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Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 streaks into Mirvish Productions’ 2024-25 season
theatre & performance
One billion streams later, pop-musical Six is a bona fide hit with teenage girls
(L-R) Francine Flores, 15, and Zianet Lopez, 15, attend SIX The Musical in Toronto on March 7, 2024.
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Smash hit musical Chicago to return to Toronto for holiday run
Katie Frieden and cast members from "Chicago," are shown in a handout photo. The smash Broadway hit "Chicago" will return to Toronto at the end of the year. Mirvish Productions says the musical will play at the Ed Mirvish Theatre from Dec. 27 to Jan. 6. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Mirvish Productions-Jeremy Daniel **MANDATORY CREDIT**
theatre & performance
Mirvish announces Canadian cast of Six, the hit musical about Henry VIII’s wives
Mirvish Productions has announced the cast of the musical about the monarch's ill-fated spouses, with Jaz Robinson of Whitby, Ont., shown in this handout image, starring as Catherine of Aragon and Julia Pulo of Mississauga, Ont., taking on the role of Anne Boleyn. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Mirvish Productions **MANDATORY CREDIT **
theatre & performance
“Pride and Prejudice” remake, “To Kill a Mockingbird” in Off-Mirvish season lineup
David Mirvish speaks before the cast perform a song of Mirvish's "Come From Away" as they hold a meet-and-greet as they prepare to open the musical in early 2018, in Toronto on Thursday, November 30, 2017. Canada’s largest theatre company has unveiled its 2023-24 Off-Mirvish season lineup, featuring four critically acclaimed plays.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
theatre & performance
British musical Six, Jagged Little Pill and In Dreams coming to Mirvish for 2023-2024 season
7_2009_Lauren Patten and Company in JAGGED LITTLE PILL (c) Matthew Murphy. New York Broadway.
newsletter
Finally, a happy new year for Canadian theatre: box office records, extension and very few COVID-19 cancellations
Kelly Nestruck
theatre & performance
Mirvish Productions to drop mask mandates at its live theatres on Canada Day
newsletter
Tony Awards redux - and eight new shows opening across Canada this week
Kelly Nestruck
Kelly Nestruck
theatre & performance
Hamilton, Hadestown and Jagged Little Pill in Mirvish 2022-23 season
newsletter
The Shaw Festival, Mirvish Productions and the redefinition of opening night
Kelly Nestruck
Kelly Nestruck
arts
12 days in December: How the shocking shutdown of Come From Away reveals an industry on the edge
opinion
Come From Away’s untimely end in Toronto must galvanize calls to save live theatre
Lynn Slotkin
theatre & performance
Come From Away permanently closes in Toronto amid surge of COVID-19 cases
theatre & performance
Four Toronto performances of Come From Away cancelled after backstage crew member tests positive for COVID-19
theatre & performance
Just as the curtain was rising again, live theatre scrambles to deal with shutdowns and capacity restrictions
opinion
Naming rights have made Toronto the most confusing theatre city in Canada
Kelly Nestruck
Kelly Nestruck
theatre & performance
Mirvish Productions to relaunch in December – with vaccination requirements for those on stage, backstage and in the audience
review
Blindness: It’s a real pleasure to see you again, Princess of Wales Theatre
arts
Mirvish to stage physically distanced show Blindness in August
theatre & performance
What Canadian theatre companies need to survive until re-opening night in 2021 – and beyond
theatre & performance
Mirvish aiming to welcome subscribers back to theatres in fall 2021
arts
The Podcast Files: Three episodes for the theatre-deprived
opinion
The curtain will rise for Hamilton at Mirvish, but some ticketholders are still frustrated
Kelly Nestruck
Kelly Nestruck
opinion
No theatre until 2021? Stratford and Mirvish decisions make clear the great intermission may have only just begun
Kelly Nestruck
Kelly Nestruck
theatre & performance
Mirvish pushing start of new season back to January 2021 due to pandemic
theatre & performance
Canadian premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child pushed back to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic