When it comes to the performing arts, the city again has something for everyone. It presents both traditional and lesser-known works six each season. While Montreal is a bilingual city, the majority of the theater companies perform in French only. Centaur presents a seven-play lineup each year ranging from contemporary Canadian dramas to Broadway hits, all performed by international talent. The hockey season runs from October through April, and seats generally are available on relatively short notice.
Museums are also very much a part of the Montreal landscape.
Summer 1997 exhibits featured the work of famed French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson as well as 120 European artists who fled that continent before the rise of Hitler. This museum is the only gallery in Canada devoted solely to contemporary art. The museum is in the Shaughnessy House, a greystone mansion dating back to 1874. A summer 1997 exhibit explored the creation of Disney s theme parks via more than 300 objects from the Walt Disney Imagineering archives, including plans, drawings, posters, advertisements and historical photographs. Admission is free on Saturday until noon.