Tapestry Opera with Canadian Stage brings The Overcoat to Toronto in movement and opera

Tapestry Opera and Canadian Stage ’s world premiere co-production of The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring by playwright Morris Panych and composer James Rolfe is an atmospheric and clever interpretation of the original 1842 short story The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol. On the surface, the premise of the story is simple. A bean-counter caught in the nine-to-five hamster wheel needs a new coat and finally gets a beautiful one tailored, with unforeseen results. Adapting this story as an opera is ingenious because music is used to engagingly illustrate the deeper subtext of the tale. Continue reading Review: The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring (Tapestry Opera/Vancouver Opera/Canadian Stage) →

Mirvish Productions presents a new musical adaptation of the movie to the Toronto stage

As a fan of musical theatre classics, this upcoming season for Mirvish is going to be an exciting one as they’re bringing back classics like Phantom of the Opera and Chicago to the Toronto stage. Currently, Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, along with playwright Craig Lucas, have brought An American in Paris  to the Princess of Wales Theatre, dazzling audiences with timeless songs by George and Ira Gershwin along with and dance numbers that will surely leave you in awe.

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bloom blends poetry and theatre in a play on memory, at Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto

bloom, put on by Modern Times Stage Company at the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, is a quasi-memory play set in a dystopian future ravaged by endless war. In this world — or what’s left of it — the past cannot be buried, but whether or not that’s a good thing depends on your perspective.

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