Toronto Theatre Newsroom

'Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Musician Ellen McIlwaine' from award-winning producer and director Alfonso Maiorana of Soul Flicker Films will premiere Wednesday, March 12 on CBC Gem. Learn more.

Watch a first look video at RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles, coming to Toronto’s CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre. RAIN - A Tribute to the Beatles is an electrifying concert experience celebrating the timeless music of the legendary fab four.

Nightwood Theatre and Buddies in Bad Times revealed a cast and creative team update for their highly anticipated April-May production of Shedding a Skin by Amanda Wilkin. See who is starring and learn more!

Internationally acclaimed choreographer David Dawson has been appointed Resident Choreographer at the National Ballet following the North American premiere of his work, The Four Seasons. 

Hillcrest Village Community Players will present Little Women: The Musical, a heartwarming adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel. Learn more about the event and see how to attend.

RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles is an electrifying journey through the iconic eras of Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour in addition to songs from the early years all the way to Abbey Road.

BroadwayWorld spoke with HYPOTHETICAL BABY playwright Rachel Cairns about the goals behind telling her story, finding humour in a seriously complex subject, and the play's uniquely Canadian lens.

Get a first look at the cast of The Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper Theatre, Crow’s Theatre, and TO Live's production of  A Strange Loop. Featuring direction by Ray Hogg, A STRANGE LOOP will be on stage at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts from April 22nd through June 1, 2025.

Now, the same company who brought us Dog Man: The Musical, has done the same with Dav Pilkey's spin-off series, Cat Kid Comic Club. Learn more about the show here!

The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) announced today that Sandra Laronde, director, producer, choreographer, author, and Executive & Artistic Director of Red Sky Performance, is the recipient of the 2025 Lifetime Artistic Achievement in Dance.

The Stratford Festival is welcoming seven new participants to the Birmingham Conservatory for the 2025/2026 season. Learn more about the participants here!

The Stratford Festival is welcoming five new participants to the Langham Directors’ Workshop for the 2025 season. Learn more about the participants here!

Aislinn Rose, Artistic Director of The Theatre Centre, has announced the company's next major theatre presentation: the world premiere of Game of Life by bluemouth inc., in a limited run this March.

The extremely snowy night I saw THE WOLF IN THE VOICE, an exploration by three professional singers into the joys and pitfalls of a life spent nursing the soulful but capricious vocal instrument, I had spent all day rehearsing my trusty soprano for a choral performance of my own, a live-scored film opening downtown the next night for a sold-out crowd of thousands.

TD Music Hall will welcome Good Grief Presents: The Inner Circle. “The Inner Circle” is hosted by Toronto-based songwriting duo Good Grief, comprised of powerhouse singer-songwriters Bryn McCutcheon and Kirstyn Johnson. Learn how to attend!

Toronto Fringe has revealed the 2025 Next Stage Series will be presented during the 37th annual Toronto Fringe Festival. The Next Stage Series will feature four shows. See programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

CLUE, the hilarious murder mystery comedy inspired by the Hasbro board game and adapted from the fan-favorite film, is coming to Toronto's historic Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Pleiades Theatre will present the world premiere of The Roof is Leaking ਛੱਤ ਚੋਂਦੀ ਹੈ by Sanskruti Marathe and Davinder Malhi. Learn more about the cast and creative team and see how to attend.

The Canadian Opera Company welcomes Elisabeta Cojocaru and Kimly Mengyin Wang to the company’s Ensemble Studio as pianist coaches for the 2025/2026 season.

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.

Vivian Chong premieres her new solo theatre piece, BLIND DATES, at Theatre Passe Muraille. Directed by TPM artistic director Marjorie Chan, Chong's show invites audiences to experience the highs and lows of love through true stories from her dating life, interspersed with original songs. Chong's THE SUNGLASSES MONOLOGUE, which detailed her experience with a rare skin disorder, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), which led to permanent blindness, was a digital entry in the 2022 Next Stage Festival. Chong's subsequent ensemble dance work, DANCING WITH THE UNIVERSE, was nominated for a Dora for Outstanding performance. Her graphic novel, DANCING AFTER TEN, won the US Library Journal Award and was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. Chong's advocacy for accessibility and inclusion continues in her work as an audio description consultant and weekly accessible yoga classes. The run of BLIND DATES is Blind Friendly and live-captioned; all shows are Relaxed Performances. 

On February 15, 1965, the “new” Canadian flag was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. On Saturday, February 15, 2025, Mirvish will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Canada's red-and-white maple-leaf flag. 

Cheap Wine will present the sketch comedy show Childhood at The Theatre Centre in March. Cheap Wine is a family troupe, and that's sweet and wholesome, but it's also kind of weird! Yes, really, they're family. Learn more and see how to attend!

Producer, performer and creator Stella Kulagowski will present the World Premiere of The Masque of the Red Death, a dark and delightful reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story at The Assembly Theatre. Learn more!

House + Body in association with Crow's Theatre have announced the official opening of a brand new adaptation of Measure For Measure. Learn more about the show here!