Racheal McCaig

The excitement in the rehearsal hall on the fifth floor of the Elgin theatre was palpable  this morning as the first day of rehearsals began for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Check out exclusive photos of the cast as they meet the press.

Comedian Norm Macdonald hosted the 2016 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS live on CBC from the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, where 39 CSAs were presented to winners from across the country, it was announced by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.

It may take place on a Greek island, but the wedding bells and music of ABBA are coming to the island province this summer. We here at BWW are thrilled to find out that returning Charlottetown Festival favourite Katie Kerr will be trading Anne's red braids for bridal bouquets as she takes on the lead role of Sophie in their production of Mamma Mia!

BroadwayWorld has exclusive details on what productions Artistic Director Adam Brazier is bringing to the Charlottetown Festival next year. Along with perennial favourite Anne of Green Gables - The Musical, the main stage line up kicks off with Mamma Mia! - which just recently closed on Broadway. This will be the first time since the original North American production debuted in Toronto that the show will be re-imagined and performed as a non replica production in Canada

BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at behind the scenes photos from Evangeline at the Charlottetown Fesitval! Check out the exclusive photos from our very own Racheal McCaig below! One of the most ambitious Canadian musicals ever conceived is back. Inspired by Longfellow's classic poem, Evangeline takes us on a heroine's incredible journey to find her Gabriel following the events of the Acadian Deportation. Co-produced by Edmonton's Citadel Theatre and The Charlottetown Festival, the remounted Evangeline begins previews in the Homburg Theatre September 14 and opens September 18.

BroadwayWorld has exclusive photos from tonight's performance of Idina Menzel's World Tour in Toronto at The Sony Centre. All photos by Racheal McCaig. Hot on the heels of a remarkable year that included performing the smash hit 'Let It Go' from Disney's Frozen at the 86th annual Academy Awards, a triumphant return to Broadway in the musicalIf/Then, a Best Actress Tony Award nomination and the release of this season's must-have Christmas albumHoliday Wishes, superstar Idina Menzel announced today that she will head out on a global tour in 2015.

Trevor Noah, the new host of The Daily Show, blew the roof off the Place Des Arts in Montreal at the Just For Laughs Gala last night. He was eloquent, cheeky, clever, slick, smooth in delivery and downright funny. But as the audience left the theatre, that's not what they were talking about. As they left the theatre, all anyone could talk about was Jeff Ross.

Patrick Stewart graced the stage of the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal this week, and BroadwayWorld's Racheal McCaig was on hand to snap these exclusive photos! Check them out below. Tony nominee Stewart, known to many as Star Trek's 'Captain Jean-Luc Picard', has graced the New York stage in A Life in the Theatre, Macbeth, The Caretaker, A Christmas Carol, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, The Tempest, A Christmas Carol and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After a start with the RSC, Stewart went on to appear in West End productions of Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Hamlet and many more.

BroadwayWorld.com has exclusive behind-the-scenes photos of The Eifman Ballet Company prepping for their performances of Anna Karenina this weekend at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. Check out the photo gallery below! All photos by Racheal McCaig.

The Second City and the Toronto Symphony are coming together for a comedic classical collaboration that strikes the perfect chord. But for the Second City performers taking the stage this weekend at Roy Thompson Hall, they've found working with the symphony does come with some challenges.

BroadwayWorld has exclusive new photos of LES BELLES SOEURS at the Segal Centre in Montreal. All photos by Racheal McCaig. Tremblay's landmark play, Les Belles Soeurs, is re-imagined in this explosive new musical adaptation playing at the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts now through November 9th.

Chatting backstage between tech rehearsals for Les Belles Soeurs, a new English musical adaptation of Michel Tremblay's epic play, I asked 3 of the shows 12 powerhouse performers, Valerie Boyle, Lisa Horner and Paula Wolfson, if they'd ever been in another show with a cast entirely comprised of women. With the exception of Nunsense, they hadn't.