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Morgan Kelly — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 03:06:18 +0000

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The Canadian Opera Company opens new season with Verdi's decadent comedy

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Presented by the Canadian Opera Company
Written by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Johannes Debus
Directed by Robert Carsen

The Canadian Opera Company has started their 2014/2015 season off on a high note. If this first piece is any indication, we are in for an extraordinary season.

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Fri, 2014-10-03 - Sat, 2014-11-01

Theatre:

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts

Toronto, I Love You

Lauren Gillett — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

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Bad Dog Theatre Repertory Players show off their improv prowess at the Toronto Fringe

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Toronto Fringe Festival

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Presented by the Bad Dog Repertory Players
Directed by Julie Dumais Osbourne

Looking for guaranteed laughs at this year's Toronto Fringe Festival? Check out Toronto, I Love You, an unscripted, unconventional love letter to the city presented by the Canadian Comedy Award-nominated Bad Dog Repertory Players.

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Fri, 2014-07-04 - Sun, 2014-07-13

Theatre:

Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse

Punch Up

Lauren Gillett — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

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Kat Sandler strikes comedy gold with this devastatingly funny Toronto Fringe show

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Toronto Fringe Festival

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Presented by Theatre Brouhaha
Written and directed by Kat Sandler

Comedy and tragedy are uniquely blended in Toronto indie theatre darling Kat Sandler's latest show Punch Up, now enjoying a sold-out run at the Toronto Fringe Festival. This darkly hilarious three-hander follows Duncan (Tim Walker), a lonely loser who kidnaps a washed up comic (Colin Munch) to win the heart of Brenda, the "Saddest Girl in the World" (Caitlin Driscoll).

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Fri, 2014-07-04 - Sun, 2014-07-13

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George Ignatieff Theatre

Shakespeare in High Park

Lauren Gillett — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

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Nigel Shawn Williams directs a fresh production of pastoral comedy As You Like It

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Presented by Canadian Stage in collaboration with the department of Theatre, York University
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Nigel Shawn Williams

Now in its 32th year, Canadian Stage's Shakespeare in High Park has long topped the list of must-do summertime cultural activities in Toronto. In keeping with last year's comedy/tragedy double-bill format, audiences can choose to see As You Like It and/or Titus Andronicus on alternating nights until August 31.

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Thu, 2014-07-03 - Sun, 2014-08-31

Theatre:

High Park Amphitheatre

Lungs

Annie Hodgins — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 06:35:03 +0000

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Duncan Macmillan's thoughtful two-hander is a contemporary slice of coupledom

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Presented by Tarragon Theatre
Written by Duncan Macmillan
Directed Weyni Mengesha

British playwright Duncan MacMillan’s Lungs is a touching and humorous exploration of the daunting litany of fears and worries facing a middle-class 30-something couple as they confront the essential yet distinctly modern dilemma: to reproduce or not to reproduce?

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3.5

Show Dates:

Tue, 2014-02-25 - Sun, 2014-03-30

Theatre:

Tarragon Theatre

Dancing With Rage

Lauren Gillett — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

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Mary Walsh is a one-woman warrior in this hilarious solo show

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Written by and Starring Mary Walsh
Co-Directed by Andy Jones and Mary Walsh
Originally Directed and Dramaturged by Karen Carpenter

Whatever you do, don't call Mary Walsh fearless. The modest Canadian comedy icon was quick to admit being "absolutely fearful" when she accepted ACTRA's 2013 Woman of the Year Award on March 6 after the opening of her new one-woman show Dancing With Rage.

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Tue, 2013-03-05 - Sun, 2013-03-24

Theatre:

CAA Theatre (Formerly The Panasonic)

TSO Pops Concert | Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein

Lauren Gillett — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

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Steven Reineke makes a thrilling debut as TSO’s first Principal Pops Conductor

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The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Pops concert series opened this week with Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, a glorious celebration of Broadway’s legendary songwriting duo conducted by the newly named Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke.

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Roy Thompson Hall