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Artword Theatre’s production of Tobacco Troubadour, a new musical about growing up in tobacco country and its lively dance hall scene, based on the songs of J.P. Riemens, with script and direction by Ronald Weihs, playing at Backstage Capitol Theatre, 93 King Street, Delhi, Friday July 3 at 8 pm, Saturday July 4 at 3 pm and 8 pm.
Tickets: 519-582-7272 www.BackstageCapitol.com
Infosite: www.tobacco.artword.net

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Sat June 27, 2009 at 8 pm
New Dance New Music: Artword Theatre presents a one-night festival of performance adventure. Feel the excitement of real-time collaborative creation. No one knows what will happen next. Be there!
performed at The Pearl Company 16 Steven St, Hamilton. $10 at the door. For info, call Artword’s office 905-548-0341
New dance, new music collaborations and improvisations, featuring: More »

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) is pleased to announce the VIP Presenters for the 30th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards to be held on Monday, June 29 (officially proclaimed “Dora Day” by the City of Toronto) at the Winter Garden Theatre, followed by the always-fabulous After-Party at Metro Square. The exquisite Rosewater Supper Club again hosts the elegant pre-show VIP Reception where guests have the opportunity to mingle with the nominees. More »

WatersEdge Productions, a new independent theatre company, presents its debut production in Toronto: the Canadian premiere of bare, the rock musical that has garnered a worldwide fan base since its award-winning Los Angeles staging, and its subsequent sold-out five-week Off-Broadway run.

With music by Damon Intrabartolo and lyrics by Jon Hartmere, bare opens July 17 and runs through to August 1, 2009 with an exuberant young cast of 19 actors at Toronto’s Hart House Theatre tackling themes of teen sexuality, religious angst, and unrelenting social and family pressure.
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Burning Bush Productions presents the award-winning theatre artist Tracey Erin Smith in The Burning Bush!, an hilarious and heart-warming theatrical extravaganza that combines her two hit solo shows The Burning Bush! and Two in the Bush! This audacious comedy – about a ’stripping rabbi’ saving souls one lap dance at a time – previews June 17, opens June 18 and runs to June 27 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. More »

Hi all,

Here are some upcoming gigs I’m involved with in June, hope to see you at one or more of these:

FRIDAY JUNE 12th Beth Anne Cole/Brian Katz.
Beth Anne and I did a recording of Yiddish songs quite a few years back, a project I was very fond of; she then moved to New York, and is now back. We are going to present a wide ranging evening that somehow has found unification: from Kurt Weill to Gershwin to Yiddish to selections from Sesame Street (no kidding 3 of them!); get the unifying theme?

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Prepare to be dazzled by dare-devils, escape artists, fire-breathers, musicians, magicians, mimes and more as North America’s largest busker festival celebrates its 10th Anniversary!

Toronto’s international street performers festival – Scotiabank BuskerFest 2009 – promises four days and nights of non-stop side-splitting hilarity and astonishing spectacle from Thursday, August 27 to Sunday, August 30 as buskers from all over the world descend on the St. Lawrence Market district in support of Epilepsy Toronto. More »

The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival and Dance Umbrella of Ontario’s Dance Initiative announce their presentation of the world premiere of AX-S Dance’s new piece “twentysomethings” at Factory Theatre Mainspace choreographed by Kate Nankervis.
Determined to capitalize on the fun frivolous times of their twenties, four women are faced with the responsibility of defining themselves, and their futures. While the realities and decisions of the ‘real world’ collide, these ‘twentysomethings’ attempt to overcome the Quarterlife Crisis for themselves and each other. These bold Toronto based indie dance artists will propel you through your twenties or remind you of them.
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“It’s like running a marathon,” exclaims violinist Jacques Israelievitch.  “Actually, like running two!”

Israelievitch and Japanese-American pianist Kanae Matsumoto will perform all 10 Beethoven violin sonatas over an eight-hour period, Sunday, June 21 in the superb acoustics of Gallery 345, at 345 Sorauren Avenue (east of Roncesvalles, two blocks south of Dundas St. W.). More »

The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) Professional Gallery presents the exhibition The Path of Most Resistance from June 26 to September 13, 2009. Opening reception: Thursday, June 25, 6:30 p.m. Panel discussion: Friday, June 26, 6:30 p.m. (Room 284, Level 2, 100 McCaul Street)

By turns exquisite and repellent, this show connects four international artists whose art — especially painting — focuses on materials and techniques. More »

You are invited to  A TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL CONCERT
with the KYE MARSHALL JAZZ QUARTET
on Sunday June 28

Composer and cellist Kye Marshall creates jazz that is fresh, lyrical and
vibrant. Her strong melodic sense and the warm resonance of her cello create new sounds for the jazz idiom. Internationally acclaimed Don Thompson on the piano/bass, Andy Scott on guitar, and Alan Heatherington on
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Hi,

I’m going to be writing you soon about my cabaret show with Judith Lander, June 30 at the Old Mill, but first, I MUST let you know about the new Beggar’s Bag show, June 19-20.

All the details are here, but I want to let you know that these shows are really breathtaking. Suzy, Barb and Amber have assembled a cast of kids who rose to the top in their various theatre schools and are now working performers in Toronto. I don’t know everything about the show, because Suzy’s always a little mysterious. She wants to surprise her mom, isn’t that adorable? More »

InnaZone Theatre Production presents
A Workshop Production of:

I Remembered
Written & directed by Tien Providence
Two Sisters: A Lawyer, a defendant; overcome a broken relationship with their father to save each other. More »

Teacht i dTír: Voices from Ireland Park
Like the atmospheric park in which it is set, this theatre project memorializes the devastating events surrounding the arrival of 38, 000 Irish immigrants to Toronto during the potato famine of 1847.

Teacht i dTír: Voices from Ireland Park will introduce people to the memorial who have not yet experienced it. By extension, it will share the history of the Irish in Toronto with this new demographic. Equally as significant, it will offer the Irish community in Toronto and southern Ontario an extraordinary theatrical event that reflects their roots and experiences as members of the Irish Diaspora. This project is a convergence of theatre and community. More »

Expect Theatre Kicks Off 3-year Project with Launch Party for Interdisciplinary High Rise
19 stories in 19 stories

On June 30, 2009 at the Albion Library, Expect Theatre celebrates the beginnings of its bold new three-year theatre project with a kick-off launch party and window into the creation process for what will ultimately be a new multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural production entitled High Rise. As well, the kickoff features fabulous entertainment, food, and a celebration of Multiculturalism Day (June 27), most fitting in this community that boasts one of the most multicultural populations in North America. More »

Debbie Wilson is creating and is sending an open invitation to all of our past and future supporters to view Genesis – her latest work-in-progress.  Please join us at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2009 – at the Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre, 220 Cowan Avenue (Parkdale) for the performance of Genesis followed by a meet and greet with Debbie and the performers. Tickets are Pay What You Can. More »

Every Thursday @ Annexlive in the heart of the Annex
7:00 – 10:00pm
Annexlive – Featuring: Julie McGregor with Toronto Jazz Legend Norman Amadio on Piano and special guests.
You are invited to join us for dinner or just drinks. Annex Live offers great Italian food, a new hip spot and live jazz. Norman Amadio is on piano with vocalist Julie McGregor and their performance is guaranteed to warm your hearts. Plus no cover charge. More »

Jazz in a Classical Key

Gene DiNovi, piano, James Campbell, clarinet, Dave Young, bass

As Gene DiNovi says: The question is: “Does every great classical musician dream of being a great jazz musician, or vice versa?” Magic occurs when two of Canada’s jazz greats, Gene DiNovi and Dave Young, join forces with James Campbell (“Canada’s pre-eminent clarinetist and wind soloist” – Toronto Star). Together, they meld the classical and jazz worlds into a fascinating and entertaining musical program. Their joint CD Manhattan Echoes (Marquis Classics) is selling out on Amazon.com. You gotta hear what they do with tunes like Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust, or Fat Waller’s Jitterbug Waltz!

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Spotlighting Gene DiNovi, James Campbell & Dave Young

Two of Canada’s jazz greats join the country’s “preeminent clarinetist and wind soloist” (Toronto Star), in a Concert Party at The Old Mill, Wednesday, June 10, at 21 Old Mill Road (minutes from the Old Mill subway; ample free parking).

Clarinetist James Campbell, artistic director of the Festival of the Sound, joins his long-time jazz collaborators, pianist Gene DiNovi and bassist Dave Young, to serenade diners with Jazz in a Classical Key.   Dinner, à la carte, is served from 6 p.m., with live music beginning at 7 p.m. There is no cover, but a minimum food & beverage purchase of $20 per person More »

Performances of Brahms’ Die Schöne Magelone (op.33) in Toronto (June 6) and London, Ontario (June 7)

Tenor Guy Flechter will sing Johannes Brahms’ song cycle Die Schöne Magelone, accompanied by pianist Clark Bryan in two recitals; one in Toronto at the Church of the Holy Trinity on June 6 and one in London, Ontario at Aeolian Hall on June 7.  At each performance, Robert Wallace, York University Professor Emeritus, will read English translations of the songs along with an adaptation of the story in which the poems originally appeared. More »