Jonathan Winsby

Review: GUYS & DOLLS Combines High Stakes and High Notes in a Timeless Musical Masterpiece!

This summer, the Arts Club brings the hustle and bustle of the streets of New York to the Vancouver stage! GUYS & DOLLS presented by the Arts Club in Vancouver helps us remember what it’s like to take a chance on both life and love. 

Arts Club Theatre Company to Present GUYS & DOLLS

Guys & Dolls will come to the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage from May 16 to June 30, 2024. Enjoy this beloved Broadway musical that brings memorable songs and a captivating story to life with an extraordinary cast.

Cast Announced for DOLLY PARTON'S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL at Arts Club Theatre

The Arts Club’s 2021–2022 season opener at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage puts a heartwarming country twist on a Christmas classic: Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, with music and lyrics by the iconic Dolly Parton, starts November 18 and will run through January 2 (media opening: Wed, November 24, at 7:30 PM).

2020 Jessie Theatre Award Nominations Announced

To honour Vancouver's vibrant artistic community during this challenging time, the 2020 Jessie Theatre Award Nominations were announced virtually, for the first time, on Monday, June 8th, hosted by the mother daughter duo Amanda Sum (seen this season in Chicken Girl and East Van Panto) and Linda Leung.

BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC Will Warm Your Heart!

This holiday season, the Arts Club in Vancouver is playing THE SOUND OF MUSIC at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Starring Synthia Yusuf as Maria and Jonathan Winsby as Captain von Trapp, this production is the perfect show for the family to see this winter! The show plays from November 7th, 2019 to January 5th, 2020 and will definitely warm your heart!

Jessie Nominations Announced

The 2019 Jessie Nominations Party announced the nominees for the theatre awards on Monday, June 3rd at the iA Financial Group Atrium at the BMO Theatre Centre, 162 West 1st Avenue, honouring Vancouver's vibrant artistic community.

Eclipse Theatre Company Presents Immersive KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN at the Don Jail

Toronto's hottest new musical theatre company, Eclipse Theatre Company (ETC), created by Chilina Kennedy, Evan Tsitsias, and Sara-Jeanne Hosie, proudly presents an innovative and site responsive performance of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, presented at the Don Jail in Toronto, March 6 - 10, 2019. 

BWW Review: ARTS CLUB'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Is Simply Magical!

Filled with marvelous dance numbers, exquisite costumes, and crowd-favorite songs, Arts Club's production of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was one of the best show's I've seen this year. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is currently playing at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre in Vancouver until January 6th, 2019 and is definitely a must see during this holiday season!

Eclipse Theatre Company Presents KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Presented at the Don Jail

Toronto's hottest new musical theatre company, ECLIPSE THEATRE COMPANY (ETC), created by Chilina Kennedy, Evan Tsitsias, and Sara-Jeanne Hosie, proudly presents an innovative and site responsive performance of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, presented at the Don Jail in Toronto, March 6 - 10, 2019. The production will bedirected by Evan Tsitsias, and star Tracy Michailidis and Kawa Ada, for 7 performances only, and will be the first theatrical event ever produced at the Don Jail.

Halloween Horror Hits New Heights In The Snapshots Collective's SWEENEY TODD

Just in time for Halloween, The Snapshots Collective presents the ghoulish musical thriller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from October 10-31, 2018 at Mrs. Lovett's Pie Shop in Vancouver's historic Gastown. In this immersive, site-specific production, audiences will get up close and personal with the demon barber himself. Featuring an incredible cast of accomplished performers, visionary director Chris Adams and award-winning choreographer Nicol Spinola tell the gruesome tale of Sweeney Todd, a tormented man bent on revenge and his unholy alliance with the resourceful pie-maker, Mrs. Lovett. Halloween thrill-seekers will delight in this macabre journey of murder, music, and seriously sinister pies.

VIDEO: SOUSATZKA Company and Garth Drabinsky On His 'Comeback'

Check out a new CBC News segment on the comeback of theatrical producer Garth Drabinsky below as he gears up for the opening night of Sousatzka!

Broadway-Bound SOUSATZKA, Starring Victoria Clark, Starts Tonight in Toronto

The world premiere engagement of SOUSATZKA, with book by Craig Lucas, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., based on the original novel 'Madame Sousatzka' by Bernice Rubens, begins previews in Toronto tonight, February 25, with opening night set for March 23, 2017.

Broadway-Bound SOUSATZKA, Starring Victoria Clark, Starts Soon in Toronto

A friendly reminder that there are just two weeks until the world premiere engagement of SOUSATZKA, with book by Craig Lucas, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., based on the original novel 'Madame Sousatzka' by Bernice Rubens, begins in Toronto! Previews start February 25, and opening night is March 23, 2017.

BWW Exclusive: Watch Montego Glover Sing from SOUSATZKA in Toronto!

SOUSATZKA may be Broadway-bound, but first it stops in Toronto for a strictly limited engagement through April 9, 2017. The cast is in rehearsal today and BroadwayWorld will be giving you an exciting inside look! Belo, check out an exclusive sneak peek of Montego Glover singing 'Song of the Child.'

BWW Exclusive: Go Inside Rehearsals for Broadway-Bound SOUSATZKA in Toronto; Live at Noon!

SOUSATZKA may be Broadway-bound, but first it stops in Toronto for a strictly limited engagement through April 9, 2017. The cast is in rehearsal today and BroadwayWorld will be giving you an exciting inside look! Tune in for our Facebook Live broadcast here!

Photo Flash: Broadway-Bound SOUSATZKA Begins Rehearsals in Toronto

Check out our first look at the Broadway-bound production of SOUSATZKA in rehearsals in Toronto! Based on the original novel Madame Sousatzka written by Bernice Rubens, SOUSATZKA is set in London, England in 1982 and tells the story of a musical prodigy torn between two powerful women from vastly different worlds: his mother, a political refugee from South Africa and his piano teacher, a brilliant eccentric with a shattered past. These two proud, iconoclastic women must ultimately cross cultural and racial divides to find common ground, or else jeopardize the young musician's destiny.

Complete Cast and Creative Team Announced for Garth Drabinsky's SOUSATZKA

Based on the original novel Madame Sousatzka written by Bernice Rubens, SOUSATZKA is set in London, England in 1982 and tells the story of a musical prodigy torn between two powerful women from vastly different worlds: his mother, a political refugee from South Africa and his piano teacher, a brilliant eccentric with a shattered past. These two proud, iconoclastic women must ultimately cross cultural and racial divides to find common ground, or else jeopardize the young musician's destiny.

Stratford Festival's CAROUSEL Cast Recording Now Available

Following last year's recording of CRAZY FOR YOU, this year - the Stratford Festival company of CAROUSEL recorded the festival's second original cast recording. The recording is now available for order and digital download on CDBaby. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, named the best musical of the 20th century by Time magazine, returns to the Festival for the first time in over twenty years in a vibrant production directed by Susan H. Schulman. Previews began Tuesday, May 5, at the Avon Theatre.

BWW Review: The Performers Rise to the Challenge in Stratford Festival's CAROUSEL

Stratford Festival's production of CAROUSEL opened on May 29th at the Avon Theatre. Despite an unsettling story with challenging themes, the performers in this production are able to rise to the challenge and present some of the finest song and dance that this stage has seen.

Krystin Pellerin, Christopher Morris & Bahia Watson Join Stratford Festival Lineup; Performances Added

Swift advance sales have prompted the Stratford Festival to extend the runs of four productions, just as the box office has opened to the public. Performances of Carousel, The Alchemist, The Physicists and The Last Wife have been added to the schedule.