The whole world can be found at Canada's foremost center for contemporary culture.

After 12 years at the Fairmont Royal York, the show has gone uptown. The action at this interactive whodunit gets under way around dessert time. Actors are scattered at tables around the room, and guests try to solve the crime with the aid of a detective who leads the investigation.

This curved glass structure, a downtown architectural landmark, is a well-known concert hall.

Presenting at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Canadian Opera Company (COC) is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The Toronto-based company enjoys an international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation. The COC produces fully staged operas and a free series of 90 concerts at the Four Seasons Centre. Annually, over 120,000 people attend COC mainstage performances and it has over 17,000 subscribers.

Canada's first purpose-built opera house was completed in 2006 and is the home of the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada. Highlights of the Four Seasons Centre include the world's longest freespan glass staircase and a horseshoe-shaped, European style auditorium featuring phenomenal advancements in modern engineering and acoustical design. Facility tours are available. For upcoming opera and ballet performances, visit the Canadian Opera Company and The National Ballet of Canada websites.

Blue Man Group is officially open at Toronto's new state-of-the-art Panasonic Theatre.

Attending a concert at this beautifully restored, ornate theater is an elegant experience.

The largest performing arts center in Canada, this venue seats over 3,100 with something for everyone.

This 340-seat radio concert hall offers chamber, jazz, and spoken-word performances. Its name celebrates the great, eccentric Toronto pianist whose life was cut short by a stroke in 1982.

Established in 1979, this "gay, lesbian and queer" theater company produces edgy and provocative new Canadian works. Their work is not for everyone (the list of upcoming productions identifies shows that are "not for the faint of heart," and they mean it), but Buddies produces shows that you simply won't see anywhere else. The theater also stages Canadian adaptations of some well-known works, such as Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. American Sky Gilbert has helped build the theater's cutting-edge reputation.