- Etheridge steps into American Idiot musical
- Broadway's American Idiot is trading in one Grammy-winning rock star for another, with Melissa Etheridge set to join the cast of the Green Day musical.
- Toronto dancers to compete for Erik Bruhn Prize
- Shino Mori and Naoyo Ebe, both members of the National Ballet of Canada corps de ballet, will compete for the Erik Bruhn Prize this March.
- Arabian Nights retooled for Luminato
- One Thousand and One Nights, retooled for the modern age, will be one of the anchors of Toronto's Luminato festival of arts and creativity this June.
- Spider-Man musical blasted for long preview run
- Some Broadway producers have broken an unspoken code of silence and criticized the perpetual preview run of the musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.
- Playwright Romulus Linney dies
- Romulus Linney, the father of actress Laura Linney and a prolific playwright whose work ranged from stories set in Appalachia to the Nuremberg trials, has died in New York. He was 80.
- AUDIO: Plummer on his idol Barrymore
- Christopher Plummer says he sees "great pathos" in acting legend John Barrymore's story but hopes to avoid the great actor's ignominious end, brought on by alcohol.
- Spider-Man musical opening delayed for 3rd time
- The Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, plagued by financial problems and injuries including a stunt man's nine-metre fall after his safety harness malfunctioned, has delayed its opening night again, this time for more than a month.
- Winnipeg theatre plans $2.2M upgrade
- The Prairie Theatre Exchange launched a $2.2-million capital fundraising campaign on Thursday with a huge headstart.
- Shaw actor Al Kozlik dies
- Canadian character actor Al Kozlik, who was a member of the Shaw Festival Ensemble for 28 years, has died. He was 76.
- Salma Hayek develops Wicked as TV miniseries
- Actress and producer Salma Hayek is teaming up with U.S. network ABC to bring Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West to television.
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