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FALL/WINTER - 2007 Display until April 25, 2008 2 HOToronto Fall/Winter 2006 In This Issue 4 FROM THE EDITOR Joey Cee 5 SCHMOOZE CONTROL with Aline Sandler Last season’s highlights from the HOToronto photo album 7 IN THE NEWS: Winter City Festival, First Annual Independent Artist Fair, HOToronto On Facebook GALAS & CHARITY BALLS: Fundraisers 8 CURTAINS UP! LIVE THEATRE SUPERGUIDE: Current and upcoming theatre productions 10 THEATRE DIRECTORY 11 HOTicket: Concert and Festival Guide 12 FESTIVE DELIGHTS & HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS: Your festive guide to holiday attractions, theatre, Christmas concerts 14 SPECIAL EVENTS & SHOW GUIDE Fairs, Festivals, Galleries and Exhibitions 15 DINNER THEATRE DIRECTORY 18 HOTset Guide to who is fi lming in and around Toronto HOTsports Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs Home Game Schedules 19 VIP SOURCE Visitor’s Information Page. Instant phone directory to major tourist attractions and entertainment venues DINNER & SHOW: Dinner Theatres 20 MOVIE MONITOR A checklist guide to this season’s hottest new movies 22 WOW WEST: What’s On Where in Mississauga @ The Living Arts Centre COVER STORY This issue bridges the outgoing and incoming years with a wide range of entertaining events. Depicted on our cover are Kurt Browning as PETER PAN and Ross Petty as Dr. .Hook - the fractured fairy tale at the Elgin Theatre. The holiday season comes alive with the staging of Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS at the Sony Centre. That will be followed by the CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECTACULAR and AFRICAN FOOTPRINT, also at the Sony Centre. Gardeners and nature lovers alike, will get an early taste of spring when CANADA BLOOMS returns to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre as does the CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW, showcasing the latest and greatest models that will hit the street this summer - and many we can only wish for. Fall/Winter 2007 HOToronto 3 Publisher and Managing Editor Joey Cee Contributors Fall/Winter 2007 Annette Stallmach, Enzo Iammatteo volume 14 number 2 Miriam Isenberg, Everett Rooke Photography Aline Sandler, Tom Sandler. From the editor Jody Glaser, Lenore Farrell, George Onuska. Enzo Iammatteo Randy Muise Design, Layout & Digital Cover Graphics 17 Designs - www.17designs.com Interns Toronto at Par or better! Peter Kaniuk Jonathan Delgado Winter is what we make it! Some choose to retreat and hibernate once the cold weather and snow moves in while others are ready Website Design to take on the coldest of seasons with a gusto that can only DesignSource.com promote good health and a sense of adventure. Theatre goers, Social Media Marketing movie goers, concert goers and goers of all kinds who simply Vince Alexander Joey Cee, Publisher & Editor refuse to let the doldrums of winter get the best of them are the ones that get to experience the joys available to them in our great HOToronto Magazine is published three times a year by city. The entertainment factor is at its best during the winter months as theatres gear up to stage JCO Communications Inc., great productions catering to all walks of life and when concerts are in abundance as major tours 1235 Bay Street, 4th Floor, are in progress. Numerous consumer shows and exhibitions are mounted over the next six months Toronto, Ontario. M5R 3K4. at the convention centres, drawing in thousands of curious patrons who converge under one roof to Tel: (416) 923-HOTO (4686) see and explore the offerings of hundreds of exhibitors at each location. Sports arenas are awash Fax: 905-820-9512 with fans routing for the Leafs or Raptors and of course, there are movies and great restaurants E-mail: [email protected] to dine at - enough to keep you off the couch every day of the week. However, this season should be a time for us to realize how lucky we are to have all these joyful journeys we can follow. One www.HOToronto.com trip down to Yonge and Dundas at night will give you the sense that we are developing our own The information on establishments and special version of Times Square albeit on a smaller scale. Just as our dollar has met up with the power of venues listed or mentioned in this publication is the American greenback so has our culture, and in some cases surpassing all expectations. Getting compiled from all available, and considered to be out there and discovering what the city has to offer only supports our growth as the entertainment reliable sources. The publisher does not assume re- capitol of Canada. Get into the holiday spirit by visiting some of the holiday attractions and events sponsibility for omissions, errors or changes printed. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of that are sure to put you in a festive mood. information provided at time of printing. Due to the HOToronto Magazine is designed to guide you to your destination and help you plan a great nature of the venues, information may change after time in Toronto. So allow us to be your guide. If you don’t fi nd what you are looking for in this date of publication. issue, please make sure you visit our website regularly where you can fi nd updates or join our new This publication does not endorse or recommend HOToronto Social Network on Facebook. the establishments listed or advertised. However, most establishments are listed on proven merit and Everything you need to know is just a few clicks away! therefore recommended for publication. You may no- tify the publisher in writing, by fax or by e-mail, of any On behalf of myself and the HOToronto crew, I extend best wishes to all our readers and supporters changes or additions found in this publication. throughout the years. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. HOToronto Magazine is available at selected retail locations, information centres, plus selected news- stands and bookstands throughout Toronto and the surrounding areas. Locations include selected tour- ist information centres, ticket locations, nightclubs, bars, restaurants, theatres, concert venues and festivals, record stores and tourist attractions. HO- Toronto Magazine is available to tourists from Tour- ism Toronto (Metro Toronto Convention & Visitors In the Spirit of Christmas Association). Additional current and back copies of HOToronto Magazine are available for $4.95 plus This is a time to show compassion for those who are not as fortunate as we are. $1.50 mailing and handling per copy (in Canada and These are our brothers and sisters on the streets, in the shelters, and those lined up at the the USA), International orders $10.00 US per copy. food banks. They are people like us, who for one reason or another, are unable to enjoy what No part of this publication may be reproduced, dupli- cated or electronically stored in part or whole without we take for granted. Remember to help those less fortunate during this holiday season. The the written permission of the publisher. spirit of the season only shines through us. We are the ones who can help lighten up the rest of the world. Throughout the year, we should be their beacons but at this time © Copyright 2007-8. All Rights Reserved. of year we can become the real, Christmas light for many who need us - Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement #40927517 the shining star on their virtual tree of life. Printed in Canada 4 HOToronto Fall/Winter 2007 Aline Sandler at the “DROWSEY CHAPERONE” OPENING NIGHT PARTY Just about every day of the week, the various editors and photographers of HOToronto are invited to special events taking place throughout the Comic Robin Duke Dancap president, Actor Georgia Engle (Mary Co-writer and her son Augie Aubrey Dan with wife Tyler Moore, Everybody Loves Don McKellar megacity. Here are some candid and not-so-candid shots by our chief- Riik Anna and family Raymond) with Aubrey Dan photographer Aline Sandler at some of the past season’s schmooze highlights. Amanda Smith and Royal Animation producer Cast of Drowsey Chaperone Modelling new usher uniforms are (L-R) Air Farce comic Luba Goy Genna Duplessis and Amanda Rotko, Emily Munroe, Sean Jones comic Jessica Holmes and Wesley French FASHION WEEK OPENING NIGHT Suzanne Cohon and CSI Miami star The Man In Chair Alexandra Weston of Sofi a Milos lead actor Bob ASC Public Relations Martin Steve Reed & Rod Morris & Hoax Coutoure’s Chris Dr. Penny Kendall Donato Carozza Tyrell & Brian Bailey THE ANNUAL PINK BEDROOM GALA Reed Elaine Tenneyson, Norma Jones E. Michael Jones Film maker Bobby Brown and Actor, Amanda Flare Magazine Holt Renfrew’s Bean Alexis Binder & Bonnie Johnson and Jane Ip Uppekah Jain (representing Brugel (Paradise Editor Lisa Tant Barbara Atkin & Playdead sponsor Caramilk) Falls) & Designer Brian FDCC President Bailey Robin Kay Krista Webster and Rebecca Hardy, Dennis Darby Heather & Max Gottlieb Singer Amanda Marcus Doyle Jen Wade & Supermodel Iman & Canada’s Next Top and Danielle Bibas Martinez & Yasmine Shira Wosnick Robin Kay Model Rebecca Hardy Neschorek Stephen & Charmaine Nadine Spencer,of sponsor Jane Ip, Founder of Pink Bedroom, Kevin Pennant & actor, Musician, Designer Pat Actor Tara Spencer- Johnson Finer Foods & Jessica Shields co-host Bill Carroll and Beth Ann Charlotte Sullivan (Across the Wayne St. John McDonagh Nairn (Corner Gas) of Rogers Wireless Colle River to Motor City) Fall/Winter 2007 HOToronto 5 More THE CHOCOLATE BALL A 14-Day Celebration of Big City Fun! January 25 - February 7, 2008 Now it its fi fth year, the award-winning WinterCity festival offers a 14-day, city-wide celebration of Toronto’s incomparable diversity of spirit bursting with delicious culinary experiences, a hot blaze of unique free entertainment and a showcase of our vibrant arts scene.