Tag: Theatre

  • Classic Rock Live! another hit for Musical Theatre

    Classic Rock Live! another hit for Musical Theatre

    BY CAIT CARTER AND ROSS ANDERSEN Last Saturday, students, friends and family gathered at the Marquee to celebrate the opening of Classic Rock Live! The event is an annual performance put on by the second-year Musical Theatre students at Sheridan, where they polish skills in performance, choreography and team work. The event celebrated its 13th…

  • Works in progress performed at festival

    Works in progress performed at festival

    STORY BY COLE WATSON AND MEDIA BY ERIN QUEENAN Music Director Neil Bartman and author Brian Hill presented the first act of their new musical, Senza Luce, at Sheridan’s second annual Canadian Music Theatre Project festival. The show was created with the help of producer, Michael Rubinoff, who loved the idea the duo had created.…

  • Music Fills the air on Sheridan’s Main Stage

    Music Fills the air on Sheridan’s Main Stage

    STORY BY ROSS ANDERSEN VIDEO BY ERIN QUEENAN  Music filled the air in Macdonald-Heaslip hall as Sheridan Theatre students showcased world-class musicals. Sheridan held its second annual Canadian Music Theatre Project festival (CMTP) last weekend. Four musicals were performed lasting 45 minutes each, with a 10-minute intermission in between. The festival features of a series of…

  • Curtain goes up, student prices go down

    Curtain goes up, student prices go down

    STORY BY JASMINE ANTHONY If you’ve been having a hard time finding something fun to do in Oakville, you’re in luck. The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts has announced its 2015-16 season and the selection of performances will appeal to all tastes. For students on a budget there are $20 tickets for events like Evil…

  • Sheridan to perform six musicals this season

    Sheridan to perform six musicals this season

    STORY BY COLE WATSON This season Sheridan’s Performing Arts students will put on six productions. Before the production year begins The Canadian Music Theatre Project will be holding its second annual Festival of New Musicals from Oct 8 to 10 at Sheridan’s studio theatre at Trafalgar Campus. The project, led by producer Michael Rubinoff, wants…

  • Encore in the works for award-winning Brantwood

    Encore in the works for award-winning Brantwood

    STORY BY COLE WATSON Sheridan’s ambitious musical Brantwood 1920-2020 has piqued international interest and won a Dora Mavor Moore award, which recognizes excellence in Toronto theatre. The musical was nominated for the Audience Choice Award with the support of Steve Fisher, a blogger at the Torontoist.com, and won the award for Outstanding Production of 2015.…

  • Song, dance and memories in the city that never sleeps

    Song, dance and memories in the city that never sleeps

    STORY BY MARK ELGIE They came, they saw, they sang and they danced. But before all of that came a 3 a.m. alarm, a bus ride to Pearson, a plane ride to New York and around $600 out of pocket. Thirty-five Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance students were invited to join the chorus in Jason…

  • In the Heights, in the making

    In the Heights, in the making

    STORY BY OLIVIA LITTLE Lead actors, Alex Kelly and JJ Gerber, along with the rest of the cast, are working hard in preparation for next week’s opening night of the musical In the Heights. The cast is at rehearsals six days a week, sometimes for 12 hours at a time. “Yesterday we rehearsed from 10…

  • Homegrown play goes ‘to away’

    Homegrown play goes ‘to away’

    STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER A play that made its debut on a Sheridan stage is set to be preformed at an influential California theatre. The Toronto-based husband and wife duo of Irene Sankoff and David Hein penned the 9/11-themed musical dubbed Come From Away. It is set to have it’s world premier this coming season…

  • Technology helps to enhance the dramatic arts

    Technology helps to enhance the dramatic arts

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    STORY BY LINDA HERMIZ Technology has improved many aspects of our lives and theatre is one of them. “If you look at all of the theatre companies in Toronto, I think you’re seeing a lot of new plays that are combining technological elements to create really beautiful work,” said Katie Saunoris, publicist at Soulpepper theatre…

  • Mickey & Judy will make you laugh, inspire you to follow your dreams

    Mickey & Judy will make you laugh, inspire you to follow your dreams

    BY JESSICA WEINGARTEN It’s often said that you should never forget where you came from. Michael Hughes, actor, musician and playwright, is returning to his roots at Sheridan College next week with his one-man show, Mickey & Judy. Hughes, the titular “Mickey” (it is his nickname), chose to highlight his relationship with actors Mickey Rooney…

  • From the page to the stage

    From the page to the stage

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    STORY BY KAGAN PITTMAN PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY JIM SMAGATA Spotlights illuminate the centre of the room as the audience watches the life of an important woman flash by. Through the Great Depression, the Second World War and the civil rights movements of the 1960s, Theatre Erindale brought to life the story of Doris Anderson from…