(Sep. 23 8:15 PM) - The Hollywood Reporter brings us the news that Canadian broadcaster Global Television has Canada's first big broadcast hit with its airing of the Fox series GLEE.
(Sep. 12 5:07 PM) - Pierre Cossette, who founded the modern Grammy Awards and produced the globally televised music awards ceremony for 35 years, died of congestive heart failure at a Montreal hospital. He was 85. The Canadian producer's death was announced late Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., by the Recording Academy.
(Aug. 24 1:27 PM) - From the author of MAMBO ITALIANO, comes the world premiere of a new light-hearted and hilarious romantic comedy about love, lust and misunderstandings, inspired by Feydeau, Goldini and Sophia Loren.
(Aug. 22 10:39 AM) - Audiences had the first opportunity to see Seana McKenna and Roberta Maxwell in Timberlake Wertenbaker's new translation of Jean Racine's masterpiece Phèdre on Thursday, August 6, as the play began previews at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's intimate Tom Patterson Theatre.
(Aug. 19 12:30 PM) - The Entertainer by John Osborne comes to the Shaw Festival at the Studio Theatre through September 20. It started its run on July 31, 2009.
(Aug. 19 12:01 PM) - Ways of the Heart, the final trio in the Shaw Festival's historic presentation of Noel Coward's Tonight at 8:30 collection, opened at the Court House Theatre on Saturday, August 1, 2009.
(Aug. 12 8:33 PM) - Cirque du Soleil performers from KÀ, Mystère and CRISS ANGEL Believe welcomed the newest members of the Cirque family to Las Vegas on Saturday. The cast of the new show based on the life and music of Elvis were treated to a Cirque-style greeting at McCarran Airport. The performers have been rehearsing for the past few months at the Cirque du Soleil Creation Studio in Montreal and are now relocating to Las Vegas for rehearsals on stage in the new theatre at ARIA Resort & Casino in CityCenter. The show is set to open late 2009.
(Aug. 5 11:36 AM) - The Canadian Press reports that theatre impresario Garth Drabinsky has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a massive fraud, while his partner Myron Gottlieb has been sentenced to six years.
(Jul. 31 2:43 PM) - As we continue to widen and deepen our regional editorial coverage, BroadwayWorld.com is looking for writers in a slew of new cities, states and countries that we've recently expanded into.
(Jul. 26 10:24 AM) - Business is booming at the Fringe Factory! The ticket-printing machine is on 24/7 in order to meet customer demands after a successful opening weekend!
(Jul. 24 6:37 PM) - Taylor Hicks, currently starring the in the Broadway tour of GREASE had a visit from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last night, after the performance at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, ONT. Take a look at some fun pictures of the meeting right here on BroadwayWorld.com!
(Jul. 23 4:36 PM) - Stage and screen favorite Martin Short talks comedy, characters and career to CBC News. Short is heading to an engagement at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.
(Jul. 22 2:25 PM) - For its 2009 season, The Shaw takes on a monumental and historic project with full productions of each play in Noel Coward's famous Tonight at 8:30 collection. The Shaw's 2009 productions represent the first time all ten short plays have been performed in repertory by a professional company since they were first produced by London's Phoenix Theatre in 1935-36.
(Jul. 20 3:01 PM) - Business is booming at the Fringe Factory! The ticket-printing machine is on 24/7 in order to meet customer demands after a successful opening weekend!
(Jul. 1 6:22 PM) - Actor Harve Presnell, star of stage and screen productions of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" has passed away from cancer at age 75. Presnell died June 30th of pancreatic cancer at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, according to Gregg Klein, Presnell's agent.
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