2010 Playbill

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John & Jen
This musical by Andrew Lippa tells the story of a relationship between a brother and a sister, and a mother and a son, set again the background of changing America between 1950 and 1990. This simple production is honest and organic in its nature, relying on a strong and talented 3-person cast to tell a very real story about these individuals as their relationships change over the years.


"You Gotta Think BIG!"

Performances: January 28th-31st, February 4th-6th
Location: Studio Theatre- 102, Queen's Theological Hall


Guys & Dolls
The musical winner of 9 Tony Awards; including Best Musical and Best Revival. It all begins with a bet. Nathan Detroit, needing a grand to cover his floating crap game, bets high-rolling gambler Sky Masterson that Sky cannot persuade Save-A-Soul Missionary Sister Sarah Brown to accompany him on a trip to Cuba. While the worldly Sky works his charms on a wary Sarah, Nathan is doing his best to stay outside the matrimonial clutches of his long-suffering fiancée, Miss Adelaide.


"Let Luck Be Your Lady"

Performances: March 24th-28th, March 30th-April 1st 2010
Location: Firehall Theatre, 1000 Islands Playhouse


Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Jonathan Larson's autobiographical tale of a young composer on the brink of turning 30 and falling into oblivion. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city (Tick,), his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue (Tick...), yet Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical (Boom!).


"Louder Than Words..."

Performances: June 2010
Location: The Baby Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!


"How About A Shave?"

Performances: Early August 2010
Location: The Octave Theatre, 711 Dalton Ave


The Melville Boys
A comedy by one of Canada's most well known playwrights Norm Foster. Owen and Lee Melville arrive at a lakeside cabin for a weekend of fishing, but their plans are thrown out of whack by the arrival of two sisters who become catalysts for a tenderly funny and unsentimental look at four lives in transition.


Blue Canoe's inaugural Portage Show

Applications: March 2010
Performances: Fall 2010
Location: TBA



     


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