http://www.theatermania.com/ RSS to find Canada theater listings for any show, including news, reviews, photos and more at TheaterMania.com! Get discount tickets too! en-us Copyright 2009 TheaterMania.com Inc. http://www.theatermania.com/images/rss.gif http://www.theatermania.com/ 4/28/2010 - 5/10/2010. Here, a father finds himself being phased-out of his son's life while we watch the extraordinary lengths used to hold on to him. Together on a bare stage, trapped in a 'cage', actors and spectators will face the challenge of Bartlett's sharp, fast-paced dialogue. 2009-04-12T01:24:27+00:00 2010-04-28 2010-05-10 Mainline Theatre, 3997 Boulevard St-Laurent, Delorimier, QC, H2W Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/my-child_154170/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/my-child_154170/ 4/28/2010 - 5/10/2010. Riverside Drive by Woody Allen offers up Allen's continuing preoccupation with people who rationalize their actions, hide what they're doing and inevitably slip into sexual deception. 2009-04-12T01:19:38+00:00 2010-04-28 2010-05-10 Mainline Theatre, 3997 Boulevard St-Laurent, Delorimier, QC, H2W Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/riverside-drive_154169/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/riverside-drive_154169/ opens 4/27/2010. It's 1987 and the final countdown is on for a legendary Hollywood rock club facing its demise at the hands of eager developers. When a young rocker hungry for his big break and a small town girl chasing her dreams land on the scene at this infamous venue, how far will ambition drive them? And will... 2009-10-22T11:45:50+00:00 2010-04-27 1900-01-01 Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V1H9 Musical Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/rock-of-ages_160826/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/rock-of-ages_160826/ 4/16/2010 - 5/1/2010. Set in snowbound London of 1483, and inspired by Shakespeare's Richard III, six noblewomen battle - using lies and innuendo couched in elegant, poetic language - to win the favour of the new monarch. 2009-08-28T14:08:03+00:00 2010-04-16 2010-05-01 Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2W6 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-queens_159001/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-queens_159001/ 3/10/2010 - 3/27/2010. The New Ideas Festival, now in its 22nd year, showcases never-before-performed short plays and experimental works, providing the writers (from Canada and elsewhere) with the opportunity to hear directly from the audience in the development of their work. Weekly talkback sessions give... 2009-08-28T14:03:51+00:00 2010-03-10 2010-03-27 Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2W6 Festival. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/new-ideas-festival_158999/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/new-ideas-festival_158999/ 2/15/2010 - 3/13/2010. Future Folk uses the vocabulary of Filipino folk arts to tell the story of Filipina nannies in Toronto whose labour under Canada's notorious Live-In Caregiver Program is the subject of this powerful multi-disciplinary work. 2009-04-11T01:34:39+00:00 2010-02-15 2010-03-13 Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2P3 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/future-folk_154143/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/future-folk_154143/ 2/2/2010 - 3/7/2010. Set in Toronto's Orthodox Jewish community, Yicud (Seclusion) is an unforgiving, tender and humorous exploration of the universal desire for intimacy, and how we cope with the repression of that desire. 2009-08-30T13:16:46+00:00 2010-02-02 2010-03-07 Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2P3 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/yichud-seclusion_159042/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/yichud-seclusion_159042/ 2/1/2010 - 3/6/2010. Yichud (Seclusion) is set in Toronto's Orthodox Jewish community, and has a story that is accessible to all. It is an unforgiving, tender and humorous exploration of the universal desire for intimacy, and how we cope with the repression of that desire. It also provides a window into an... 2009-04-11T01:34:30+00:00 2010-02-01 2010-03-06 Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2P3 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/yichud-seclusion_154142/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/yichud-seclusion_154142/ 1/15/2010 - 1/30/2010. Hay Fever "has no mission but to delight", and it's been doing just that for 85 years. Each member of the eccentric and unconventional Bliss family - without consulting the others - invites a guest to spend the weekend at their country house. Naturally this causes much... 2009-08-28T13:52:35+00:00 2010-01-15 2010-01-30 Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2W6 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/hay-fever_158997/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/hay-fever_158997/ 1/11/2010 - 2/6/2010. Such Creatures addresses the life and death choices we make that create our stories; two deeply linked monologues show us the often astonishing courage and resilience of the young human being during earth shattering moments. 2009-04-11T01:04:35+00:00 2010-01-11 2010-02-06 Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2P3 Art/Museum. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/such-creatures_154139/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/such-creatures_154139/ 12/4/2009 - 1/3/2010. In this reimagining of the British legend, Robin must win over Maid Marion while continuing to elude the Sheriff of Nottingham, CEO of Nottingham Lumber, who is about to raze Sherwood Forest in order to keep his company the leader in its field. 2009-09-29T11:19:22+00:00 2009-12-04 2010-01-03 Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M4 Ross Petty Productions Musical.Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/robin-hood-the-environmental-family-musical_160032/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/robin-hood-the-environmental-family-musical_160032/ 12/2/2009 - 12/12/2009. On a lonely road on the island of Inishmore, someone has killed Wee Thomas, the beloved cat of Padraic, an Irish Liberation Army enforcer. He'll want to know who when he gets back from a stint of torture and chip-shop bombing in Northern Ireland. He loves his cat more than life itself, and someone... 2009-09-14T14:35:12+00:00 2009-12-02 2009-12-12 Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley St, Toronto, ON, Rep 21 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-lieutenant-of-inishmore_159495/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-lieutenant-of-inishmore_159495/ 11/20/2009. Based on a true story, My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding tells the story of a mother and her teen-aged son. The mother feels lost in life, wrestling with her identity. A new job brings new opportunities and with it a chance to truly find herself, discovering her sexuality,... 2009-10-28T16:23:01+00:00 2009-11-20 2009-11-20 The Panasonic Theater, 651 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1Z9 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/my-mothers-lesbian-jewish-wiccan-wedding_161026/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/my-mothers-lesbian-jewish-wiccan-wedding_161026/ 11/19/2009 - 11/29/2009. World Premiere! A radical re-visioning of one of the world's greatest plays. Toronto's Necessary Angel partners with one of the UK's most provocative theatre makers, director and designer Graham McLaren (Medea, Theatre Babel), to investigate a rigorously pared down Hamlet, combining the... 2009-10-06T13:22:52+00:00 2009-11-19 2009-11-29 Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2Z3 Necessary Angel Drama. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/necessary-angels-hamlet_160312/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/necessary-angels-hamlet_160312/ 11/15/2009 - 12/30/2009. Mean Girls meets the Brothers Grimm in this modern take on The Goose Girl fairytale about a pampered princess and her hard-working handmaiden. As the two girls set off on a quest to save an ailing king in a far away land, the scheming handmaiden takes the place of the princess and abandons her in... 2009-10-08T15:25:52+00:00 2009-11-15 2009-12-30 Lorraine Kisma Theatre for Young People, 165 Front Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 3Z4 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-princess-and-the-handmaiden_160417/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-princess-and-the-handmaiden_160417/ 11/13/2009 - 11/28/2009. The play consists of three monologues, which present very different perspectives on the war in Iraq. Based on real people, the speakers are a young and pregnant U.S. soldier accused of abusing prisoners; a British weapons inspector who exposed his country's justifications for the invasion; and a... 2009-08-28T13:48:59+00:00 2009-11-13 2009-11-28 Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2W6 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/palace-of-the-end_158996/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/palace-of-the-end_158996/ 11/13/2009 - 11/29/2009. The Weeping Salsa explores the relationship of Danny and Adele (performed by Cubrt and Donna Christo), a pair of star-crossed lovers whose lives are inextricably tied together well after their love affair has ended. We first meet them in dark circumstances where Danny drugs Adele and... 2009-11-03T16:16:57+00:00 2009-11-13 2009-11-29 Theatre Centre, 1032 Queen Street W., Toronto, Ontario, M6J 1H7 Drama.Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-weeping-salsa_161204/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-weeping-salsa_161204/ 11/6/2009 - 11/8/2009. When My Name Was Anna is a violent and passionate narrative, exploring themes of memory, identity, love and the grip of the past on the present. The play will be an exploration of the intimate relationship between the speaker and the listener and of language's ability to weave a... 2009-10-30T15:26:28+00:00 2009-11-06 2009-11-08 Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2P3 Drama.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/when-my-name-was-anna_161105/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/when-my-name-was-anna_161105/ 11/1/2009 - 11/22/2009. Beneath The Banyan Tree is a play incorporating dance, puppets, and music. A vibrant fusion of theatre, traditional Indian (Bharatanatyam) and Western dance, movement, puppetry and music, this dynamic production for young people tells the story of Anjali, a young girl who has moved to... 2009-09-30T14:12:34+00:00 2009-11-01 2009-11-22 Theatre Direct's The Loop, temp reserved, , , Theatre Direct Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/beneath-the-banyan-tree_160146/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/beneath-the-banyan-tree_160146/ opens 10/31/2009. Toxie, is a seven-foot mutant freak with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark. He's out to save New Jersey, end global warming and woo the prettiest, blindest librarian in town, in a toxic love story with an environmental twist. The Toxic Avenger features an on-stage rock... 2009-07-08T15:55:45+00:00 2009-10-31 1900-01-01 Music Hall, 147 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4K 1N2 Dancap Productions Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-toxic-avenger_157199/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-toxic-avenger_157199/ 10/16/2009 - 11/22/2009. Experience an uplifting, entertaining and honest portrayal of the era through lively songs, dance, and ad jingles, contrasted with live news of the day, reports from the front, and letters to and from the soldiers. The musical leaves audience members feeling proud and inspired. The cast and... 2009-08-11T13:21:18+00:00 2009-10-16 2009-11-22 Theatre Panache At Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, 7141 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, Theatre Panache Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/till-we-meet-again_158448/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/till-we-meet-again_158448/ 10/16/2009 - 11/22/2009. Split into three acts based in 1940, 1942 and 1944, Till We Meet Again is an historical journey. In each segment the audience experiences an entertaining and honest portrayal of the era through lively songs, dance, and ad jingles, contrasted with live news of the day, reports from the... 2009-10-04T10:35:50+00:00 2009-10-16 2009-11-22 Theatre Panache At Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, 7141 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, Drama.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/till-we-meet-again_160272/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/till-we-meet-again_160272/ 10/10/2009 - 3/21/2010. Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe - a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. But when her hue goes too far, only... 2009-08-20T13:07:20+00:00 2009-10-10 2010-03-21 Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge Street , Richmond Hill, ontario, Sun Productions Musical.Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/pinkalicious-the-musical_158781/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/pinkalicious-the-musical_158781/ 8/21/2008 - 1/3/2010. Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote... 2007-12-05T10:23:02+00:00 2008-08-21 2010-01-03 Toronto Centre For the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6R8 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/jersey-boys_139596/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/jersey-boys_139596/ opens 2/14/2008. The play begins with Louis Riel's execution, opposed by Wilfrid Laurier in a courageous act that propels him to the leadership of the Liberal Party. The death of Conservative Prime Minister John A. Macdonald in 1891 ends a political era and launches a tumultuous inter-regnum. In the 1896 election... 2008-01-10T13:21:24+00:00 2008-02-14 1900-01-01 The Cameron House, 408 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1E7 VideoCabaret Play. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/laurier_140596/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/laurier_140596/ open run. All you need is love! Well, at least that's all Tina Vitale and Tony Nunzio need! July 2004 marks the ninth anniversary of Vancouver's weekly weddings for the world's happiest bride and groom. With Tony n' Tina's Wedding held-over indefinitely, now is the time to book your... 2002-02-27T11:16:40+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 St. Andrew's Wesley Church, Burrard at Nelson, Vancouver, Canada, Interactive. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/tony-n-tinas-wedding-vancouver_14454/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/tony-n-tinas-wedding-vancouver_14454/ open run. Factory Theatre celebrates, in "festival-style," the internationally acclaimed works of George F. Walker through a major revival of two of his best loved and critically acclaimed comic dramas - Better Living and Escape from Happiness - concurrent with a special... 2007-04-13T10:35:03+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2R2 Factory Theatre Festival. http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-walker-project_132350/ http://www.theatermania.com/canada/shows/the-walker-project_132350/