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Too many people wait until the reviews are in before booking tickets. But some shows involve such quality artists and generate such pre-opening buzz that it’s foolish to hold off. Don’t procrastinate over buying seats for these sure-fire hits.

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL

Remember the 2000 film in which a boy from a working-class family wants to be a ballet dancer, and a community of miners goes on strike? Those dramatic plot lines also feed the hit musical version featuring music by Elton John. Four boys alternate in the title role, with the talented Kate Hennig, who’s played the role on Broadway, as Billy’s dance teacher. Opens February 1 at the Canon. 416-872-1212.

DIVISADERO

Award-winning novelist Michael Ondaatje adapts his novel for this show directed by Necessary Angel’s Daniel Brooks. Sounds like a must-see, especially with a starry cast that includes Liane Balaban, Maggie Huculak, Tom McCamus, Amy Rutherford and musician Justin Rutledge. The story of a family irrevocably changed by a violent event focuses on storytelling and music to investigate the intimacy between teller and listener, and the narrator’s ability to cast a magical spell. February 8 to 20 at Theatre Passe Muraille. 416-504-7529.

MORE FINE GIRLS

Family relationships have never been tenser or funnier than in Theatre Columbus’s huge 1995 hit, The Attic, The Pearls And Three Fine Girls. In More Fine Girls, co-produced by Tarragon, the fractious and now middle-aged Fine sibs – again played by Leah Cherniak, Ann-Marie MacDonald and Martha Ross – reunite a decade after a calamitous party and try to sort out their differences. Alisa Palmer returns to direct the close-to-the-heart shenanigans. February 22 to April 3 at the Tarragon. 416-531-1827.

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