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Senza Luce, April 13 – 23, 2017, Theatre Sheridan
Senza Luce, April 13 – 23, 2017, Theatre Sheridan
Theatre Sheridan Productions
Commissioned by The Canadian Musical Theatre Project and workshopped at Sheridan in 2015, Theatre Sheridan is pleased to present a full stage production of this magical musical.
This musical fable tells the story of Senza Luce, a village deep in the mountains of Northern Italy. Hidden from the outside world and shadowed over by the towering peaks of the Italian Alps, the villagers of Senza Luce have lived in perpetual darkness for centuries, never knowing sunlight. When one forward thinking youth devises a brilliant way to bring light to their darkened lives, the village and its citizens are thrown into …
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, April 11 – 23, 2017, Theatre Sheridan
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, April 11 – 23, 2017, Theatre Sheridan
Theatre Sheridan Productions
From the authors of Guys And Dolls comes one of the most delightfully irreverent musicals of all time, a satire of big business and all it holds sacred.
Follow the rise of window-washer J. Pierrepont Finch, in his hilarious journey to chairman of the board at the World Wide Wicket Company, circa 1960, a ridiculous company where no one really knows what anyone else is doing. But when Finch meets his true love Rosemary, art mixes with business creating a combustible parody of the workings and morals of the business world and all the quirky characters in it.
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Floyd Collins, February 16 – 26, 2017, Theatre Sheridan
Floyd Collins, February 16 – 26, 2017, Theatre Sheridan
Theatre Sheridan Productions
Based on a true story, Floyd Collins follows its title character, who chases a dream of fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction.
In 1925, Floyd Collins himself became the attraction when he becomes trapped 200 feet underground. As reporters and gawkers from across the country descend on the property, alone, Floyd fights for his sanity and ultimately his life. This haunting musical, one of the most acclaimed in recent years, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer and the contrast between the cynicism of the media and real emotions discovered by Floyd …
Footloose, February 14 – 26, 2017, Theatre Sheridan
Footloose, February 14 – 26, 2017, Theatre Sheridan
Theatre Sheridan Productions
Footloose The Musical will have you dancing to the rock’in rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated top 40 score and augmented with dynamic new songs for the stage musical.
Small town Bomont, led by Reverend Shaw Moore, ban rock & roll music and dancing after a fatal accident which took the lives of four boys coming home from a community dance. Ren McCormack recently moved from Chicago, quickly finds himself at odds with the community and declares to take on the town by throwing a dance which ignites a revolution amongst his classmates. Breaking every taboo, Ren and the Reverend’s …