David Mirvish News

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Hair, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Revival of a Musical'

At a press conference held today at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 176 nominations from 218 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009 for the 30th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.

The Colony Theatre Company presents the first production of its historic 35th anniversary season, the musical sensation, 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS, written by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt and directed by Tom Frey. 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS will preview on Wednesday, June 17; Thursday, June 18 and Friday, June 19 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, June 20 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, July 26 at The Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street (at Cypress) adjacent to the Burbank Town Center.

WE WILL ROCK YOU star Erica Peck returns to the Panasonic Theatre this Friday, May 29, for the final four weeks of the run.

David Mirvish is delighted to announce a change to the line-up of shows for the 2009-10 Mirvish Theatre Subscription Season. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton's new musical THE BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH will be the second show in the season, replacing the already announced Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The new show will play October 20 to November 29, 2009 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

It's been an incredible journey in Toronto for WE WILL ROCK YOU, the musical by Queen and Ben Elton. What began as a limited seven-week engagement turned into an almost unstoppable juggernaut of entertainment that will have played 788 performances in two different theatres and been seen by an audience of one million by its final performance on June 28, 2009.

250,000 more tickets available to see the Queen of the Desert

BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Revival Of A Musical'

David Mirvish has announced that Toronto's longest-running musical, WE WILL ROCK YOU, will run even further! The all-Canadian, Dora Award-winning musical production will extend its run at the Panasonic Theatre through 6/28.

The world premiere of The Boys in the Photograph, the latest musical collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton will take place at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg from April 25 to May 23, 2009. The David Mirvish co-production will then move to the Canon Theatre in Toronto in June 2009.

DIRTY DANCING, The Classic Story on Stage by Eleanor Bergstein, was to have completed its Toronto engagement on March 29, 2009 after playing 74 weeks at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre. But audiences want more, so the producers have scrambled to keep the show on stage for one more week to fulfill the demand. DIRTY DANCING will now close on April 5, 2009.

Producer David Mirvish announced on Sunday that the Toronto run of Dirty Dancing, the Classic Story on Stage was to end after 582 performances on March 29th. The show recouped its costs back in December and has been running at a profit since then, and Variety reports that the closing has as much to do with the soft economy as with the need to open the theatre for other upcoming Mirvish productions.

Jason Donovan, Tony Sheldon, Oliver Thornton and Clive Carter lead the cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott and directed by Simon Phillips, with Press Night on 23 March and Gala Night on 24 March 2009. Bookings are currently open for performances until 26 September 2009.

On March 14, WE WILL ROCK YOU, Toronto's most resilient, longest-running, immensely popular, all-Canadian, Dora Award-winning Best Musical production, now extended through June 28 at the Panasonic Theatre, celebrates 2 years on stage!

Jason Donovan, Tony Sheldon, Oliver Thornton and Clive Carter lead the cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott and directed by Simon Phillips, with Press Night on 23 March and Gala Night on 24 March 2009. Bookings are currently open for performances until 26 September 2009.

DIRTY DANCING, The Classic Story on Stage by Eleanor Bergstein, was to have completed its Toronto engagement on March 29, 2009 after playing 74 weeks at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre. But audiences want more, so the producers have scrambled to keep the show on stage for one more week to fulfill the demand. DIRTY DANCING will now close on April 5, 2009.

On March 14, WE WILL ROCK YOU, Toronto's most resilient, longest-running, immensely popular, all-Canadian, Dora Award-winning Best Musical production, now extended through June 28 at the Panasonic Theatre, celebrates 2 years on stage!

On March 14, WE WILL ROCK YOU, Toronto's most resilient, longest-running, immensely popular, all-Canadian, Dora Award-winning Best Musical production, now extended through June 28 at the Panasonic Theatre, celebrates 2 years on stage!

David Mirvish has announced that Toronto's longest-running musical, WE WILL ROCK YOU, will run even further! The all-Canadian, Dora Award-winning musical production will extend its run at the Panasonic Theatre through May 3.

Mirvish Productions has announced their upcoming 2009-10 season. Established and run by Producer David Mirvish, this Canadian company hosts shows at the Canon Theater, Princess of Wales Theater, Panasonic Theater, and Royal Alexandra Theater. Announced for this season is a host of locally produced shows such as Cloud 9 and Stuff Happens, as well as touring shows like August: Osage County and Fiddler on the Roof, Young Frankenstein, and the new musical Little House On The Prairie. Priscilla Queen of the Desert will also come to Canadian stages, making its North American premiere.