Happy Friday, BroadwayWorld! Here are the top stories from Toronto you might have missed this week!
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2) VIDEO: Justin Trudeau Delivers a Message of Hope and Unity at Broadway's COME FROM AWAY
by Stage Tube - March 15, 2017
The cast and the audience at Come From Away got a special treat from up north this evening when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stage ahead of the Canadian-born musical to address the audience. Trudeau is in the city to celebrate the show and to attend his first in the Broadway musical.. (more...)
3) USITT Announces 2017 Architecture Award Winners
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017
USITT's 2017 Architecture Awards feature three top honor award winners this year: Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western Reserve University, The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen's University, and Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois.. (more...)
4) MAGIC MEN LIVE Adds 18 Cities to US and Canada Tour
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017
Magic Men® Live is bringing the ultimate ladies' night experience to 18 additional cities in the Northeastern US and Canada. Kicking off the second leg of the tour on May 31 in London, Canada, Magic Men® Live is a show designed to stimulate the desires of contemporary women: young, young at heart, single, married or ladies looking for something fun and new. Magic Men® Live features a talented and lovable cast of stunning guys sure to appeal to a variety of tastes.. (more...)
5) Social: Welcome to the Rock! Justin Trudeau Addresses the Audience at Tonight's Performance of COME FROM AWAY
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017
The cast and the audience at Come From Away got a special treat from up north this evening when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stage ahead of the Canadian-born musical to address the audience.. (more...)
6) Stafford Arima Named Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2017
Theatre Calgary's Board of Directors have announced Stafford Arima as the new Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary. Mr. Arima becomes the 12th Artistic Director in the theatre's 49-year history.. (more...)
7) BWW Blog: Brynn Bonne - Come See 13 THE MUSICAL at The Richmond Hill Centre For The Performing Arts, March 23-25
by Guest Blogger: Brynn Bonne - March 15, 2017
'Can't Wait, Can't Wait Can't Wait for 13!' Yes! The Drama Desk Award winning Musical by Jason Robert Brown- that was also the first all teen musical on Broadway is coming to The Richmond Hill Centre For The Performing Arts!. (more...)
8) Principal Casting Announced For National Ballet of Canada's PINNOCHIO, 3/11-24
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the principal casting for the world premiere of Pinocchio by choreographer Will Tuckett.. (more...)
9) Canadian Stage presents Robert Lepage's Autobiographical Spectacle 887
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017
After mesmerizing audiences in a sold-out run at the 2015 Panamania Festival, Canadian Stage brings Robert Lepage's critically-lauded 887 back to Toronto for a limited engagement April 7 to 16 at the Bluma Appel Theatre. Written, directed, designed and performed by Quebec theatre visionary Robert Lepage (Needles and Opium, Far Side of the Moon), 887 combines the technical wizardry of his company Ex Machina with a highly-intimate autobiographical foray into the world of memory. Presented in English.. (more...)
10) Innovative Transformation Wins Award for Toronto Theatre
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2017
The repurposing of the Toronto Centre for the Arts has won an award for creating an intimate, state-of-the-art environment for live theatre. The Main Stage Reconfiguration Project transforms the existing auditorium into two venues - the 580-seat proscenium Lyric Theatre with a new stage, and a 300-seat flexible 'black box'.. (more...)
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