“After almost 40 years since it opened in movie theaters, An American Tail is headed to the stage.”

“Frank Langella has been fired from his lead role in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, Netflix’s eight-episode limited series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe following an investigation into accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct.”

“The longest-running Broadway show of all time has set its closing date. ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ will close after what will be 35 years in New York in 2023. However, fans of the Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber musical shouldn’t fret, because a prequel to ‘Phantom’ will be on its way soon.”

“The 2022 Best Picture nominated film, ‘Coda’ is set to become a stage musical.”

“Broadway’s ‘Chicago’ will welcome actress Pamela Anderson, making her Broadway debut in the role of Roxie Hart for a limited run starting in April.”

“Daniel Radcliffe is set to star in a revival production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” to be staged late this year by the New York Theater Workshop in the East Village.”

“The Shubert Organization announced Wednesday it will rename the Cort Theater on Broadway after legendary actor James Earl Jones”

‘Hazing U’s plot takes place inside a fraternity house of an unnamed Michigan university. As the pledging process comes to an end and the first night of Hell Week begins, the malevolent underbelly of the events of one night will forever change the lives of all those involved.

The Complex’’ is a unique, immersive online theatre experience where no two shows are the same. Taking place in the digital world of a Gather.town environment, participants must work together to select one of the Prospects to be society's future leader. This audience-led event is a fun and exciting new way to experience theatre and allows participants to interact as much or as little as they want.

Sadly, the decision was made today to close permanently Toronto’s Mirvish Productions of ‘Come from Away’ after 855 performances on account of the Omicron variant. The production ended its run Wednesday December 22, 2021, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

More on the live Toronto arts scene from Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre in its gradual re-emergence from the pandemic…

Some Toronto, Canadian and World Premieres in Soulpepper’s 2022 opening. Have a look:

Theatre Passe Muraille has continued to film to dream, to plan and to hope behind these red doors…We’re overjoyed to be able to share heartbeats with you again.”

We want audiences’ return to be everything they hope for. We want them to feel safe, of course, but we also want to fill the void left by the absence of live theatre and communal activities. The plays in the 2022 season contain not only new beginnings but the difficult moral and ethical as well.”

Beginning in March 2022, ‘Boom’ written, directed, and performed by Rick Miller will grace the stage at the Capitol. I had the opportunity to see this production at Montreal’s Segal Centre and what a treat it was to watch Rick on the stage. This production was scheduled as part of the 2020 season before the pandemic

The Coal Mine was modeled after the Off-Off Broadway New York theatres and branded as Toronto’s Off-Off Broadview Theatre. In its intimate space at 1454 Danforth Avenue, The Coal Mine has for six season presented some of the most challenging, stimulating and award-winning scripts from Canada and around the world.

As a University of Western Ontario/King’s College alumni, The Grand has always remained a strong fixture in my mind. There was something about attending productions there during my undergrad years that was a magical place to watch and to see others at wondrous play. And now returning all these years later to see new talent and to experience new works from another perspective is all the reason more to get to see what’s happening

Four Studio 180 IN DEVELOPMENT presentations of works-in-progress from early to later stages of development, all reflecting themes of memory, generational divides and how we see ourselves, our identities and our history will increase audience awareness and invite us to consider some next steps.

Theatre by the Bay will produce a new local theatre festival in June 2022 to provide opportunities for local artists to write, direct and perform their own original plays.