” on July 23
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Toronto: Beginning July 21 “Ghosts of the Royal Alex” – a new online six-part biweekly series
Monday, July 20, 2020
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company streams Rufus Wainwright’s opera “Hadrian” free on August 10
Friday, July 17, 2020
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of July 17
Friday, July 17, 2020
Toronto: Necessary Angel Theatre Company releases more videos of “The Resilience Project”
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Toronto: Outside the March and Theatre Direct present kids experience “Mundance Mysteries Playdate” August 10-September 4
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Sydney, AUS: The new opening date for “Come From Away” in Sydney is June 3, 2021
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party for “The Taming of the Shrew” on July 16
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Toronto: Tapestry Opera with support from Soulpepper will perform free “Box Concerts” July 1-October 1
Monday, July 13, 2020
Toronto: Toronto Fringe will return just over $27,000 to the companies of the Fringe Collective
Monday, July 13, 2020
Toronto: TO Live supports 100 independent local artists in its :living Rooms program
Monday, July 13, 2020
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of July 10
Friday, July 10, 2020
Stratford: Here For Now presents a six-production open-air theatre festival starting July 17
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Toronto: A pandemic-inspired audio play commissioned by Canadian Stage runs July 20 to August 1
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Toronto: What’s happening (virtually) on the Bloor Street Culture Corridor in July
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival cancels all August events and performances
Monday, July 6, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Festival actors present Parkade Plays at The Bruce Hotel starting July 9
Friday, July 3, 2020
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of July 3
Friday, July 3, 2020
Calgary: Broadway stars share what they love most about Canada in video from Theatre Calgary
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party for “Antony and Cleopatra” on July 2
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of June 26
Friday, June 26, 2020
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre announces retirement of Artistic Director Richard Rose
Friday, June 26, 2020
Ottawa: The Governor General discusses “How do we get back to the stage?” with Patrick Huard and Colm Feore on June 29
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Toronto: The Musical Stage Company announces its summer/fall 2020 programming, development and education plans
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Toronto: Music video from the Canadian musical “The Louder We Get” released for Pride Month
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party for “Pericles” on June 25
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
New York: New York: Metropolitan Opera nightly opera streams for the week of June 22
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company cancels all in-person programming for fall 2020
Monday, June 22, 2020
Toronto: The Théâtre français de Toronto’s 2020/21 season will be the last for Joël Beddows as Artistic Director
Monday, June 22, 2020
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents Tarragon Acoustic – audio readings from Tarragon's 50-year history
Monday, June 22, 2020
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre presents theatre classes for all ages starting July 1
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Toronto: Presenters and special guests announced for the 2020 Virtual Dora Awards
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Toronto: Toronto Fringe reveals listings of digital festival running July 1-12
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Vancouver: New research shows an overwhelming need to establish national networks of legal clinics to support the arts sector
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party for “King John” on June 18
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Toronto: On June 19 GhostLight presents “This Little Light” illuminating Black artists and creators
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Toronto: The Art of Time Ensemble’s Andrew Burashko holds a conversation with theatre director Daniel Brooks
Monday, June 15, 2020
Toronto: COC General Director responds to media reports of an early departure for Paris
Friday, June 12, 2020
Toronto: The International Resource Centre for Performing Artist presents an interview with Sondra Radvanovsky on June 17
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party for “Hamlet” on June 11
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Toronto: Sondheim’s “Follies” in concert is the season gala of the RCM's 2020/21 concert season
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
New York: Online stream of “The Wiz” starring Queen Latifah to raise money for NAACP
Friday, June 5, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival’s Black artists present a special live stream this Saturday
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Niagara Falls: “Oh Canada Eh? Dinner Show” announces it is closing permanently
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival changes viewing dates for streamable plays
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Toronto: The Toronto Theatre Critics Association has announced its winners for the 2019/20 season
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
St. Catharines: The Foster Festival welcomes the return of Emily Oriold as Artistic Producer
Monday, June 1, 2020
Toronto: What’s happening (virtually) on the Bloor Street Culture Corridor in June
Monday, June 1, 2020
New York: On June 1 the Red Bull Theatre livestreams a reading of the Jacobean masterpiece “The Revenger’s Tragedy”
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Toronto: Deadline for the 2020/21 Syd & Shirley Banks Prize for Emerging Musical Theatre Artists is June 4
Saturday, May 30, 2020
New York: Danielle Wade, Dorothy in the Mirvish “Wizard of Oz”, stops by “R&H Goes Live!”
Thursday, May 28, 2020
New York: The Metropolitan Opera launches a free online summer camp for students worldwide
Thursday, May 28, 2020
New York: American Actors’ Equity Association issues new guidelines for producing theatre
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Toronto: Nightwood Theatre replaces “The Lawyer Show” with a virtual “Lawyer Cabaret” June 6
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents “Possibility From the Future” again on May 30 and 31
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Toronto: Why Not Theatre announces the launch of the ThisGen 2020 Fellowship
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Toronto: Luminato Festival Toronto announces its virtual lineup for June 11-13
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Stratford: Rent or buy Stratford’s 2019 production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” starting today
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party of “Love’s Labours Lost” on May 28
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival celebrates its first season with “The Stratford Adventure” on May 25
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Toronto: The Assembly Theatre’s “Operation 24: Isolation Edition” continues today
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Toronto: Monket Toast: The Improvised Talk Show live streams with Fred penner on June 6
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Toronto: Tapestry Opera presents “TAP:IN Rocking Horse Winner Artists in Conversation” on June 2
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company presents archival opera productions in “From the Vault” starting May 27
Friday, May 22, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Festival requests $8 million in funding from federal government
Thursday, May 21, 2020
London, UK: All 37 plays of the BBC Television Shakespeare Collection available for streaming May 26
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Montreal: CirqueConnect goes behind the scenes of “Kurios” and begins the web series “Going Full Cirque”
Thursday, May 21, 2020
London, UK: May schedule announced for BBC’s short play showcase “Unprecedented”
Thursday, May 21, 2020
New York: The complete “24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues: Director’s Cut” now available
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Toronto: TAPA announces that the 2020 Doras will be presented virtually on June 29
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Toronto: Royal Alex to dim its marquee lights in honour of producer S. Roger Horchow
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre holds “UnGala 2020: Possibility From the Future” on May 23 and 24
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party of “Timon of Athens” on May 21
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
New York: Off-Broadway Harry Potter-inspired hit “Puffs” will stream on Playbill starting May 22
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
New York: David Hyde Pierce, Jamie Barton and Anthony Roth Costanzo headline “Opera Jukebox” benefit
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Toronto: IRCPA hosts a Zoom conversation with the COC’s Alexander Neef on May 21
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Toronto: Canadian Stage, SummerWorks and Club Quarantine unite to present live-streaming party “ESSENTIAL PLAY”
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Kingston: Theatre Kingston cancels the Storefront Fringe but announces a monologue writing festival
Monday, May 18, 2020
Ottawa: Beau Dixon presents “Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story” online on May 16
Friday, May 15, 2020
Toronto: Canadian Stage launches CS CLASSROOM – free online masterclasses by Canadian theatre greats
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party of “The Tempest” on May 14
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
New York: Lincoln Center streams past “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcasts starting June 5
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Toronto: Against the Grain Theatre launches AtG TV with interviews and opera excerpts
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
New York: “Hamilton” film with original Broadway cast will stream beginning July 3
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
New York: Playwrights Horizons’ Soundstage continues with Qui Nguyen’s “Outtakes”
Monday, May 11, 2020
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto offers artistic activities and events in French
Monday, May 11, 2020
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents an online reading of David Young’s “Inexpressible Island” May 11-13
Friday, May 8, 2020
Toronto: Musical Theatre Radio provides listeners with their music theatre fix
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival holds a viewing party of its “Macbeth” on May 7
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Toronto: Opera Atelier presents “Together/Apart”, a virtual showcase of music and dance
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
New York: Red Bull Theatre LIVE streams a reading of “The Witch of Edmondton” tonight at 7:30pm
Monday, May 4, 2020
London, UK: Famed producer Cameron Mackintosh says West End and Broadway will stay closed until 2021
Monday, May 4, 2020
Ottawa: Odyssey Theatre holds a free online reading of Sheridan’s “The School for Scandal” on May 7
Monday, May 4, 2020
New York: Stars in the House performance schedule May 4 to May includes Nia Vardalos’ “Tiny Beautiful Things”
Monday, May 4, 2020
Toronto: What’s happening (virtually) on the Bloor Street Culture Corridor in May
Friday, May 1, 2020
New York: Book about Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” album and musical to be published this fall
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Festival holds a “Coriolanus” viewing party on April 30
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Montreal: The National Theatre School of Canada offers online classes and theatre productions
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Toronto: Against the Grain Theatre holds a “La Bohème” watch party on May 5
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Toronto: DLT continues online theatre performances of Theatre On-Call into May
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Toronto: Factory Theatre presents an online version of Daniel MacIvor’s “House” on May 7
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Philadelphia: Opera Philadelphia streams two world premiere operas with librettos by Canadian authors
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Toronto: The David Seguin Memorial Award begins a Covid-19 special initiative
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Toronto: CBC Arts announces its virtual arts listings for the week of April 27
Monday, April 27, 2020
Toronto: Sondra Radvanovsky and Keri Alkema interview COC General Director Alexander Neef on “Screaming Divas”
Friday, April 24, 2020
Cambridge: Drayton Entertainment cancels four additional shows of its 2020 season
Friday, April 24, 2020
New York: Cast of Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” to perform on GLAAD livestream gala
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Port Colborne: The Showboat Festival Theatre cancels or postpones the shows of its 2020 season
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Toronto: Soulpepper’s musical “Rose” receives the New York Festivals Radio Award’s Gold Medal
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
New York: Sankoff and Hein share the true stories behind the score of “Come From Away”
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Toronto: Outside the March streams the film of Rosamund Small’s “Vitals” until May 5
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Toronto: CBC Arts announces its virtual arts listings for the week of April 20
Sunday, April 19, 2020
New York: iHeartRadio Broadway launches Saturday matinee series with “Jagged Little Pill” on April 18
Friday, April 17, 2020
Gananoque: The Thousand Islands Playhouse cancels “Back in ’59” and “The Music Man”
Friday, April 17, 2020
Stratford: The Stratford Festival launches a free online Shakespeare film festival
Friday, April 17, 2020
London, UK: The Phantom of the Opera starring Richmond Hill’s Ramin Karimloo begins streaming tonight
Friday, April 17, 2020
Toronto: Mirvish delays opening “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” to 2021
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Festival actors illustrate the problem of “speaking moistly”
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Toronto: Against the Grain Theatre’s new Chair of the Board introduces himself
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
St. Catharines: Essential Theatre Collective holds a live-streamed Quarantine Cabaret May 1
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
London, UK: Canadian actor Ramin Karimloo hosts a new podcast “The Hang with Ramin Karimloo”
Monday, April 13, 2020
Toronto: First winners of Mirvish’s Keep Calm marquee slogan contest announced
Monday, April 13, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Shaw Festival staff makes masks and garments for front-line workers
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Toronto: CBC Arts announces its virtual arts listings for the week of April 13
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Toronto: The Royal Alexandra Theatre will dim its lights on April 14 in honour of Victor A. Young
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Ottawa: The NAC extends performance and event cancellations through June 30, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Pirate Transmission presents a virtual reading of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” April 10 onward
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company helps out with free broadcasts and facemasks
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Toronto: Toronto Musical Concerts online continue with “BIG GIRL & Friends”
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Toronto: This week the Howland Company presents “Murder at the Winterhouse Theatre”
Monday, April 6, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival and Why Not Theatre cancel “Mahabharata” for the 2020 season
Monday, April 6, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival extends the cancellation of performances through June 30
Monday, April 6, 2020
Toronto: The Royal Alexandra Theatre will dim its lights on April 7 in honour of Shirley Douglas
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Toronto: Past performances from the COC’s Free Concert Series are now available online
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Toronto: Mirvish theatres will remain closed until June 30, 2020, at the earliest
Friday, April 3, 2020
Toronto: Factory Wired 20 presents a reading of David Yee’s “Among Men” April 8
Friday, April 3, 2020
Toronto: JUNIOR, Toronto’s international children’s festival, is cancelled for 2020
Friday, April 3, 2020
Toronto: Toronto Operetta Theatre postpones the premiere of “A Northern Lights Dream”
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Toronto: Le Théâtre français de Toronto cancels the remainder of its 2019/20 season
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Toronto: Help support Against the Grain artists impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic
Monday, March 30, 2020
Toronto: Nightwood Theatre announces a digital reading of Karen Hines’s “All the Little Animals I Have Eaten” April 3
Monday, March 30, 2020
Toronto: Vote for the Classical: NEXT Award for Against the Grain’s “La Bohème”
Monday, March 30, 2020
New York: The Actors Fund launches weekly series hosted by Canadian Emily Hampshire
Friday, March 27, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival extends its suspension of performances through May 25
Friday, March 27, 2020
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents telephone performances March 27-April 7
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius reschedules opening of “Ring of Fire” to August 2020
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Toronto: TO Live launches the new online series “Living Rooms” for local Toronto artists
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Toronto: Mirvish Productions shares what happened during the Spanish Flu of 1918/19
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Toronto: Outside the March offers “The Ministry of of Mundane Mysteries” over the telephone
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
New York: The Metropolitan Opera will offer free streams of its “Live from the Met in HD” catalog
Friday, March 20, 2020
Toronto: Opera Atelier cancels its production of Handel’s “La resurrezione” scheduled for April 11-19
Friday, March 20, 2020
New York: Actors from all five companies of “Come From Away” sing “Me and the Sky”
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival cancels public events and performances until May 1, 2020
Monday, March 16, 2020
St. Catharines: Patricia Vanstone to step down as Artistic Director of the Foster Festival
Friday, March 13, 2020
Cambridge: Performance cancellations announced to mitigate spread of coronavirus
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Toronto: All-Canadian cast assembled for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Cambridge: Casting announced for “Billy Bishop Goes to War” in St. Jacobs
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Ottawa: National Arts Centre’s 2018/19 annual report details its 50th anniversary season
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Toronto: Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg to become Officiers de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Stratford: Stratford Festival’s Laboratory launches R&D residencies and script incubator
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Toronto: Christie Darville named Canadian Opera Company’s Deputy General Director
Friday, January 31, 2020
Toronto: Four emerging artists invited to join the COC Ensemble Studio for 2020/21
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Stratford: Stratford plays on stage in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Toronto: A new production of Dave Carley’s “Taking Liberties” takes place at the Campbell House February 5-23
Monday, January 20, 2020
Toronto: Factory Theatre presents Marjorie Chan’s “Lady Sunrise” February 15-March 8
Monday, January 20, 2020
Toronto: Lucid Ludic with Why Not Theatre presents “Brain Storm” February 27-March 8
Monday, January 20, 2020
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius presents “Sweat” by Lynn Nottage January 29-February 15
Friday, January 17, 2020
Cambridge: Drayton Entertainment holds a PD Day Workshop for High School Students January 31
Thursday, January 16, 2020
London: Rebecca Northan stars in “Every Brilliant Thing” at the Grand Theatre January 21-February 8
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Toronto: Mirvish presents The Second City’s all-female revue “She The People” February 4-9
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Toronto: COC to host 2nd Digital Stage Symposium on Performing Arts and New Technologies
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre presents “Secret Life of a Mother” by Hannah Moscovitch February 6-23
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Toronto: Free theatre at Soulpepper for people 25 and under launches today
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Toronto: The Musical Stage Company and Obsidian Theatre present “Caroline, or Change” January 30-February 15
Monday, January 13, 2020
Toronto: Marie Chouinard returns to Toronto with “Radical Vitality, Solos and Duets” February 5-8
Monday, January 13, 2020
Toronto: Dancemakers presents the première of “Eating bones and Licking bread” by Lara Kramer January 30-Februar 1
Monday, January 13, 2020
Toronto: Panel discussion at The Music Gallery – “When Did Transparency Become So Opaque?” February 2
Friday, January 10, 2020
Ottawa: NAC English Theatre presents “The Neverending Story” January 29-February 15
Friday, January 10, 2020
Toronto: Tapestry Opera is looking for singers and pianists for New Opera 101
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Toronto: “Box 4901” premieres as Buddies in Bad Times Theatre February 27-March 8
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents Charles W. Wilson’s “Kamouraska” February 16
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Mississauga: See “Humans” by Australia’s Circa at the Living arts Centre January 18
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto presents “Exercise de l’oubli” February 5-9
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre presents a double-bill starring Mike Nadajewski January 23-February 1
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Toronto: Coal Mine Theatre presents Marjorie Prime starring Martha Henry January 26-February 23
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
London: The Grand Theatre presents “Fully Committed” starring Gavin Crawford January 14-26
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Toronto: Mirvish announces rush tickets to The Phantom of the Opera January 8-February 2
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Hamilton: See Rod Beattie in “Wingfield’s Progress” this weekend at Theatre Aquarius
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Toronto: Tapestry Opera presents “Jacqueline”, the story of Jacqueline du Pré, February 19-23
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Toronto: ARC presents the Canadian premiere of “Oil” by Ella Hickson February 29-March 21
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Cambridge: Vera Causa Opera presents “Dino Opera” and “Rapunzel” February 15-16
Monday, January 6, 2020
San Diego: Britta Johnson’s musical “Life After” is nominated for six Craig Noel awards
Friday, January 3, 2020
Ottawa: NAC Indigenous Theatre presents the world premiere of “Unikkaaqtuat” January 9-12, 2020
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Toronto: Alumnae Theatre stages “The Trip to Bountiful” January 17-February 1
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Toronto: What’s happening on the Bloor Street Culture Corridor in January
Wednesday, January 1, 2020