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 		Theater Review: Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking
One of the best theatrical entertainments on Broadway this season is the one-woman show Carrie Fisher presents at Studio 54.
Afrocentric Theatre & Dance in Toronto 2009 2010
Toronto's dance and theatre scenes are rich in diversity, and the city's blended African, Caribbean and Canadian cultural scene is thriving for Fall 2009 & Winter 2010.
Fred Garbo's All Puffed Up
Performance artist Fred Garbo has only one fear in life: sharp objects.
The Contemporary AmericanTheater Festival – CATF
Since 1991, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) has produced 68 new American plays, including 25 world premieres, and commissioned 7 new plays.
Attending the Fringe Festival in Toronto, Ontario
The Fringe Festival takes over downtown Toronto, featuring $10 ticket prices and 150 different shows performed by independent theatre companies from around the world.
Vagina Monologues: Women Speak the Truth Inside
The Vagina Monologues has always been outrageous, a daring statement by women confronting themselves and the cultural binds they are in for ages.
Edward Albee's New Menagerie
Playwright Edward Albee has revisited his seminal one-act work and added layers of complexity by making it the second act of a full length drama.
Anna in the Tropics in Newfoundland
Jill Kennedy makes her directing debut this spring with Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize winning play Anna in the Tropics at Holy Heart Theatre, St. John`s.
Toronto Summer Theatre 2009
Shakespeare and the classics, plus a nine-hour work by the renowned Robert Lepage are among the best bets for Toronto theatres for the summer 2009 season.
Canadian Stage in Toronto Ends Its Hot Theatre Season With Doubt
It is the unwavering conviction of certainty that makes Bronx NY native John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt a Parable such a powerful compelling piece of drama.
North Shore Chicago Theater 2009-2010 Scene
Chicago's Michael Aaron Lindner will tell you - there's more to local theater than just downtown Chi-Town. World-class talent is a few miles to the north of the Loop.
Edmonton's Citadel Theatre Announces Season
An outline of the upcoming theatre season at the Citadel in Edmonton, Alberta.
Third and Oak: The Laundromat by Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman is a playwright and novelist. In 1983, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her play Night, Mother. She currently teaches playwrighting at Julliard.
Marisol by Jose Rivera
Jose Rivera was born in Puerto Rico and his plays have been produced nationally, internationally, translated into seven languages, and won several awards.
Apollo Defies Gravity at Portland Center Stage
Apollo is a bold journey into Epic Theater. Portland Center Stage premieres "Liberation" the third part of Keystone and Critical Mass Performance Group's new play.
The 39 Steps on Broadway
The prototype Hitchcock chase movie has been re-imagined as a British screwball comedy on the Broadway stage with four actors playing all the parts.
Edmonton's New Works Festival
Every February, the University of Alberta's Drama Department produces the New Works Festival, which fosters the development of plays written by students.
Talking Heads. Simply A Great Play
Alumnae Theatre's latest production "Talking Heads" takes us on a journey through the lives of three women, each with their own special charm.
The Impact of The Maggie Tree
Part two of an interview with Kristi Hansen, one of the co-founders of The Maggie Tree, an Edmonton-based organization that promotes women in theatre.
An Introduction to The Maggie Tree
Part one of an interview with Kristi Hansen, one of the co-founders of The Maggie Tree, an Edmonton-based organization that promotes women in theatre.
Dividing the Estate - Review
Set in the Southern United States, one family struggles for solvency, as the purse strings of their shrinking sums remain controlled by the matriarchal Stella Gordon.
Hot Toronto Theatre Season for 2008-2009
Toronto's official theatre season is about to be kick-started with with plays dealing with topics as varied as suicide and the internet, war, family pain and politics.
Speed-the-Plow at the Old Vic
Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum star in David Mamet's play about Hollywood - the politics, the sex, the money and the friendships
The Amorous Adventures of Anatol
The world premier of The Amorous Adventures of Anatol, from the original play by Arthur Schnitzler, debuts at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre.
The Blonde, Brunette and Redhead
Robert Hewitt makes a splash in The Blonde, The Brunette and The Vengeful Redhead at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre.