Princess of Wales Theatre
Princess of Wales Theatre
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| Location | 300 King Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 1J2 |
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| Coordinates | 43°38′49″N 79°23′22″W / 43.64694°N 79.38938°W |
| Owner | Mirvish Productions |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Opened | May 26, 1993 |
The Princess of Wales Theatre is a 2000-seat theatre located at 300 King Street West in the heart of Toronto's Entertainment District in the downtown area. The theatre's name has a triple meaning: it recalls the Princess Theatre, Toronto's first "first-class legitimate" playhouse, that once stood three blocks to the east; it honours Diana, Princess of Wales, with whose consent the theatre was so-named; and it links the building to its sister theatre, the Royal Alexandra, one block to the east, also named - with Royal assent - for a former Princess of Wales.
The theatre was built by Ed and David Mirvish as a state-of-the-art facility for the staging of long-running, large-scale musicals. At the time of its construction, it was the first privately owned and financed theatre built in Canada since the Royal Alexandra was built in 1907, and the first such to be built in North America in over thirty years. Mirvish Productions owns Toronto's Royal Alexandra, Ed Mirvish (formerly the Canon), and Panasonic theatres. The Mirvish family also owns Honest Ed's department store.
Construction began on August 6, 1991. The theatre opened on May 26, 1993 with a local production of the megamusical Miss Saigon. Subsequent productions in the Princess of Wales have included the musicals Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Les Misérables, Hairspray, Chicago, Oliver!, Cabaret, The Phantom of the Opera and recently was home to The Sound of Music.
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