Openings & Closings – Week of February 6
OPENINGS
These are the shows that are opening in Toronto the week of February 6, 2017.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
IN ON IT, emerGENce Theatre
An intricate story about a dying man trying to make plans for the end, a pair of lovers trying to make it work, and two men trying to write a play.
At Theatre Passe Muraille, closes February 12
SUPERIOR DONUTS, Coal Mine Theatre
Set in the historic Uptown neighbourhood of Chicago, a donut proprietor and his young employee swap smart jokes and social commentary as they navigate their cross-racial, cross-generational friendship.
At Coal Mine Theatre, closes February 26
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9
HOW BLACK MOTHERS SAY I LOVE YOU, Factory Theatre
A devastating diagnosis brings Daphne’s estranged daughters home where they are forced to reflect on a traumatic six year separation in their past, and on their individual quests for love, reconciliation, and forgiveness.
At Factory Theatre, closes March 5
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, Young People’s Theatre
The rollicking musical version of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s classic.
At Young People’s Theatre, closes March 18
KIM’S CONVENIENCE, Soulpepper
The journey of a fractured but loving family confronting the future and forgiving the past, set in a Regent Park Korean convenience store.
At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, closes March 4
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
MY NIGHT WITH REG, Studio 180 Theatre
At Guy’s London flat, old friends and new gather to party through the night. This is the summer of 1985, and for Guy and his circle the world is about to change forever.
At the Panasonic Theatre, closes February 26
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
THE BODYGUARD, Mirvish Productions
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge—what they don’t expect is to fall in love.
At the Ed Mirvish Theatre, closes April 9
CLOSINGS
These are the shows that are closing in Toronto the week of February 6, 2017.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
THE LAST WIFE, Soulpepper
War is on the horizon—in France and in the home of Henry VIII and his new wife Katherine Parr. Sex, violence, and women’s rights shape a humorous and powerful contemporary take on the tumultuous relationship that sculpted a dynasty.
At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts
RABBIT HOLE, DEELEN with TROUBLE
A raw and honest look into one family’s experience with the loss of their child.
At Red Sandcastle Theatre
THE WEDDING PARTY, Crow’s Theatre
A comedy about two families, a wedding, mistaken identities, and love, love, love.
At the Crow’s Theatre
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
IN ON IT, emerGENce Theatre
An intricate story about a dying man trying to make plans for the end, a pair of lovers trying to make it work, and two men trying to write a play.
At Theatre Passe Muraille
LIV STEIN, Canadian Stage
Music is the only thing that matters in the life of concert pianist Liv Stein. When her son Henri dies, she gives it all up. But the unexpected visit of a promising piano student claiming to have shared Henri’s last couple of years forces Liv to face past demons.
At the Bluma Appel Theatre
SEQUENCE, Tarragon Theatre
A man successfully bets double or nothing on the Super Bowl coin toss for twenty years in a row. A professor races the clock on a ground-breaking discovery to cure the disease that is causing her own progressive blindness.
At Tarragon Theatre
iPhoto caption: Vancouver’s Third Beach. Photos courtesy of Sarah Afful
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