The Phantom of the Opera
Gordon Lightfoot
Harry Styles
June 16
The teen heartthrob and former
One Direction band member
performs his hit songs like
“Sign of the Times” from his
chart-topping self-titled album.
Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St.,
aircanadacentre.com
Water Music The Phantom of the Opera June 2 and 3 June 7 to 30 Christoph Altstaedt conducts the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
in a program that encompasses
some of classical music’s most
recognized pieces. Canadian
soprano Leslie Ann Bradley
lends her voice to such notable
works as Handel’s “Water Music,”
J. Strauss II’s “Blue Danube
Waltz,” and Smetana’s “The
Moldau.” Roy Thomson Hall, Gordon Lightfoot
60 Simcoe St., tso.ca Cameron Mackintosh brings
a new production of Andrew
Lloyd Webber’s classic musical
to the stage. New set designs,
choreography, and costumes
heighten the drama of the
tumultuous love triangle
between Vicomte Raoul
de Chagny, the disfigured
apparition who haunts the
theatre, and their mutual love
interest, Christine. Princess of Willy Wonka The Musical Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W.,
mirvish.com Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St.,
masseyhall.com
June 29 to July 1
Hailed as a national treasure,
the Canadian singer-songwriter
is known for such songs as “If
You Could Read My Mind”
and “Sundown.” The folk-rock
legend is the final artist to take
to the Massey Hall stage before
the famed venue closes its doors
for a revitalization project
expected to last until fall 2020.
Starts June 7
Roald Dahl’s imaginative world
comes to life in this colourful
adaptation about the titular
candy man and a poor paper
boy, Charlie Bucket. Behind
the factory doors, Charlie and
the other recipients of the
golden tickets encounter
singing Oompa-Loompas,
sample everlasting gobstoppers,
and stroll by the chocolate
river. Lower Ossington
Sutra
Theatre, 100 Ossington Ave.,
lowerossingtontheatre.com
May-June 2018
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