Mirvish’s CAA Theatre, the downtown Toronto performing arts venue on a site that has hosted countless shows over a 112-year history, may soon be no more.
The theatre at 651 Yonge St. is set to be razed and redeveloped into a 76-storey, mixed-use building, according toa rash of other live performance venues have shuttered across the city in recent yearsIf the project moves forward, theatre artists and producers say the theatre’s closure would mark an immense loss for the city’s performing arts industry.The smallest of Mirvish’s four venues, the 700-seat CAA Theatre has been a bridge between local theatre artists and Mirvish’s wider audiences.
The ground floor will contain “high quality” retail space, with cultural and residential areas above, the proposal states. Based on the application, the proposed development will not include a performing arts venue, Plunkett-Latimer said. Only the facade of the theatre is slated to be preserved.KingSett Capital, the private equity real estate investment firm developing the site, did not immediately respond to repeated requests for comment, including questions surrounding the project’s timeline.
There are three upcoming productions scheduled through April 23: “God of Carnage,” “The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It” and “The Simon & Garfunkel Story.”A venue known by many names
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