Beauty and the Beast in Toronto!

It is here! The exhilarating, energetic and enchanting family musical Beauty and the Beast is opening tonight at the beautiful Four Seasons Centre. I saw this musical more than 15 years ago with my Grandmother, and I am so excited to be taking my niece this Thursday to her very first musical experience. Thank you Dancap! For more info or to purchase tickets please click the header!

DANCAP announces 2012 line-up!!!

Aubrey Dan, President of Dancap Productions Inc., announced today the Dancap Productions 2012 Tony Award®-Winning Subscription Series, inspired by the transformative power of the theatre. It looks pretty good and we are so excited for IN THE HEIGHTS to come!!!

The new series features six subscription bonus offerings.

"There is a very special connection between the audience and the performers of live theatre" explains Aubrey Dan, "it can be profoundly affecting, even life affirming."

Dancap Productions continues its commitment to bring transformative Broadway experiences to audiences in Toronto, and across the country. Dancap will be extending its theatrical reach in 2012 with a Montreal presentation of SHREK THE MUSICAL, and a Western Canadian tour of JERSEY BOYS.

"Theatre is a place where people come together to share a once-in-a-lifetime experience," continues Dan. "It is called "live theatre" because every night, it's a different work of art on stage. Come excited to our 2012 subscription series, I know you will leave transformed!"

The 2012 Tony Award®-Winning Dancap Productions' Subscription Series includes:

AMERICAN IDIOT
December 28, 2011 - January 15, 2012
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M2N 6R8

IN THE HEIGHTS
February 7 - 19, 2012
Toronto Centre for the Arts

SHREK THE MUSICAL
March 20 - April 1, 2012
Toronto Centre for the Arts

WEST SIDE STORY
May 8 - June 3, 2012
Toronto Centre for the Arts

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
July 3 - 22, 2012
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
145 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 4G1

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
July 20-29, 2012
Toronto Centre for the Arts

Bonus Shows
PRINCE OF BROADWAY
Summer 2012

A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL!
December 2012
Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
1 Front Street East, Toronto, ON M5E 1B2

Full Subscriptions, Flexi-Subscriptions and PASSport to BroadwayTM can be purchased by clicking the header!

Ask about the Dancap Easy Payment Option!

Preview: Iphigenia in Tauris

Opera is back! Opening tomorrow night at the COC, for eight performances only, is Gluck's incredibly moving, Iphigenia in Tauris. This electrifying opera sees the return of Robert Carsen to the COC as director. The stelar cast includes Susan Graham, Russell Braun, Joseph Kaiser and Mark S Doss. Several of whom, including Carsen, Graham and Doss, performed Iphigenia in Tauris to critical acclaim in the San Francisco Opera Company production, in 2007. The show has since travelled the world, with stops in Chicago and London. This production is produced in part by Lyric Opera of Chicago, The San Francisco Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

Graham, in her COC debut, is said to be unmissable in this one, so if you are a fan of the opera, or would just like to try it out, this is your chance. Iphigenia in Tauris launches what is sure to be a terrific 2011/12 season at the COC. Don't forget if you are under 30 you can get tickets as cheap as $22 dollars. Single tickets for any opera this season are also available. Click the header for more information or call 416.363.8231.

Check out what conductor Pablo-Heras Casado has to say about the show below.

Preview: Next to Normal

OK Toronto. Are you ready? It is has officially arrived! And EAP is going to the opening tonight of this groundbreaking musical. I had the honour of seeing NEXT TO NORMAL two years at the Booth Theatre and I found it to be a profoundly moving experience. It is dark, funny, well written, executed and directed. We would like to thank Dancap for always being so open and generous with us here at EAP and for making us feel apart of the Toronto theatre community no matter the scale or scope of shows they produce. We applaud you Dancap.

Show Description:

From the director of Rent comes the most talked about show on Broadway, NEXT TO NORMAL, Alice Ripley, who received the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning NEXT TO NORMAL, will reprise her acclaimed performance as Diana Goodman, a woman crippled by bi-polar disorder, for the final time as the musical’s 36-week multi-city North American tour comes to a close in Toronto.

NEXT TO NORMAL also features Asa Somers (Dan), Curt Hansen (Gabe), Emma Hunton (Natalie), Canada’s own Jeremy Kushnier (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine) who starred as Tommy DeVito in the First National Tour, and first Canadian company, of Jersey Boys in Toronto, and Preston Sadleir (Henry).

With a thrilling contemporary score, NEXT TO NORMAL is an emotional powerhouse of a musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. In awarding the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Pulitzer Board called NEXT TO NORMAL "a powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals."


Dancap Productions Inc. presents
The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-Winning
NEXT TO NORMAL
Music by Tom Kitt, Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, Directed by Michael Grief
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen Street West
July 19-30, 2011
Tuesday – Saturday @ 7:30pm • Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday @ 2pm
Opening Night: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 7:30pm
Ticket prices range from $34-$129 including all service charges and HST
To order, visit www.DancapTickets.com or call 416.644.3665 or toll-free 1.866.950.7469
For groups of 12 or more, call 416.644.3666 or toll free at 1.866.960.7469
Official tour website: www.NextToNormal.com

Preview: Nixon in China

On now at the Four Season Centre is Nixon in China. The opera by John Adam's is based on the historic visit by President Nixon, to China, during his ill-fated presidency. But, perhaps more important than Nixon's resignation were the 5 days the President spent in China. Nixon's China visit is often viewed as the crowning achievement for his administration. Adam's opera combines the public spectacle, the historic weight and quiet reflections of one of the most important events in modern diplomacy. With a beautiful score, and all the talent at the Canadian Opera Company, were sure Nixon in China is not to miss.

Nixon in China is on now until the 26th of February. For ticket information click the header.