Toronto Thread (Mirvish Update)- Page 2

[Tag]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 7:26pm

Good call Link.

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 9:27pm

Whoa, are you telling me I look like Barret Foa? I'm not sure how to take that.

[xrent_headx]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 9:29pm

i'm going to go and buy my Wicked tickets on tuesday... and my hair tickets hopefully nextweekend. but i want to see what else is going to come incase i like the other musicals better.

They do look oddly simular.

[Hoof]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 10:58pm

Does anyone know if HAIR will have rush seats? I know when I saw URINETOWN at Canstage I waited in line for 2 hours and got third row seats for like 10 bucks.

And I went all Julia Murney crazy and bought my Wicked tickets. She better be performing.

[Tag]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 11:21pm

I don't know about rush but if you are under 30, Canstage offers tickets for $25. They can be bought in advance or on the day of. It's best available seating. I have never been to a show of theirs that was sold out, so your chances are good for pretty much any performance.
Give them a call though to be sure.
Updated On: 2/18/06 at 11:21 PM

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 12:00am

You can bet if anything will be sold out, it will be Hair. Ticket sales are going very well and it's a long run! For all of you in Toronto, I highly recommend you get your butts to the Bluma Appel and see Stephen Ouimette in I Am My Own Wife. If you love theatre, you don't want to miss that show.

MarkCohen, trust me, if anyone thinks you look like Barrett, it's a huge compliment. That boy is gorgeous.

[jeremykushnier1fan]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 12:06am

I'm getting my Wicked tickets very soon, as well as Hair. But if the Piazza tour comes here I will faint.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 12:13am

CanStage also offers pay-what-you-can on Mondays. Even shows that are otherwise sold out they hold a limited number of PWYC tickets which go on sale at 10 AM monday mornings. And if the show is not sold out they will offer more seats at the PWYC prices.

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 12:33am

Hoof, I listened to her on Sirius. She said she was only signed for six months, making her run end in September.

[Hoof]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 11:17am

Oh, curses. Boo-urns. Well, by accident I got terrible seats in the first place. . .so it wouldn't be such a shame to sell them.

Thanks for the info everyone.

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 1:00pm

"You can bet if anything will be sold out, it will be Hair. Ticket sales are going very well and it's a long run! For all of you in Toronto, I highly recommend you get your butts to the Bluma Appel and see Stephen Ouimette in I Am My Own Wife. If you love theatre, you don't want to miss that show.

MarkCohen, trust me, if anyone thinks you look like Barrett, it's a huge compliment. That boy is gorgeous."

I want to see I Am My Own Wife more than anything, but my next couple weeks are so crazy full and I don't think I'll be able to get to Toronto. I'm really dissapointed and I wish it would run a bit longer.

I'm also hoping to see SoulPepper's Our Town soon.

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 1:05pm

I was very disappointed that Julia won't be coming to Toronto as well. Maybe she'll extend her run, but I doubt it. She'd probably be worn out by September.

[xrent_headx]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:09pm

I heard froma few people that there are wicked rush tickets for 25$ and you win the whole box seats ? true ?i haven't been on the website recently ...so i dont know.

[jeremykushnier1fan]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:19pm

I heard this as well from someone on this site.

[Hoof]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 9:02pm

Oh well, it's my fault for jumping the gun. I just assumed that she would want to come to our lovely city. Sigh.

I'm also planning on seeing "I am My Own Wife" for the sole purpose of seeing the brilliant Stephen Ouimette. I'm also seeing "Leo" at the Tarragon for school - anyone seen it yet?

Oh, and did anyone catch Acting Upstage's premiere of Lippa's "John and Jen." I thought it was so incredible well-done. Just wondering about anyone else's thoughts.

[Tag]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 9:37pm

Here is the info for the Wicked LOTTERY (not rush):

"A lottery for $25.00 box seats is initiated for WICKED!

These are the details. A day-of-performance lottery for $25 box seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from OCT 7 - NOV 19, 2006 at the Canon Theatre.

Each day, 2 hours prior to show time, people who present themselves at the Canon Theatre box office will have their names placed in a hat and then thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for 20 box seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person."

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 12:48am

This was sent vto today (Sunday!) at 1 PM.....


CanStage 2006/2007 Season:

CanStage TD Dream in High Park:

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS June 27 – September 3, 2006

Written by William Shakespeare
Opening Night: Wed., June 28, 2006
Press Night: Sunday, July 2, 2006
CanStage - High Park


A Shakespearean farce about long-lost twin brothers and their twin servants who unknowingly end up in the same place at the same time. A hilarious romp through mistaken identities and the fine line between confusion and madness.



OF MICE AND MEN October 16 – November 11, 2006

Written by John Steinbeck

Opening Night: Thurs., October 19, 2006

Directed by Dennis Garnhum CanStage - Bluma

George and his simple-minded friend Lennie are outsiders. A gripping classic tale of two lost souls who struggle to find their place until “the best laid schemes of mice and men” go horribly awry. A timely survival story for a world that breeds and fears outsiders.

World premiere of a musical in one act

THE STORY OF MY LIFE October 30 – December 9, 2006

Written by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill Opening Night: Thurs. Nov. 2, 2006

Directed by Michael Bush CanStage Berkeley/Downstairs



Alvin and Thomas met in grade one. They shared the battlefields of childhood and adolescence and, in the end, adulthood. A tender, musical celebration of lifelong friends by the gifted duo that brought us Not Wanted on the Voyage.


GLORIOUS! November 20 – December 16, 2006

Written by Peter Quilter Opening Night: Thurs., Nov. 23, 2006

Starring Nicola Cavendish CanStage - Bluma

In co-production with Theatre Calgary

Nominated for a 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy


Florence Foster Jenkins can’t sing a note. In 1944 she played Carnegie Hall to a sold-out, adoring audience. The true, hilarious story of a gloriously tone-deaf diva and a moving tribute to the innocence and purity of belief.



CanStage presents Necessary Angel’s production of

HALF LIFE January 8 – February 3, 2007

Written by 2005 Siminovitch recipient John Mighton Opening Night: Thurs., January 11, 2007

Directed by Daniel Brooks CanStage – Bluma

Starring Eric Peterson, Randy Hughson and Diego Matamoros

Winner of the 2005 Governor General’s Award for Drama

Nursing home residents Clara and Patrick fall in love. But their children are wary of this unconventional affair. A poetic and compassionate portrait of the nature of memory, aging and true love.

World premiere

CanStage presents Crow’s Theatre production of

WHAT LIES BEFORE US January 15 – February 24, 2007

By Morris Panych Opening Night: Thurs., Jan. 18, 2007

Directed by Jim Millan

Ambrose and Keating have been workin’ on the railroad. They are lost in the Rockies but still fight about everything. A darkly comic look at man, mountains and the meaning of life.


THE OVERCOAT

February 12 – March 10, 2007

Created by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling
Opening Night: Thurs., February 15, 2007
CanStage – Bluma

An ordinary man acquires a beautiful coat. His identity is transformed, his society is lifted and his life is shattered by this simple acquisition. A Toronto homecoming for this fascinating weave of movement, dance, Shostakovich and Gogol.



World premiere

LUCY
March 5 – April 14, 2007

Written by Damien Atkins
Opening Night: Thurs., March 8, 2007

Starring Seana McKenna CanStage Berkeley/Downstairs

Lucy is almost twelve. She sees her mom for the first time in years. A play about newfound love between mother and her autistic daughter and the provocative theory of evolution it triggers.
Written by Richard O’Brien

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW March 26 – April 21, 2007

Directed by Ted Dyksta Opening Night: Thurs., March 29, 2007

Dr. Frank N. Furter is a sweet transvestite. Brad and Janet have car trouble in the middle of Transylvania and a rocky horror party ensues. Cult figures, pop culture, crazy sing-a-long tunes – “let’s do the time warp again!”

[dented146]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:10am

There is talk that Toronto could get Jersey Boys down the road. Both the director and choreographer have roots there.

[tourboi]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 3:17am

The Toronto run of RENT has indeed been called off.

[tourboi]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 3:17am

As for Mirvish bringing in a Non Eq RENT...they have before. I think twice, actually. At the Canon.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 8:21am

tourboi, there's never been a non-Eq tour of Rent to hit Toronto. The last tour (the one at the Canon) there was the Benny tour. Non-eq tours hit Kitchener, Hamilton, and London but not Toronto.

[Kevinoes]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 8:36am

Yeah. The 2nd leg of the Collins tour with Caissie Levy and Kevin Spencer only reached in the mentioned cities. Not Toronto.

About Canstage, sound slike a good season. Morris Panych can do no wrong in anything he does. I love this man's work.

[JRTO]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 11:18am

first, we really should be making more of the Toronto page- there's a message board there too!

second- think there's a Wicked extension in the works? Toronto engagement ends Nov. 19 and the next one begins Feb. 21 in Tampa...

[Hoof]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 11:26am

Oooh HALF LIFE- what a fantastic piece of work. I saw it at the Tarragon last year and was utterly impressed.

Very pleased about upcoming season. Very pleased.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:35pm

Re: HALF LIFE

I too saw it at Tarragon and it was brilliant. One of those plays that draws you in right at the start and keeps you riveted.

Morris Panych can do no wrong in anything he does.

Oh, yes. He can go wrong. I guess you didn't see his staging of SWEENEY TODD for CanStage a few seasons back. The worst production of that show I have ever seen. (See my review in The Sondheim review.)

I also think Panych didn't quite get TAKE ME OUT right, but his production of THE OVERCOAT was sensational and he made Shaw's YOU NEVER CAN TELL a delight last summer in N-O-T-L. I also thoroughly enjoyed his adaptation of THE GOVERNMNET INPSCTOR at Soulpepper (running until March 25.)