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How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, November 10 – 27, 1999, 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. Winner of both the Tony and Pulitzer Prize for its 1961 debut and considered a biting and uproarious satire of the corporate world with its nepotism, yes-men and old school ties. How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is the story of two kinds of people: those who follow the rules and those who don't. Follow the rise of window-washer J. Pierrepont Finch, in his hilarious journey to chairman of the …

Jennie’S Story, April 21 – May 1, 1999, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

Set in the Canadian Prairies in 1928 the lead characters Jennie and Harry McGrane want to start a family. When Jennie consults with a doctor in Calgary to find out why there's "nothin' happenin'", she learns the shattering truth of the "appendix operation" she's had at 16 - in fact a legal steralization performed because she was diagnoses as feeble-minded. The devastating effect of this news on Jennie and Harry, and the shocking revelations of the role played by her priest - and her mother - in this officially sanctioned violation of her body and spirit, create a powerful story …

On The 20th Century, April 14 – May 1, 1999, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

A musical play set on a fabulous luxury train, the Twentieth Century Limited, travelling quickly from Chicago to New York. Impresario Oscar Jaffe, flamboyant and inspired but bankrupt, with four flops in a row, is desperate to revive his luck. As luck would have it, on the same train is his former protégé and lover, Lily Garland, now a major movie star, and her latest lover. Add a rival producer, Oscar’s henchmen, passengers, crew, and a wealthy religious nutcase, put them in the Observation Car and various on board drawing rooms, and it is a spectacularly funny and elegant Broadway …

Catch A Rising Star, March 5 – 7, 1999, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

Catch a Rising Star showcased the 3rd year Performance Critiques and the 2nd year Dance Critiques, as a true collaboration of creativity. As part of their curriculum, each student was assigned the task of creating a showcase for their singing and dancing talents. For Catch a Rising Star, the Directors have taken the best of the best and created this extraordinary unique show, full of diverse musical styles and dances.

Director: Rod Maxwell

Musical Director: Alan Poaps

The Taming Of The Shrew, February 17 – 27, 1999, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

This Shakespearean comedy starts with a nobleman tricking a drunken tinker into forgetting his station in life and the nobleman has a play performed for the tinker’s entertainment. The play explores the courtship of Petruchio to Katherina, a stubborn shrew who must be tempered by Petruchio to become a biddable bride. During Petruchio’s and Katherina’s courtship there is also the competitive courtship of Bianca, Katherina’s sister, by various suitors.

The story of the first meeting of two huge souls is timeless. The script remains relevant because it explores personal chemistry between people, issues of losing and winning in the battleground …

Kiss Me Kate, February 10 – 27, 1999, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

The original production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate opened on December 30, 1948 and ran for an impressive 1,077 performances. It was the first musical to win a Tony Award and the first Broadway production to be recorded as a long playing album. Often hailed by theatre historians as one of the top four or five best-crafted musicals from Broadway's 'Golden Era'. No doubt one of the key reasons for its enormous popularity and critical praise is Cole Porter's masterful score.

The inspiration for Kiss Me, Kate was a legendary Shubert production of The Taming of the Shrew that …