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Toronto, ON — Theatre 20’s highly-anticipated production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company will play the Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs from June 21 to July 13, 2014. This Tony Award-winning show has not been seen in Toronto in almost 30 years.
Company stars some of the best names in Canadian theatre, music and film; they have received Academy Award, Tony Award, Juno Award, Gemini Award and Dora Award nominations. Having performed from Broadway to Hollywood and everywhere in between, this is an ensemble bound to blow audiences away.
The incredible cast includes Theatre 20 Founding Artists Dan Chameroy as charming and commitment-phobic bachelor Robert, Brent Carver, David Keeley, Nora McLellan, Louise Pitre, Eliza-Jane Scott, Carly Street and Steven Sutcliffe, as well as Jeff Lillico, Marisa McIntyre, Sarah Slean, Nia Vardalos, as well as two real-life spouses of other cast members, Christine Donato and Joe Matheson.
Directing the production is leading Sondheim interpreter Gary Griffin (Associate Artistic Director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater) with Music Director Scott Christian and Choreographer Marc Kimelman. The Creative Team also includes Lighting Designer Stephen Ross, Set and Costume Designers Ken MacDonald and Michelle Tracey and Stage Manager Chris Porter.
Company, said by many to have launched the age of the modern musical, centres on Robert, a single man unable to commit to a steady relationship, the married couples who are his best friends, and his three on-again off-again girlfriends. Set in upper-middle-class Manhattan and told through a series of vignettes in no particular chronological order, each character and scene is linked by the celebration of Bobby’s 35th birthday.
An honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships, Company is as contemporary and relevant as ever (seen with the recent hit revivals on Broadway and the West End as well as its transfer to movie theatres). It features a brilliant, energetic score containing many of Sondheim’s best-known songs (including “Another Hundred People,” “The Ladies Who Lunch” and “Being Alive”).
Tickets are now on sale to the general public. This landmark production features 15 premium audience seats on stage at Bobby’s birthday party! Ticket prices range from $30-$89 and are available online at canadianstage.com, by phone at 416-368-3110 or in person at the Canadian Stage Box Offices (26 Berkeley Street or 27 Front St. E.).
Company is on stage at the Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs (26 Berkeley Street), previewing June 21-25 and running June 26-July 13, 2014. Evening performances run Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. (except for Friday, July 4th where there will be no performance and Sunday, July 6 where there will be an added 8 p.m. performance) with matinees on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Free post-show talkbacks will occur after select Thursday evening performances.
For more information please visit http://www.theatre20.com.
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ABOUT THEATRE 20
Theatre 20 is a Toronto-based, artist-led theatre company formed to present story-driven musicals by developing new Canadian works and by re-imagining existing repertoire. It aims to nurture the talent of writers and composers and foster the development of young artists through mentorship and education programs.
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2014-04-29
Toronto: Theatre 20's production of Sondheim's "Company" runs June 21-July 13