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We're back! Drama Club's been taking it easy over the summer, but now that September has rolled around, it's back to school (ew, as if!) and back to the theatre. Not that theatre picks up and leaves town for the summer the way it used to. Sure, most of the playhouses go on hiatus, but between Fringe, SummerWorks, Luminato, and independent productions, there's always something you can go see. Which brings us to Soulpepper, a local oddity in its decision to program a February–December season, rather than a September–May one. The poor ushers at the Young Centre barely had any cottage time at all this year, what with the summertime productions of Loot, Awake and Sing!, Of the Fields, Lately, and Billy Bishop Goes to War.

Each week, we take a look at Toronto's theatre scene and tell you which shows are worth checking out.

Veteran stage actor William Hutt, famous for his many seasons playing all the great Shakespearean roles at Stratford, died today of leukemia at Stratford General Hospital at the age of 87. As a founding member of the Stratford Festival, Hutt acted and directed in 130 productions.

, which has its official opening tonight (we caught a preview yesterday). It's great to see Albee on Toronto's stages, and given the respect of a stellar cast. R.H. Thompson is great as Martin, a successful architect who, the week of his fiftieth birthday, admits to his best friend that he's been having an affair with a goat (the eponymous Sylvia) for the past six months. This news wreaks havoc on his relationship with his wife, Stevie but seems to bring him closer to his son, Billy, whose homosexuality Martin has been having difficulty dealing with (a fact that seems somewhat ironically hypocritical, given the circumstances).

and much, much more. Expect Torontoist to be out with our bibs on and our spoons ready to slurp up some of Canada's brightest stage talent. Read more about the upcoming theatrical feast here.