On Now
BLOOD
October 27 - November 1
"Back by popular demand, The Chimera Project presents Artistic Director Malgorzata Nowacka's most recent creation for the company."
• Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West
• harbourfront.com and www.chimeraproject.org
The Boys in the Photograph
To November 1
This musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton tells the coming-of-age story of those involved with a local soccer team in Belfast at the start of Ireland's civil war.
• Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. West
• Visit Mirvish.com
Cirque du Soleil: OVO
To November 8
Cirque du Soleil returns to the Portlands with a show inspired by the world of insects.
• Grand Chapiteau (Big Top), Cherry Street
• http://www.cirquedusoleil.com
The Sound of Music
To January 3, 2010
TV competition winner Elicia MacKenzie stars as Maria with co-How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? contestant Janna Polzin stepping in as her alternate twice a week.
• The Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King Street West
• Visit Mirvish.com/tsom/
Jersey Boys
Tickets on sale to January 3, 2010
Winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical, Jersey Boys is about the rise of the 1960's hit band The Four Seasons.
• Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street
• www.JerseyBoysToronto.com
The Toxic Avenger Musical
Tickets on sale to January 3rd, 2010
DanCap Productions presents this stage version of the "classic" Troma cult film about a waste-mutated man out to save his city from environmental disaster.
• The Music Hall, 147 Danforth Avenue
• www.toxicavengertoronto.com
Coming Soon
Living Dances - An Evening of Contemporary Kudelka
Wednesday, November 4 - Saturday, November 7, 2009
Presented by Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie.
• Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, Harbourfront Centre
• www.colemanlemieux.com and www.harbourfrontcentre.com
August: Osage County
November 5-15
A father's disappearance sends a family into turmoil in this Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play.
• The Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria Street
• Visit Mirvish.com
My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding
Begins November 7
After its successful run during the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival, this new musical comedy makes the move to the Mirvish stage.
• The Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge Street
• Visit Mirvish.com
National Ballet of Canada - The Sleeping Beauty
November 13-22
"The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet that epitomizes, perhaps better than any other, the meaning of classical ballet. Never simply a retelling of the well-known fairy tale, the ballet is conceivably the greatest of the Tchaikovsky-Petipa collaborations."
• The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen Street West
• www.national.ballet.ca
Necessary Angel's Hamlet
November 17 - 29
Necessary Angel Theatre Company partners with UK director and designer Graham McLaren for a "unique, immediate and violent 110-minute live theatre experiment seething with amorality where nothing is set and every performance is different."
• Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West
• www.harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage
National Ballet of Canada - World Premiere by Aszure Barton & The Four Temperaments & Glass Pieces
November 25-29
"Aszure Barton’s energetic, often riotously complex and utterly uncategorizable dances, commissioned by, among others, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martha Graham Dance Company and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, have drawn praise and superlatives from all quarters."
• The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen Street West
• www.national.ballet.ca
Robin Hood: The EnvironMENTAL Family Musical
November 26, 2009 - January 3, 2010
Eva Avila, Dan Chameroy, Jessica Holmes, Jeff Irving, Yvan Pedneault and Ross Petty star in this Fractured Fairytale, an eco-themed version of the classic story which sees Sherwood Forest in danger of being destroyed by the Sheriff of Nottingham, CEO of Nottingham Lumber.
• Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge Street
• rosspetty.com
National Ballet of Canada - The Nutcracker
December 12, 2009 - January 3, 2010
James Kudelka’s version of the perennial classic.
• The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen Street West
• www.national.ballet.ca
