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Funny Business The Musical
February 4 & 5, 2010
8:00pm
Produced by City Playhouse Theatre |
Smash hit musical comedy!
When low morale threatens their office, five workers must mount a team building talent show. Romance blossoms, betrayal burns and hilarity ensues as they try to keep the show together without tearing each other apart.
Toronto Star gave “Funny Business” 3.5 stars out of four, calling it, "fast, funny, a guaranteed good time!"
Now Magazine said, "NNNN!....Brilliant musical comedy!"
Eye Weekly praised it with "Four Stars!"... A stellar cast of characters nail the clever songs, spot-on intern jokes, and each other.
Now Magazine's 2007 Outstanding Production and 2007 Outstanding Ensemble. |
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The Entertainers
February 11 & 12, 2010
7:30pm
February 13, 2010
2:00pm, 7:30pm
February 14, 2010
2:00pm
Featuring Duff MacDonald |
A tribute to show biz legends featuring Duff MacDonald
This is a musical journey and tribute to the lives of some of the world’s top entertainers, singers and songwriters: from the golden age of cinema and the gramophone, right up to current artists.
Sit back and be swept away with songs from such greats as: Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Sr., Patsy Cline, Paul Alkalize Minnelli, Billy Joel, Barbara Streisand, Elton John, Charlie Chaplin, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Celine Dion, to name a few!
“Memories... Light the corners of my mind.” |
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Ruddygore
February 19-21, 2010
February 26-28, 2010
Friday: 8:00pm
Saturday: 7:00pm
Sunday: 2:00pm
Presented by the North Toronto Players |
A monstrous adaptation of a Gilbert & Sullivan musical!
Dracula! Frankenstein! Hannibal Lector! Revenue Canada! Meet Robin Oakapple - Thrall of the Witch’s Curse!
SEE the unbridled musical passion!
FEEL the undeniable comedy and fun!
FEAR the ghoulish spectacle!
ENJOY a live performance with the whole family! |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Broadway Musical
March 4-7, 2010
Evenings: 7:30pm
Sat & Sun: 1:00pm
Book by Ken Ludwig
Music & Lyrics by Don Schlitz
Based on the novel by Mark Twain
Presented by City Youth Players |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the irresistible story of a 14 year-old boy growing up in the heartland of America. In the course of the story, Tom matches wits with his stern Aunt Polly, falls in love with the beautiful, feisty Becky Thatcher, and goes on the adventure of his life with Becky and that irresistible renegade, Huckleberry Finn. Along the way we meet a terrifying villain named Injun Joe, Tom's bratty half-brother Sid, and all the other boys and girls in the village - providing one scenestealing children's role after the other. |
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An Evening of Cabaret
March 13, 2010
2:00pm, 7:30pm
Produced by City Playhouse Theatre |
Two great shows in one evening!
“The Diva Fables” takes the audience on a humorous journey of love and loss, irony and surprise, as Baxendale combines wit, candour and irreverence, to tell the story of two sisters trapped in an endless search for the illusive "happily ever after".
“Dave Millen” - Have you ever come in second place? Are you repeatedly edged out? Have you ever been passed over by someone just a little more impressive than you? Dave Millen will make you feel inadequate all over again. |
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Judy & David Red’s in the Hood
March 20-21, 2010
10:30am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm |
This Juno-nominated musical is Little Red Riding Hood like you've never seen it before! Don't miss this critically-acclaimed, full-scale family musical starring Judy & David, The CharActors Travelling Troup, and other talented performers. |
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The Champions
March 24 & 25, 2010
7:30pm
by Paul Brown & Alan Gordon
Produced by City Playhouse Theatre
This is a staged reading. |
World premiere!
Long forgotten misdeeds threaten to tear this "perfect" marriage asunder, and it is only through laughter and true affection running deeper than any public misperception that this marriage is saved.
In this new comedy, Robert and Victoria Champion, a couple who have been Canadian media darling’s for generations, come face to face with today's new buzz word... accountability.
He is an acerbic critic and editor who has a valued opinion on everything from the CRTC to the CFL and she is an incredibly successful fundraiser, generating money for "good works" like the Children's Hospital and the Ballet School. In one fateful evening, their careers converge and suddenly their lives of wedded bliss in the media glare are turned topsy-turvy. |
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MacBeth in the Wild Wild West
April 6 & 7, 2010
7:30pm
Adapted by Michael Lamport
Produced by City Playhouse Theatre |
Shakespeare as you have never seen
him.
Set in the Dunsinane Saloon - a place of odd repute - King Duncan takes a room. The barkeeper, a fellow by the name of Hecate, has three employees who wait tables; some say they might be witches! Things in the Scottish tavern go from bad to worse as a murder is committed in one of the rooms. It all culminates in a barroom shootout between Macbeth and Macduff.
Canadian theatre and YTV television star Michael Lamport directs this adaptation of the classic set in the Wild West. Gunfights and dustup's highlight this incredible spectacle. Enjoy Shakespeare in a whole new light. |
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Cherry Docs
April 14 & 15, 2010
7:30pm
by David Gow
Produced by City Playhouse Theatre
Starring Peter van Gestel & Sam Owen Rosenthal
This is a staged reading. |
Riviting drama!
A neo-Nazi skinhead is charged with murder, and legal aid has assigned him a Jewish lawyer. Over the course of developing a defense for the skinhead, the lawyer is forced to examine his own liberalism and the demons underlying it.
Warning: Strong language and themes. |
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Beauty & the Beast
April 22-25, 2010
7:30pm
Sat & Sun: 2:00pm
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton
Presented by Marquee Productions |
You will be transported to a lovely French provincial town where the beautiful Belle lives with her father – a dotty inventor. When her father doesn’t return from a trip to the local fair, Belle rushes off to find him. To her dismay, she discovers he is being held captive in an old castle by a horrible beast. She trades her freedom for his and the “tale as old as time” begins. |
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