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Granville Island Stage

Hot Dates: Xanadu Skates into Vancouver

Xanadu photo by David Cooper

To August 4

What do you get when you take hit songs by Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra, add leg warmers and satin jumpsuits, and put the whole thing on roller skates? Xanadu (pictured), the award-winning Broadway musical based on the cult-classic 1980s movie. It rolls onto the Granville Island Stage this summer. For more musical theatre, check out Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (Jul. 12 to Aug. 26), or Titanic: A New Musical and The Music Man, on alternating nights at Theatre Under the Stars (Jul. 10 to Aug. 18).—Sheri Radford

Hot Entertainment: Intimate Apparel

Intimate Apparel photo by David Cooper

It’s 1905, and plain, sensible, lonely Esther yearns for love. She sews custom lingerie for the uptown ladies of New York—for the downtown working ladies, too—all the while wishing she could wear one of her own exquisite creations. See playwright Lynn Nottage’s exploration of race, class, identity and desire at the Granville Island Stage (to Mar. 10).—Sheri Radford

Hot Entertainment: Circle Mirror Transformation

Circle Mirror Transformation photo by David Cooper

What’s all the hoopla at the Granville Island Stage? The 2011-2012 season kicks off with the Canadian premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation (to Oct. 22), an Obie Award–winning play by 29-year-old Annie Baker, a rising star in the American theatre world. This sharply funny but poignant comedy of secrets focuses on connections between individuals.—Sheri Radford

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CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION When Marty gathers four locals for the first-ever drama class in a small Vermont town, she has no idea how an injection of hula-hooping and wacky acting games will change their lives—including, most unexpectedly, her own (to Oct 22). M-Sa 8 pm. Matinees W and Sa 2 pm. $29-$49.

Granville Island Stage, 1585 Johnston St. 604-687-1644.

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Hot Entertainment: Classic Play

Photo by David Cooper

If you’ve never seen Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee’s award-winning play about a marriage on the rocks, now’s your chance: it runs Feb. 10 to Mar. 12 at the Granville Island Stage.—Sheri Radford

Hot Date: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The uproarious musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is currently on in Vancouver. Photo by Jo-Ann Richards

“Quirky” is the word of the day in this Tony Award–winning musical comedy that pits awkward adolescent spellers against each other—and audience members. Word nerds go crazy for musical numbers such as “My Friend, the Dictionary.” At the Granville Island Stage (to Jul. 31).—Sheri Radford

April Hot Date: Billy Bishop Goes to War

Billy Bishop Goes to War photo by Time Matheson

One of the most produced shows in Canadian theatre, this musical tells the story of the celebrated World War I flying ace. Ryan Beil portrays Billy, plus 17 other characters, accompanied only by pianist Zachary Gray. Beil is familiar to local audiences thanks to the annual Shakespeare festival Bard on the Beach, while Gray is the son of playwright John Gray. This slice of history is at the Granville Island Stage (to Apr. 17).—Sheri Radford

October Hot Date: Live on Stage

LIVE ON STAGE

Laugh out loud with the ladies of <em>Mom's the Word: Remixed</em>

Laugh out loud with the ladies of Mom's the Word: Remixed. Photo by David Cooper

In Mom’s the Word: Remixed (pictured), moms share tales of the terrible twos and the terrifying teens, at the Granville Island Stage (to Nov. 7). Helen Keller’s story comes to life in The Miracle Worker, at the Vancouver Playhouse (Oct. 10 to 31).—Sheri Radford