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THEATRE: Musical theatre artist and camp queen Sharron Matthews hosts an all-star Canadian cast tonight. Sing Out, Louise! kicks off a month of fundraising activities in support of Buddies in Bad Times, the oldest and largest queer theatre in Canada. Thom Allison, Damien Atkins, Jenni Burke, and Patricia Zentilli, among others, will be joining her for the musical cabaret. Buddies in Bad Times (12 Alexander Street), 8 p.m., $25.

Nominees for the 29th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards were announced yesterday morning at the Sony Centre. Over muffins and coffee, various TAPA members, politicians, and mainstays of the Toronto theatre scene presented three awards and read off a long list of those eligible for taking home the coveted (if heavy) jesters come June 30th. This year’s nominee list, for the most part, is a rich cross-section of the Toronto theatre-going scene over the past year.

Happy: A Very Gay Little Musical is the latest show to open at Buddies and also the first musical by Sky Gilbert the theatre has produced in 17 years. And what a tricky little number it is. Essentially a musical about people writing a musical about people writing a musical, Happy tells the story of Bob and Dave, a married gay couple writing a musical about themselves, and Sue, Bob's dramaturg/faghag extraordinaire. Some scenes in the play are set within the heightened reality of the musical they are working on, and some in rather less glamorous reality. In both scenarios, things take a twist when an unexpected knock at the door reveals a young man who may be an actor, or a symbol for HIV, or just some guy Bob has been fucking.