Toronto Theatre & Dance Listings Fall 2009

ONGOING:

• Indefinite run: Jersey Boys (Dancap Productions at the Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts)—The musical story of '50s and '60s pop group Franki Valli and the Four Seasons
• Inefinite run: The Sound of Music (Mirvish Productions at the Princess of Wales Theatre)—The beloved musical story of the Von Trapp Family Singers and their flight from Nazi-occupied Austria

LIMITED RUNS:

• To Sep 6: The Tempest by William Shakespeare (The Canadian Stage Company TD Dream in High Park)
• To Sep 19: Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott by Miles Potter (Blyth Festival)
• To Sep 20: The Entertainer by John Osborne (Shaw Festival)
• To Oct 2: Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson (Stratford Festival)
• To Oct 3: Phèdre by Jean Racine, Rice Boy by Sunil Kuruvilla, Zastrozzi by George F. Walker, Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (Stratford Festival)
• To Oct 4: The Trespassers by Morris Panych (Stratford Festival)
• To Oct 9: In Good King Charles’s Golden Days by George Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival)
• To Oct 10: Albertine in Five Times by Michel Tremblay, trans. Linda Gaboriau (Shaw Festival)
• To Oct 11: Star Chamber by Noël Coward, The Devil’s Disciple by George Bernard Shaw, Ways of the Heart by Noël Coward (Shaw Festival)
• To Oct 24: Brief Encounters by Noël Coward (Shaw Festival)
• To Oct 24: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnar (Soulpepper)
• To Oct 30: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Stratford Festival)
• To Oct 31: Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival)
• To Oct 31: Play, Orchestra, Play by Noël Coward (Shaw Festival)
• To Nov 1: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, trans. Anthony Burgess (Stratford Festival)
• To Nov 7: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart & Stephen Sondheim (Stratford Festival)
• To Nov 8: West Side Story by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim (Stratford Festival)
• To Nov 1: Sunday in the Park with George by James Lepine & Stephen Sondheim, Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin (Shaw Festival)
• To Nov 9: A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O’Neill (Shaw Festival)
• Sep 10 to Oct 17: Antigone by Sophocles, trans. Evan Webber & Chris Abraham (Soulpepper)
• Sep 15 to Oct 25: Mimi, or A Poisoner's Comedy by Allen Cole, Melody A. Johnson & Rick Roberts (Tarragon Theatre)
• Sep 16 to 27: Goodness by Michael Redhill (Volcano Theatre at The Theatre Centre)
• Sep 16 to Oct 3: Nursery School Musical by Brett & Racheal McCaig. Music by Anthony Bastianon. (Fence Post Productions at Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs)
• Sep 16 to Oct 4: The Refugee Hotel by Carmen Aguirre (Alameda Theatre Company & Theatre Passe Muraille)
• Sep 22 to Oct 3: The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca (New Teatro Theatre Company at the Papermill Theatre)
• Sep 22 to Nov 1: The Boys in the Photograph by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Ben Elton (Mirvish Productions at Royal Alexandra Theatre)
• Sep 23 to 25: three (firstthingsfirst productions & Danceworks at Enwave Theatre)
• Sep 23 to Oct 10: Neon Nightz by Sasha Van Bon Bon & Kitty Neptune (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre)
• Sep 23 to Oct 11: Altar Boyz by Kevin Del Aguila, Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker (Angelwalk Theatre at the Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts)
• Sep 25 & 26: Voyage of Awakening by Menaka Thakkar Dance Company (Harbourfront Centre NextSteps dance series at Fleck Dance Theatre)
• Sep 25 to 27: Opera Briefs ((Tapestry Theatre 30th anniversary)
• Sep 25 to Oct 3: Secrets of a Black Boy by Darren Anthony (Trey Anthony Productions at The Music Hall) Secrets of a Black Boy
• Sep 25 to Oct 10: A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (Alumnae Theatre Company – 90th season) Alumnae Theatre
• Sep 26 & 27: Abbey Road (Art of Time Ensemble)
• Sep 26 to Nov 3: Madama Butterfly (Canadian Opera Company 60th anniversary opening)
• Sep 28 to Oct 24: Rock ‘n’ Roll by Tom Stoppard (The Canadian Stage Company with Edmonton's Citadel Theatre)
• Oct 6 to 10: The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh (Druid – Ireland & Harbourfront Centre World Stage) Harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage
• Oct 7 to 11: Théâtre Extrème by Jean-Guy Legeault (Théâtre français de Toronto)
• Oct 8 to 17: Salt Baby by Falen Johnson – workshop production (Native Earth Performing Arts at Theatre Passe Muraille)
• Oct 8 to 25: Spent (Theatre Smith-Gilmour, Why Not Theatre & TheatreRUN at Factory Studio Theatre)
• Oct 13 to 18: Sholem Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears Winter Garden Theatre) http://www.hgjewishtheatre.com/
• Oct 14 to 17: ProArteDanza (Harbourfront Centre NextSteps dance series at Fleck Dance Theatre)
• Oct 15 to 31: Bash'd: A Gay Rap Opera by Chris Craddock & Nathan Cuckow (Theatre Passe Muraille)
• Oct 17 to Nov 5: The Nightingale and Other Short Fables dir. Robert Lepage (Canadian Opera Company 60th anniversary)
• Oct 20 to 25: Stomp (Mirvish Productions at Canon Theatre)
• Oct 21 to 23: Canonize This! Play development series (Obsidian Theatre)
• Oct 22 to 31: Hysteria, A Festival of Women (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre)
• Oct 23 & 24: SAMVĀD by Lata Pada / Sampradaya Dance Creations (Harbourfront Centre NextSteps dance series at Enwave Dance Theatre)
• Oct 25 to Nov 15: The Drowning Girls by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson & Daniela Vlaskilic (Bent Out Of Shape & Tarragon Theatre)
• Oct 26 to Nov 21: That Face by Polly Stenham (Nightwood Theatre at The Canadian Stage Company)
• Oct 27 to Nov 2: Blood by The Chimera Project (Harbourfront Centre NextSteps dance series at Enwave Dance Theatre)
• Oct 31 to Nov 7: Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck (Opera Atelier at the Elgin Theatre)
• Oct 31 to at least Jan 3: The Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman, adapt. Joe DiPietro & David Bryan, starring Louise Pitre (Dancap Productions at The Music Hall)
• Nov 2 to 12: Yellowman by Dael Orlandersmith (Nightwood Theatre & Obsidian Theatre at Berkeley Street Theatre)
• Nov 4 to 7: Kudelka Evening by Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (Harbourfront Centre NextSteps dance series at Fleck Dance Theatre)
• Nov 4 to Dec 13: Rocking The Cradle by Federico Garcia Lorca adapt. Des Walsh (RCA Theatre Company & Tarragon Theatre)
• Nov 5 to 15: August: Osage County (Mirvish Productions at Canon Theatre)
  Nov 6 & 7: The Vision Impure (Noam Gagnon & Danceworks at Enwave Theatre)
• Nov 7: Ben Heppner concert (Canadian Opera Company 60th anniversary)
• Nov 7 to 29: My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (Mirvish Productions at Panasonic Theatre)
• Nov 9 to Dec 5: 7 Stories by Morris Panych (Canadian Stage Company)
• Nov 10 to 20: Blind Spot by Meghan Gardiner (Green Thumb Theatre & Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young Audiences)
• Nov 12 to 15: ¡Lorca! In Search of Duende (Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company at Fleck Dance Theatre) http://www.flamencos.net/
• Nov 12 to 29: Necessary Angel’s Hamlet (Harbourfront Centre World Stage)
• Nov 13 to 22: The Sleeping Beauty (National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Centre)
• Nov 13 to 28: Talking Masks by Adam Seelig (One Little Goat Theatre Company at Walmer Centre Theatre) http://www.onelittlegoat.org/
• Nov 13 to 28: Palace Of The End by Judith Thompson (Alumnae Theatre Company – 90th season) http://www.alumnaetheatre.com/
• Nov 14 to 21: The Silicone Diariesby Nina Arsenault (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre)
• Nov 14 to Dec 23: Stuff Happens by David Hare (Mirvish Productions at Royal Alexandra Theatre)
• Nov 15 to Dec 30: The Princess and the Handmaiden by Leslie Arden (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young Audiences)
• Nov 17 & 18: Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Air Canada Centre
• Nov 18 to 21: Displacement by HCA Dance Theatre (Harbourfront Centre NextSteps dance series at Fleck Dance Theatre)
• Nov 25 to 29: World Premiere by Aszure Barton & The Four Temperaments & Glass Pieces (National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Centre)
• Nov 25 to Dec 12: Letters to my Grandma by Anusree Roy (Theatre Passe Muraille)
• Nov 26 to Jan 3: Robin Hood (Ross Petty Productions at Elgin Theatre) http://www.rosspetty.com/
• Nov 26 to Dec 24: Parfumerie, adapt. Adam Pettle & Brenda Robins (Soulpepper)
• Dec 1 to 12: The Salon Automaton by Nathalie Claude (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre)
• Dec 2: 30th Anniversary Celebration (Tapestry Theatre 30th anniversary)
• Dec 2 to 12: Les noirs sont heureux byMartin David Peters / Rendez-vous Lakay by Djennie Laguerre (Théâtre français de Toronto)
• Dec 2 to 5: To Be Straight with You (DV8 Physical Theatre – England & Harbourfront Centre World Stage)
• Dec 3 to 24: Civil Elegies by Dennis Lee, created by Mike Ross & Lorenzo Savoini (Soulpepper)
• Dec 4 & 5: Brasil (Art of Time Ensemble)
• Dec 7 to 19: There’s a Mouse in My House by Carrie Costello (Carousel Players & Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young Audiences)
• Dec 11 to 13: Soulful Messiah by Ballet Creole (Harbourfront Centre NextSteps dance series at Fleck Dance Theatre)
• Dec 12 to Jan 3: The Nutcracker (National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Centre)
• Dec 8 to Jan 10: Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, Sholem Aleichem, Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick, starring Chaim Topol (Mirvish Productions at Canon Theatre)
• Dec 18 & 19: Wintersong 2009 – Dances for a Sacred Season by Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre (Harbourfront Centre NextSteps dance series at Fleck Dance Theatre)
• Dec 30 to Feb 4: Courageous by Michael Healey (Citadel Theatre & Tarragon Theatre)