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COME FROM AWAY Will Close in Toronto in May Following Final Extension
by Stephi Wild - Feb 18, 2025

A final extension has been announced for the all-Canadian production of Come From Away. The production will add four more weeks of performances to its current run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Original Canadian Production of COME FROM AWAY to Perform 1000th Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 16, 2025

The original Canadian production of Come From Away will mark a milestone on January 29, 2025 when it gives its 1000th performance at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

COME FROM AWAY in Toronto Releases New Block Of Tickets
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2024

The new Canadian production of the multi-award-winning global sensation Come From Away will extend performances once again at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre. 

COME FROM AWAY in Toronto to Offer New Friday Matinees Beginning in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 18, 2024

The multi-award-winning global sensation Come From Away has returned home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre. Beginning January 10, 2025 – weekends will start on Friday afternoons! Learn more about the new matinees and see how to purchase tickets.

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Royal Alexandra Theatre
by Samantha Wu - Sep 27, 2024

You must be living under a rock if you haven't heard of or seen Come From Away, the critically acclaimed musical with book, music, and lyrics written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein that has captured the hearts of audiences all over the world. Based on a true story with characters written after real people, Come From Away tells the tale of 7000 people stranded in Gander, Newfoundland after the September 11 tragedy and the small town that opened their hearts and homes and welcomed them in. 

COME FROM AWAY Extended in Canada To March 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2024

Performances of Come From Away at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre have been extended. Come From Away takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Video: 2024 Canadian Production of COME FROM AWAY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 20, 2024

The Canadian production of Come From Away will make its triumphant return home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre this fall. Get a first look at footage from the production!

Photos: COME FROM AWAY At National Arts Centre English Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 29, 2024

Now playing a sell-out engagement at the National Arts Centre English Theatre in Ottawa, the Canadian production of the multi-award-winning global sensation Come From Away will make its return home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre next month. See photos from the production!

Review: COME FROM AWAY at the National Arts Centre
by Courtney Castelino - Aug 24, 2024

What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at National Arts Centre?

Review: TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL: DAY 8
by Ilana Lucas - Jul 13, 2024

Reviews of Madame Winifred's Circus of Wonders, Rooted: A Musical Poem, Girls' Night Cabin Fever, How Lucky Are We, The First Jew in Canada: A Trans Tale, and Are You Lovin' It?

COME FROM AWAY Co-Writer Irene Sankoff Will Play Bonnie in Ottawa Production
by Joshua Wright - Jun 4, 2024

BroadwayWorld has learned that Irene Sankoff, co-writer of Come From Away with her husband David Hein, will star in a replica production of the musical in Ottawa this summer when the Canadian production reopens there ahead of its return to Toronto. 

Cast Set For New Canadian Production of COME FROM AWAY
by Stephi Wild - Jun 4, 2024

The cast has been announced for the new Canadian production of the multi-award-winning global sensation Come From Away.

Review: DION: A ROCK OPERA at Coal Mine Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - Feb 11, 2024

The tight, 70-minute DION is a visually compelling show which puts you right in the middle of the dangerous merriment, with terrific performances and some banger musical numbers. It only stumbles when, like one of its characters, it loses its head, trading its promising fluidity and timelessness to shackle itself to a single moment.

DION: A ROCK OPERA Comes to the Coal Mine Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 4, 2024

The COAL MINE THEATRE will produce their first ever World Premiere, a fully sung through rock opera based on Euripides’ The Bacchae, DION: A ROCK OPERA. The production is co-created by COAL MINE co-founder Ted Dykstra and Prince Edward Island poet and novelist, Steven Mayoff. 

Coal Mine Theatre Unveils Lineup for 9th Season, Including Two Highly Anticipated World Premieres
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2023

Discover the upcoming 9th season of COAL MINE THEATRE, featuring two world premieres that promise to captivate audiences. Get all the details and dates for this exciting lineup of shows.

TIFT Announces 2023/24 Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2023

Talk Is Free Theatre Producer & CEO Arkady Spivak and Artistic Director Michael Torontow announced their 2023/24 season, which leaps into new territory (sometimes literally) and challenges the boundaries that exist to be pushed, dismantled, or destroyed–a season full of new works and past favourites on stages (and in forests) not just at home in Barrie, Ontario, but across the far reaches of the planet to South America, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.

TIFT Announces Upcoming Season of Theatre in Argentina
by Stephi Wild - Oct 24, 2022

Artistic Director Michael Torontow has announced further programming plans for a concurrent fall/winter 2022/23 season in Barrie and in Argentina.

TIFT Goes Beyond Borders Once Again With A Season Of Great Theatre In Argentina
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2022

Artistic Director Michael Torontow has announced further programming plans for a concurrent fall/winter 2022/23 season in Barrie and in Argentina.

Grand Theatre Opens its 2022/2023 Season with the High School Project: INTO THE WOODS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 15, 2022

The Grand Theatre’s High School Project – the only of its kind in North America – returns to open the Theatre’s 2022-2023 season with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony Award-winning musical, Into the Woods. Directed by notable Canadian actor and director, Saccha Dennis, Into the Woods plays September 20 to October 1, 2022 for twelve performances on the Spriet Stage.  

Theatre Under the Stars Presents SOMETHING ROTTEN! and WE WILL ROCK YOU as Part of 2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2022

Audiences will indulge in a hilarious love letter to Broadway and revel in a worldwide sensation of Queen's most beloved rock-and-roll hits when Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) presents Something Rotten! and We Will Rock You, running alternate evenings July 2–August 27, 2022, at Stanley Park's scenic Malkin Bowl. A beloved Vancouver tradition since 1940, TUTS' early bird tickets are on sale now through June 16.