JUNE ATTRACTIONS

Scorched
By Wajdi Mouawad
Tarragon Theatre
30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto, ON
June 7 – June 27, 2009
416-531-1827

Riverdance Farewell Tour
Canon Theatre
244 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON
May 19 – June 21, 2009
416-872-1212

The Harder They Come
By Perry Henzell
Canon Theatre
244 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON
July 21 – August 23, 2009
416-872-1212

Loot
By Joe Orton
Young Centre for the Performing Arts
55 Mill Street, Toronto, ON
June 6 – August 1, 2009
416-866-8666

Awake and Sing
By Clifford Odets
Young Centre for the Performing Arts
55 Mill Street, Toronto, ON
June 6 – July 31
416-866-8666


The Canon Theatre becomes reggae central from July 21 – August 23 when ‘The Harder They Come’, the smash hit from London’s West End, rolls into town with a powerful, hip swaying musical about chasing a dream.

   STILL RUNNING 

The Sound of Music
By Rogers and Hammerstein
Princess of Wales Theatre
300 King Street, Toronto, Ontario
Until September 6, 2009
416-872-1212

Jersey Boys
By Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario
Until July 26, 2009
416-872-1111

0% Down, 100% Screwed
By the Second City Cast
Second City
51 Mercer Street, Toronto, ON
Until July 31, 2009
416-343-0011

We Will Rock You
By Ben Elton, music by Queen
Panasonic Theatre
651 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario
Until June 28, 2009
416-872-1212


While The Four Season’s turned the pop music industry upside down, the stellar cast in ’Jersey Boys’ continues to do the same with theatre. From left to right, Quinn VanAntwerp, Jeremy Kushnier, Jeff Madden, and Michael Lomenda, star in the true story of a lifelong business arrangement between Franki Valli and Bob Gaudio.

    FESTIVAL COUNTRY  

Brief Encounters
By Noel Coward
Shaw Festival – Festival Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
April 11 – October 24, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

Ways of the Heart
By Noel Coward
Shaw Festival – Court House Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
July 21 – October 11, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

Play, Orchestra, Play
By Noel Coward
June 9 – October 31, 2009
Shaw Festival – Royal George Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
June 9 – October 31, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

Star Chamber (Lunchtime Series)
By Noel Coward
Shaw Festival – Royal George Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
June 25 – October 11, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

West Side Story
Based on a book by Jerome Robbins
Stratford Festival – Festival Theatre
55 Queen Street, Stratford, ON
April 11 – October 31, 2009
1-800-567-1600

The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Stratford Festival – Avon Theatre
99 Downie Street, Stratford, ON
May 9 – October 30, 2009
1-800-567-1600

Three Sisters
By Anton Chekov
Stratford Festival – Tom Patterson Theatre
111 Lakeside Dr. Stratford, ON
May 9 – October 30, 2009
1-800-567-1600

The Trespassers
By Morris Panych
Stratford Festival – Studio Theatre
34 George Street East, Stratford, ON
July 26 – October 4
1-800-567-1600

Born Yesterday
By Garson Kanin
Shaw Festival – Festival Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
May 1 – November 1, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

A Moon for the Misbegotten
By Eugene O’Neil
Shaw Festival – Court House Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
April 28 – October 9, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

Sunday in the Park with George
By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Shaw Festival – Royal George Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
April 1 – November 1, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

The Entertainer
By John Osborne
Shaw Festival – Studio Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
July 31 – September 20, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

Cyrano de Bergerac
By Edmond Rostand
Stratford Festival – Festival Theatre
55 Queen Street, Stratford, ON
May 29 – November 1, 2009
1-800-567-1600

Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare
Stratford Festival – Avon Theatre
99 Downie Street, Stratford, ON
May 23 – October 17, 2009
1-800-567-1600

Bartholomew Fair
By Ben Jonson
Stratford Festival – Tom Patterson Theatre
111 Lakeside Dr. Stratford, ON
May 27 – October 2, 2009
1-800-567-1600

Rice Boy
By Sunil Kuruvilla
Stratford Festival – Studio Theatre
34 George Street East, Stratford, ON
August 11 – October 3
1-800-567-1600

The Devil’s Disciple
By Bernard Shaw
Shaw Festival – Festival Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
June 14 – October 11, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

Albertine in Five Times
Michel Tremblay
Shaw Festival – Court House Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
June 24 – October 10, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

In Good King Charles’s Golden Days
By Bernard Shaw
Shaw Festival – Royal George Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
April 17 – October 9, 2009
1-800-511-SHAW

Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Stratford Festival – Festival Theatre
55 Queen Street, Stratford, ON
May 22 – October 31, 2009
1-800-567-1600

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By William Shakespeare
Stratford Festival – Festival Theatre
55 Queen Street, Stratford, ON
August 7 – October 30, 2009
1-800-567-1600

A Funny Thing Happened
On The Way to the Forum
Book by Burt Shevelove
Stratford Festival – Avon Theatre
99 Downie Street, Stratford, ON
June 11 – November 1, 2009
1-800-567-1600

Every Yours, Oscar
By Peter Wylde
Stratford Festival – Tom Patterson Theatre
111 Lakeside Dr. Stratford, ON
June 19 – August 29, 2009
1-800-567-1600

Zastrozzi
By George F. Walker
Stratford Festival – Studio Theatre
34 George Street East, Stratford, ON
August 12 – October 3
1-800-567-1600


Some things just don’t sit right with Jenny Young as Josie Hogan (left) as Jim Mezon as Phil Hogan (right) can’t help but fan the flames in the Shaw Festival presentation of ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten.’ The play runs until October 9 at the Court House Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

 
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