How Black Mothers Say I Love You @ Maja Prentice Theatre, Mississauga, ON - On now until Sun Mar 12th!

A Trey Anthony and Girls in Bow Ties Production

From the creator of 'da Kink in my Hair, comes Trey Anthony's most thought provoking play yet. How Black Mothers Say I Love You is a tale of a mother and her three daughters and their attempts to love each other in less than ideal circumstances. Daphne is a Caribbean mother who leaves her two daughters behind in Jamaica for six years. This separation has devastating consequences on each family member who are all searching for love, reconciliation and forgiveness. How Black Mothers Say I Love You, explores our own desire and urgent need for truth and how we respond to what has been left unsaid. The play featuring an original score that blends gospel, reggae, dub, and R&B with classical music, by Juno award winning composer Gavin Bradley.

Location:  Maja Prentice Theatre, 3650 Dixie Road, Mississauga, ON

Tickets:  $39

Wed March 8- 7:30pm
Thu March 9- 1:00pm & 7:30pm
Fri March 10- 7:30pm
Sat March 11- 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sun March 12- 2:00pm

For tickets  and showtimes click here

How Black Mothers Say I Love You @ The Factory Theatre, Toronto, ON - On now until Sun Mar 5th!

FEBRUARY 9 – MARCH 5
PREVIEWS FEBRUARY 4 – 8

A Trey Anthony and Girls in Bow Ties Production
Presented by Factory Theatre

A devastating diagnosis brings Daphne’s daughters home where they are forced to confront a traumatic six year separation in their past and their individual quests for love, reconciliation, and forgiveness. How Black Mothers Say I Love You is a poignant and hilarious examination of our desire for truth and understanding from what has been left unsaid. Featuring an original score by Juno Award-winning composer Gavin Bradley and a thought provoking and deeply personal script from ‘da Kink in my Hair creator Trey Anthony, How Black Mothers Say I Love You returns to Factory after being the hottest ticket in town last May.

Location:  The Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON

For tickets  and showtimes click here

SECRETS OF A BLACK BOY @ Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto, ON - On Now until Sun Nov 20th!

SECRETS OF A BLACK BOY is a brutally honest dramedy that gives voice to five young black men from Toronto as they come together for one last domino game at their local community centre before its permanent closure - a devastating result of the neighbourhood's revitalization project. With thousands of people already displaced, the ongoing dismantling of the community serves as a constant reminder that the only home many youth have ever known is literally being ripped apart with questionable explanation and rationale.

Location: Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto, ON

Pricing (incl. HST):

General Admission: $38.00
Seniors: $33.00
Artsworkers: $25.00
Under 30: $17.00
Matinees: A small number of Pay-What-You-Can tickets sold at the door

Guest Company prices may vary from Theatre Passe Muraille

Patron Warnings: Some Strong Language
Running Time: 90 minutes plus a 15 minute intermission
Shows Run:Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30pm, Saturday & Sunday matinee's at 2pm

NEW:Some tickets released for Opening Night valued at $50.00 including Opening Night reception!

For more information on our Season shows take a look out our website or give our box office a call at: 416-504-7529.

For schedule and tickets click here

She Said/He Said @ Coba Dance Studio, Toronto, ON - Sat Jun 14th!

Imani Enterprises Presents…

the SHE SAID/HE SAID  Script Reading

A New Play Written by Anne-Marie Woods

@ COBA Dance Studio,585 Dundas St. E #130 (Daniels Spectrum), Toronto, ON

STARRING: ANNE-MARIE WOODS  & TROY CROSSFIELD

Join us on Saturday June 14th @ 6pm Sharp!!! For the Debut READING of a new script that looks at Black Love in Toronto. She Said/He Said asks the question “Is it possible for Black men and Women in Toronto to date and fall in love?”

The Reading will be followed by an audience talkback session

Cost: $10.00 (Regular Price) $8.00 (for Students/Seniors and Artists)

No Guest List or Advance Tickets (Pay at the Door)

THIS IS AN ADULT EVENT 18 AND OVER

Doors Open 6pm – Reading starts 6:30pm

(Closest Intersection is Dundas and Parliament or Dundas and Sackville Street)

Info: 416-706-7694 or w_imani@hotmail.com or check out our website

Live on Stage: ROCK OF AGES @ Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON - Tues Mar 19th - Sun Mar 24th!

Toronto Can’t Fight This Feelin’ Anymore!
ROCK OF AGES
Returns to Toronto March 19-24, 2013
at the Sony Centre For The Performing Arts

The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts is gearing up to host a wild musical party when fan-favourite, ROCK OF AGES, returns to Toronto for a limited run March 19-24, 2013.

ROCK OF AGES blew the roof off the Royal Alexandra Theatre during its near nine-month run in Toronto, earning rave reviews and the coveted Dora Awards People’s Choice Award. The show presents a hilarious, feel-good story about a small-town girl – it’s no spoiler she was living in a lonely world – who meets a big-city dreamer in L.A.’s most legendary rock club on Sunset Strip. Set in the 80s and told through the greatest songs of the big-hair era, the score features 28 classic rock jams including Journey’s “Don't Stop Believin'”, Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again”, Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive”, REO Speedwagon’s “Can't Fight this Feeling”, Foreigner’s “I Want To Know What Love Is” plus more by Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Styx, and Night Ranger!

With five Tony Award® nominations under its studded belt, ROCK OF AGES has had audiences across the globe head banging with productions in Australia, London South Korea, and Las Vegas while continuing its three-plus year run on Broadway, and spawning a feature film with Tom Cruise!

ROCK OF AGES is directed by Tony Award® Nominee Kristin Hanggi (Bare, Pussycat Dolls on the Sunset Strip) and choreographed by Kelly Devine (Jersey Boys – Associate Choreographer), with a book by Chris D’Arienzo (writer and director of the film Barry Munday), original arrangements by David Gibbs (Counting Crows, Film: That Thing You Do) and the Music Supervision, Arrangements & Orchestrations by Ethan Popp (Tarzan; Europe: We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia).

SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Toronto’s first performing arts centre, has played a defining role in the cultural life of Toronto for more than 50 years. Today, the newly renovated Sony Centre’s mission is to unite the global citizens of Toronto through great artistic experiences. In addition, the Sony Centre is dedicated to developing Toronto’s younger audiences through family programming, workshops targeted towards school-aged audiences, an under-30 membership program, and other community initiatives.

The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts presents
ROCK OF AGES
Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, 1 Front Street East, Toronto
March 19-24, 2013
Tuesday-Saturday @ 8pm, Saturday and Sunday @ 2pm
Ticket prices range from $25-$90 and can be purchased in person at the Sony Centre Box Office, 1 Front Street East, Toronto, over the phone at 1-855-872-SONY (7669) or online at www.sonycentre.ca

Discounts are available for groups of 8 or more. Call THE Group Tix Company 647-438-5559 or
Toll Free 1-866-447-7849 or online at www.thegrouptixcompany.com/

Private Pain in Public Pews 2 - Live Recording @ The City Playhouse Theatre, Vaughan, ON - Fri Sept 28th!

The City Playhouse Theatre
1000 New Westminister, Vaughan, On
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 @ 7:30pm

Tickets  $35 adv/$40 at door

For tickets Visit: http://www.ticketgateway.com

More info on the play visit:    http://www.drelainespencer.com/

4our Woman @ The Ernest Balmer Studio, Toronto, ON - Sat Mar 31st!

The Obsidian Development Series continues with part two, 4our Woman on March 31st.  Motion, Obsidian's new Playwright in Residence,  weaves a lyrical tale of a dead washer, a domestic,an inmate and a crown ward. The play is a  story of memory, migrations, identity and inheritance.

Part three on April 7th is The Hallway by Leah-Simone Bowen. The play, set in 1936,  explores the everyday life of a Negro rooming house. As the tenants struggle to cope with one of the worst heatwaves in history, a Russian immigrant tries to escape his past.


Tickets are $10 and are  first come first served. Please come early to ensure a seat.

4our Woman March 31st, 2012 2pm
The Hallway April 7th, 2012 2pm
The Ernest Balmer Studio
55 Mill St. Building 58
The Cannery, Studio 315

 

416-463-8444

office@obsidiantheatre.com

Caroline, or Change @ Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto, ON - Sat Jan 21st - Sun Feb 12th!

Caroline, an African American maid to a Southern Jewish family, is struggling to keep afloat both emotionally and economically, while the young son of her employer tries to make sense of the world following the death of his mother. A Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Obie award-wining musical—and the only musical of the 21st century on New York Magazine’s shortlist for “The Greatest Musical of All-Time”—Caroline, or Change mixes fact and fantasy, symbolism and reality, plus a wide palette of musical styles to tell the story of ordinary people facing extraordinary change.

Produced in association with Obsidian Theatre Company

Location: Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley St.
Toronto, Ontario M5A 2W3
(416) 368-3110

For tickets and showtimes visit:

Visit: http://actingupstage.com/productions/caroline-or-change

I Need to Know My Father Play @ Various Locations, Toronto, ON - Sat Oct 15th - Sun Nov 13th!

I Need to Know My Father” is a compelling story that should not be missed. It will take you on an emotional roller coaster ride that is intriguing, mysterious, engaging, dramatic and last by no means least it is filled with many pockets of sidesplitting, tear jerking, hole yuh belly laughter. At the end of the day, you will be reminded of the importance of a father’s role in a child’s life and no one has the right to deny them that right!

Starring: Marcia Brown, Naggo Morris, Letna Allen

Performance Schedule:

MISSISSAUGA

Saturday, October 15, 2011 @ 8:00PM
Port Credit Secondary School
70 Mineola Road East

BRAMPTON

Sunday, October 16, 2011 @6 6:30PM
Chinguacousy Sec School
1370 Williams Parkway

OSHAWA

Saturday, October 22, 2011 @ 8:00PM
Oshawa Little Theatre
62 Russett Avenue

SCARBOROUGH

Sunday, October 23, 2011 @ 6:30PM
Rembrandt Banquet Hall
930 Progress Avenue

AJAX

Sunday October, 30, 2011 @ 6:30PM
J Clarke Richardson Collegiate
1355 Harwood Ave North

KITCHENER

Sunday, November 6, 2011 @ 3:00PM
Conrad Centre of the Performing Arts
36 King Street West, Kitchener.

NORTH YORK

Sunday, November 13, 2011 @ 6:30PM
Jamaican Canadian Centre
995 Arrow Road, Toronto, ON

For tickets and more info visit:

http://www.marciabrownproductions.com/

CHURCH GIRL - MUSICAL STAGE PLAY @ The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON - Fri Sept 2nd & Sat Sept 3rd!

Every summer we look forward to that one defining moment; an apex; the crowning point of this special season we love to enjoy but can never get enough of. As there are many things to do this summer, the city is still in search of that one event, that pinnacle gathering, the ne plus ultra which will culminate into the very definition of WoW! and Awe-Inspiring!

From the leading lady of live theater comes a dynamic and inspirational new stage play!
Profile Entertainment presents, Angela Barrow Dunlap’s

CHURCH GIRL NOT EXACTLY WHAT HER MOTHER PRAYED FOR.

STARRING: Robin Givens A’ngela Winbush Demetria McKinny Clifton Powell

TICKET INFO: At All Ticketmaster Outlets, Ticketmaster.ca, Sony Centre Box Office and Profileent.ca. Or call Michael Charles at 647.895.4636 or mcharles05@msn.com. Great Group Rates Available - Groups 10+ Call 416.250.8500 ext. 2

CHURCH GIRL - MUSICAL STAGE PLAY
Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
Toronto, ON
Fri, Sep 2, 2011 08:00 PM
Sat, Sep 3, 2011 03:00 PM
Sat, Sep 3, 2011 08:00 PM

Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
1 Front St. E., Toronto, ON

Visit: http://www.ticketmaster.ca

rock.paper.sistahz 10 Festival @ Artscape Wychwood Barns, Toronto, ON - Tues May 10th - Fri May 20th!

rock.paper.sistahz 10 Festival

May 10- 20, 2011

Ten full days celebrating the success of playing rock.paper.sistahz over the past decade! With artists from past years, new voices, plays, film, dance, art, workshops, impromptu performances, comedy, storytelling and Uth: A Day Experience co-presented with reConnexion Artists.

Plus studio.Sistahz everyday: a special anniversary cocktail series, featuring festival artists like local jazz diva Sharron McLeod, actor Raven Dauda, co-founder of VisionTV Rita Deverell, Halifax's past Poet Laureate Shauntay Grant, AfroChic, Ellipsis Tree Collective from Calgary, and Tobagonian guests in conversation & performance!

Festival pass: $59.99

$10-15 single tickets

Ten plays and studio.Sistahz
pay what you can events

For tickets and to reserve seats call 416 533 1500

Location: Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street, Toronto, ON (south of St Clair Avenue West)

Visit: http://www.bcurrent.ca for festival schedule and info

email: festival@bcurrent.ca

I Marcus Garvey @ The Papermill Theatre, Toronto, ON - Fri Mar 11th - Sun Mar 27th!

Theatre Archipelago in association with b current is proud to present the North American premiere of the play, I Marcus Garvey by Edgar Nkosi White.

Directed by Rhoma Spencer

Featuring, Beryl Bain, Jack Grinhaus, Quancetia Hamilton, Azeem Nathoo, Muoi Nene and Richard Stewart as Marcus Garvey.

Music Direction by Roger Gibbs.

Admission $15-$35
Students $25

March 11-15 Previews
Opens March 16 till March 27

Showtime 8pm. Sunday Matinee 2pm

tickets online at www.totix.ca or in person at the TO Tix Booth, Dundas Square.

School shows - March 22 & 23 at 10am.
Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, ON
(Broadview & Danforth)

Call 416-533-1500 to book your school for this Black History experience.

When It All Falls Down - The Play @ The Faith Miracle Temple, Toronto, ON - Sat Feb 5th!

Saturday, February 5 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm

280 Yorkland Blvd (Sheppard ave and Consumers Rd)
Toronto, ON

Tickets: $15 (group rates available) call: 647-241-4713 or email envisionersproductions@hotmail.com

Cheaper to Keep Her @ Massey Hall, Toronto ON - Tues Oct 26th!

UC LIVE in association with, I’m Ready Productions, Foxy Brown Productions and L. Richardson Entertainment present Je'Caryous Johnson's "Cheaper to Keep Her" starring BRIAN MCKNIGHT & VIVICA A. FOX Cheaper to Keep Her features an all-star cast that includes, R&B sensation Brian McKnight and multi-faceted actress Vivica A. Fox, Christian Keyes (lead actor - Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail), comedians Jonathan Slocumb and Gary "G-Thang" Johnson.

Location: Massey Hall, 178 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON

Visit: http://www.roythomson.com/eventdetail?eventId=646 for tickets

Sex, Relationships and Sometimes...Love @ the Annex, Toronto, ON - Fri Oct 1 and weekly Fridays

Come experience the monologue show that delivers “an enjoyable evening of home truths” Paula Citron.

SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, AND SOMETIMES...LOVE was first produced at Show World in New York City in 2003. The show has been running a healthy 6 years at the 45th Street Theatre in Times Square with The Michael Chekov Theatre Co. In March 2009, the show went back to Los Angeles for an ongoing run. This GLAAD nominated Off-Broadway hit debuted in Toronto, Canada October 7, 2009 at The Poor Alex Theatre.

These monologues are for everyone. They characterize the raw, delicate, and poignant perspectives of sex and love. They are modern, candid, topical, and for all walks of life- men, women, cross gender, straight, gay, and human.

The show is written by LA based Joelle Arqueros, directed by Roger Dundas, and produced by Ryan Singh Enterprises and Kingston 6 Entertainment.

SHOW DATES:
Fridays only, starting September 24, 2010

BUY TICKETS:
Tickets on sale now
To buy tickets for the show please visit www.ticketweb.ca

OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
Visit www.sexrelationshipsandsometimeslove.ca for more info on the players and people behind the scenes.

GIVING BACK:
Part proceeds to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation

Location:
The Annex Live
296 Brunswick Avenue
Toronto, ON

Jamaica, Farewell @ Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, ON - Sat Aug 28th!

Kingston 6 Entertainment Presents …

JAMAICA, FAREWELL

Kingston 6 Entertainment is proud to bring back the amazing one woman show Jamaica Farewell the play to Toronto!

Based on her true-life story, NAACP award-winning writer/performer Debra Ehrhardt’s, Jamaica Farewell tells the story of her journey to leave Jamaica during the midst of political unrest in the 1970’s. Ehrhardt makes daring and courageous choices, risking prison time and even death in her attempt to pull off her
plans to escape. Follow the tale of one woman’s predicament resulting in the realization of her lifelong dream to start over in America through the aide of an unwitting and infatuated American CIA agent. The award-winning play will run in Jamaica this August, then travels to Ottawa for 2 shows on August 29! If
you have not seen it, come see why Rita Wilson-Hanks, (producer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding) has optioned this play to be made in a feature film!

SAT AUG 28, 2010

@


GLENN GOULD STUDIO

CBC Building

250 Front St. West

(W of University Ave)

Time: 4 PM & 8 PM

BUY TICKETS ONLINE at Roy Thomson Hall http://www.roythomson.com/eventdetail?eventId=602

Ticketweb.ca http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=114362

Ticketgateway.com http://ticketgateway.com/

TO Tix http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/Search.action?query=jamaica+farewell

TICKET OUTLETS: From SUN AUG 15th

Loc N Twist 905-463-1747 49 Hillcrest Ave, Brampton
Loc N Twist 416-850-0336 14 St. Andrews St, Toronto
Majestic 905-268-1111 289 Dundas St East - Unit 6, Miss.
United Ach. 905-455-6789 36 Queen Street East, Brampton

2 SHOWS ONLY!

For more details, go to: www.jamaicafarewelltheplay.com or email: info@k6e.ca

WORD! SOUND! POWAH! @ Summerworks Theatre Festival, Toronto, ON - On Now until Aug 14th!

WORD! SOUND! POWAH! @ summerworks theatre festival!

August 10th 7:45 PM
August 12th 10:15 PM
...August 13th 2:45 PM
August 14th 7:45 PM
$10 admission

d'bi.young's new biomyth monodrama WORD! SOUND! POWAH! @ summerworks theatre festival!
OPENING SHOW on aug 7th is FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE!
featuring d'bi.young
stxman on stx
iam didgeridoo

the trilogy charts the journey of three generations of afrikan-jamaican womben: mudgu sankofa, her daughter sekesu sankofa, and sekesu's daughter benu sankofa. in word! sound! powah!, the grand-daughter of mudgu negotiates her own identity to the backdrop of a mythologized revolution and the birth of dubpoetry in jamaica. dub, mysticism, lyricism, politics, love, stick playing, didgeridoo flowing, and courage frolic in this part-real, part-fiction universe of 1970s/80s jamaica. the play reflects much of the socio-political truths that are currently plaguing the ‘little but tallawah’ island in the sun. and ultimately we are asked ‘what would we do’ if we were in the same circumstances presented.

a young dubpoet named benu has found herself swept up in the political spirit of revolution in jamaica in the 1970s. she has been arrested and the play follows her interrogation by constable brown as she recounts how the urge for arts students to express themselves poetically has led to them to imagining, lobbying and fighting for a better world and equality and prosperity for the urban poor of jamaica.

word! sound! powah! is a story of one people’s quest for justice, equality and freedom for the country that they love. it is a story that celebrates the beauty, eloquence, powah and beat of dub poetry and how it can be used to effectively ignite the fervour for change in the world. it is a story of corrupt law enforcement and lying politicians and empowered revolutionaries who refuse to forget their ancestors. at a time when torontonians have recently witnessed massive injustice on our streets and the stifling of the voices of the people by those sworn to protect them, at a time when canadians fear that their democratic values are not being reflected or enforced in the largest city in their country, word! sound! powah! is hauntingly relevant.

word! sound! powah! (in association with anitafrika dub theatre) plays at the theatre passe muraille mainspace (16 ryerson avenue) at the following times.

summerworks theatre festival
http://www.summerworks.caThe Arts Box Office
Theatre Passe Muraille
16 Ryerson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2P3
ph: 416.504.7529.
www.artsboxoffice.ca

De Wedding @ North York Memorial Hall, North York, ON - Sat Apr 17th!

You are cordialy invited to “De Wedding,” a romantic comedy, with sold out audiences in Grenada and Eastern Caribbean, is written by Chris DeRiggs regarded as Grenada leading playwright and produced by the internationally renowned Heritage Theatre Company is coming to Toronto, Canada.

Supported by an all-star cast, “De Wedding” is an elegant, brilliant and masterpiece play that absolutely must been seen.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

TWO SHOWS ONLY (Limited Seating)
5:00 p.m & 8:00 p.m SHARP

Adv Tickets $35.00

North York Memorial Hall
5110 Yonge Street
Lower level of the North York Public Library
Take the TTC and Get off at North York Subway Stop and walk inside towards the North York Library

RSVP to Thourla (Ajax) 647-982-1929, Ian (Toronto) 416-654-2434, Laura (Toronto) 416-653-2722, Lydia (London) 519-649-1669, Louise (Hamilton) @ 289-389-7204, Loc N Twist (Brampton) - 905-463-1747

visit www.eventobe.com for ticket outlets

Who Knew Grannie: A Dub Aria @ Factory Theatre, Toronto, ON - Wed Mar 17th - Sun Apr 4th!

A world premiere by a Toronto playwright

Four cousins find each other at the funeral of the family matriarch. Together, they return to Jamaica to discover their past and identities through games, songs, and memories. The fabled sankofa bird, which moves forward while looking backwards, represents the cousins' spiritual journey.

Produced by Obsidian Theatre in association with the Factory Theatre, Who Knew Grannie: a Dub Aria is a world premiere. Jamaican-born author Adhri Zhina Mandiela is a world-renown dub poet, playwright and artistic director. She is the founder of "b current," a not-for-profit performance company based in Toronto.

Cost
$15 - $37

Who Knew Grannie: A Dub Aria
Factory Theatre
125 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5V 2R2
(416) 504-9971

For Tickets visit: http://www.factorytheatre.ca/whoknewgrannie.htm