Mirvish 2010 / 2011 — Page 5

All I have to say is FINALLY!

and that hopefully this actually does in fact happen.

The eStage newsletter says:

Billy Elliot the Musical will be the lead title in the 2010/2011 Mirvish Subscription Season. The remainder of the season line-up will be announced soon. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public in September 2010.

Hopefully Priscilla will actually happen this season as well. If we actually get all these shows that have been announced so far (Billy Elliot, God of Carnage, Forum, hopefully Priscilla and possibly Wicked), then I think I would definitely consider doing a subscription!

Updated On: 2/16/10 at 12:53 PM

There Toronto how happy are you to get Priscilla, Wicked and now Billy Elliot all the same season.

Hope you enjoy. x

it's official

season announcement 22 FEB

Mirvish Productions Mirvish Facebookers are invited to join us on Monday, February 22 for the announcement of our 2010/2011 Season Announcement. Time: 11:00 AM Place: Royal Alexandra Theatre We ask that you RSVP at rsvp@mirvish.com as this is a non-ticketed event.

Have they announced who is in PRISCILLA?

Anchoring the Season is the phenomenal new musical hit - a 10-time Tony Award®-winner - BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL! Composer Elton John, writer Lee Hall, director Stephen Daldry and choreographer Peter Darling have joined forces to create this inspiring and immensely entertaining musical. The toast of London and Broadway will soon be the toast of Toronto!

The Season also boasts another Tony Award®-winner with Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's magical musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's great book THE SECRET GARDEN. It's an all-new production of a beloved classic story!

Another classic musical comes this Season from the famed Stratford Shakespeare Festival - an acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim's hilarious "ancient Roman" musical comedy A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM.

We return to modern times, and reality, with the quirky, poignant and very funny West End hit CALENDAR GIRLS, based on the inspiring true story of a group of middle-aged British women who pose for a charity calendar with a twist that must be seen to be believed!

Yet another extraordinary woman takes the spotlight in the great Neil Simon, Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields musical, SWEET CHARITY. Our tuneful tale of the big-hearted Charity and the girls of the Fandango Ballroom, is an exciting new staging from Britain's cutting-edge Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre.

A wholly different sort of singing girl group comes to us in PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL, the flamboyant new comedy from Sydney, via London. PRISCILLA is an eye-popping must-see!


Mirvish Subscriptions 2010/11

Updated On: 2/22/10 at 12:16 PM

After all the speculation a few of these seemed to come out of no where. Where's God of Carnage? Wicked? (Again). I know things change, but funny.

I also didn't see any renewing subscriber bonuses. In previous years we were given tickets to Sound of Music, We Will Rock You, etc this year a 10% discount at Honest Eds? Lame!

That said, after all my complaining I will likely renew my subscription. I gave serious thought to not buying it and just purchasing tickets that interest me, but the subscription forces me to see shows I may not have otherwise bothered with.

Sounds like there will be more off-subscription shows announced. Hopefully Wicked will be announced as part of these extra shows still to come.

From the press release on the mirvish site:

http://mirvish.com/homepagefeature/anewseason

“Outside the subscription season, we have more shows to offer Toronto theatregoers. With four theatres in downtown Toronto – the Royal Alexandra, the Princess of Wales, the Canon and the Panasonic, we have great opportunities to offer a wide variety of other shows off-subscription. In 2010-11, we already have six added shows, and the list is soon to grow. But our subscribers will have first opportunity to purchase tickets at great prices – one of the many privileges of subscribing.

Am I the only one disappointed with some of the choices for the subscription?

Not excited at all!

Sweet Charity is the only thing of interest right now...I'm wondering now what those extra shows are (besides probably Wicked and God Of Carnage).

I think that it's a pretty impressive lineup. The bigger shows (Billy, Priscilla, Forum) were known already, so that took away some of the thunder. I think they're offering a good range of shows, appealing to a broad range of audiences. I think it's a better balance than the current season, where the shows have been wildly uneven in their popularity and quality.

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I have a question what show will be cancelled first?

I hate to say it, but I think cherios is right. As much I don't want it to happen, I feel that BE will be pushed back too.

Actually, I think the show on the shakiest ground is The Secret Garden because 1) at this point it doesn't exist anywhere and 2)it sounds like the plans are dependent on the show getting off the ground elsewhere first (some say Edinburgh, some say London, Mirvish says he can't comment).

Forum is rock solid. Sweet Charity and Calendar Girls are pretty solid.

I'm pretty confident in Billy Elliot. As an organization they seem to have a pretty strong infrastructure at this point and they seem to have a solid grasp on how to find their talent. On the Mirvish end, they've been trying to work it out for a long time and doing it post-Broadway instead of pre-Broadway has removed a lot of the complications, I think. There's also Canadian actors in the Broadway cast that seem likely to transfer north.

Priscilla is slightly worrisome because even this past week the producers couldn't say anything more concrete than that it would open on Broadway "sometime" in 2011. If they think the show's financial success is dependent on New York and they have trouble finding a theatre for it, well... But I think they're more committed this time.