Please join us on Monday October 24, from 7-8 pm and hear guest speaker, Paula Wing, Associate Artist, Soulpepper Theatre Company, talk about Ghosts, the play and production. Ghosts, known as Henrik Ibsen's most controversial play, was initially turned down by Scandinavian theatre houses. Though written in 1881, its first staging was not until […]
The Penelopiad, by Margaret Atwood, now on audition for Nightwood Theatre, has arrived at The Performing Arts Department on the 5th floor of the Toronto Reference Library. Please ask for it at the Performing Arts and Languages Information Desk at the top of the stairs.
When I looked up information on The Merry Wives of Windsor I was surprised how many times it had been adapted for opera. Verdi, Nicolai, Vaughan Williams are among those who have taken successful stabs at it, and even Antonio Salieri penned Falstaff with the plot of Merry Wives in mind. […]
I first learned from a customer at the Toronto Reference Library that Les Belles-Soeurs, the smash hit French-Canadian musical version of Michel Tremblay's classic play, was coming to Toronto in January. It's not coming 'direct to the theatre', nor will it be in French. Instead, Les Belles-Soeurs is to be workshopped for an English translation […]
Thinking of seeing Studies in Motion at the Canadian Stage this season? Why not take in a free lecture at the Toronto Reference Library. Natasha Mytnowych, Associate Director of Programming, Canadian Stage, gives the insider's view of the production of this popular play about the 'father of modern cinema' Eadweard Muybridge. Want to know more about him? Actually […]
If you're a fan of Brendan Gall, a Playwright-in-Residence at Tarragon Theatre, here's your chance to hear him talk about his latest play, Wide awake hearts, currently part of Tarragon's 2010/2011 season, at the Toronto Reference Library's theatre series, On Stage. If you're unfamiliar with Brendan, this is a great opportunity to […]
Aimez-vous Molière? This week Toronto Masque Theatre will unveil a production exploring Molière's life and work through music, theatre and dance. A Molière Celebration will run from May 12-15 in the Al Green Theatre at Bloor and Spadina. Tickets at http://www.torontomasquetheatre.com or at 416-410-4561. Dance and incidental music by Lully and Charpentier, both masters of French baroque opera, will […]
The missing play, Moonlight and Magnolias, (Ron Hutchinson), now on audition for the Sudbury Theatre Centre, has been found and is available at the Performing Arts Department on the 5th floor of the Toronto Reference Library. You can also find The Twenty-fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Vigil, and I had a job I liked. Once for Sudbury.