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Carnival, December 1 – 12, 2009, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

The action takes place on the outskirts of a small town in the south of France, soon after World War II. Lili, an innocent young woman, seeks employment in a seedy carnival touring the south of France. She soon becomes the pawn in a fierce rivalry between Marco the Magnificent, the troupe's compulsively womanizing magician and Paul Berthalet, a former French Resistance hero who was once a brilliant dancer but transformed by injury into an embittered puppeteer. With a glorious score filled with unmistakably familiar tunes, this romantic musical is bound to tug at your heartstrings!

Music and lyrics by …

The Rivals, April 16 – 25, 2009, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

Rich socialite Lydia Languish is obsessed with the romantic ideals of love and is drawn into a relationship with a poor soldier named Ensign Beverly. Much to her chagrin, it is eventually revealed to her that her beloved is in fact the heir to a vast fortune. This hilarious romp has some of the most colourful characters ever conceived for the English stage including the irascible Sir Anthony Absolute, the ridiculous Mrs. Malaprop, and the definitive country bumpkin Bob Acres. A brilliant comic masterpiece revolving around the pretentiousness and sentimentality of 18th-century society.

Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. First presented …

Grease, April 14 – 25, 2009, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

This notorious rock-and-roll saga about the Burger Palace Boys and the Pink Ladies is sure to get you dancing in the aisles! Get caught up in the antics surrounding ‘greaser’ Danny Zuko and his prim and proper sweetheart Sandy Zumbrowski. Get carried away with all the zany characters that make up the Class of ’59 at Rydell High. And groove to such classic hits as ‘Summer Nights,’ ‘Greased Lightnin’, and ‘We Go Together.’

Director: Geoffrey Whynot

Choreographer: Liz Gilroy

Musical Director: Christopher Mounteer

Big Time Operator, February 19 – 28, 2009, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

In this Big-Band fantasy, womanizing nightclub singer Flash discovers that he is the father of a seven-year-old boy whose mother has recently passed away. What happens when this unwitting parent introduces his shy but astoundingly astute son to the colourful denizens of the Voodoo Lounge? Will the boy be corrupted by Flash’s wild decadence or will Flash be forever changed by the responsibilities of family?

Music & lyrics by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Additional music by Steve Thomas, Michael Walmsley, Chris Tsujiuchi. Additional lyrics by Adam Brazier. Book by Adam Brazier

Director: Phillip Nero

Choreographer: Phillip Nero

Musical Director: Michael …

Brigadoon, February 17 – 28, 2009, Theatre Sheridan

Theatre Sheridan Productions

In the post World War II era, two disillusioned Americans, while on a hunting trip in the Highlands of Scotland, stumble on a mysteriously anachronistic town tucked away from tourists. Brigadoon is apparently so remote that it isn’t even listed on their map. Their cynicism is mellowed by the simple joys of its happy citizens. But when the dark secret of Brigadoon is revealed to them, the two men react in wildly different ways. This beguiling musical boasts one of Broadway’s greatest scores with such hit songs as ‘The Heather on the Hill,’ ‘I’ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean, and …

The Taming Of The Tamer (Also Known As The Tamer Tamed Or The Woman’S Prize) By John Fletcher, Patrick Young

Faculty Books

The Taming of the Tamer (also known as The Tamer Tamed or The Woman’s Prize) was written by John Fletcher some 20 years after Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. In it, Petruchio's second wife finally succeeds in giving him his comeuppance. Though a hit in its day, surviving versions are rough and even contradictory; Patrick Young’s adaptation for acting makes this hilarious proto-feminist work fully accessible for the first time in almost 400 years. The Canadian Premiere of The Taming of the Tamer was produced by Theatre Erindale on the campus of the University of Toronto Mississauga in 2009.