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Luminato Festival regrets to announce that Andrew Rannells has withdrawn from the world premiere presentation of IF I LOVED YOU - GENTLEMEN PREFER BROADWAY– An Evening of Love Duets, due to a scheduling conflict with a new film project.
The Festival is very excited to announce that Brent Carver, currently in rehearsals for Company with Theatre 20, will graciously step in at the last minute. Brent Carver is a Tony-Award winning, internationally acclaimed Canadian artist who has performed major roles in Richard III, Cyrano De Bergerac, Tartuffe, Jacques Brel, Cabaret, Much Ado About Nothing, Lord Of The Rings, Mother Courage, and Kiss Of The Spider Woman, to name only a few.
IF I LOVED YOU: GENTLEMEN PREFER BROADWAY redefines dozens of the most beloved love duets in the Great American Songbook, performed exclusively by men and to men. Drawing on a century of stage hits and featuring a full Broadway orchestra, this groundbreaking evening will showcase Wainwright and an international spectrum of pop, jazz and musical theatre stars in unexpected, entirely enchanting pairs singing about the universality of love.
IF I LOVED YOU: GENTLEMEN PREFER BROADWAY will be performed on Saturday, June 14 for one night only at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. IF I LOVED YOU is a WorldPride Major Partner Event.
Luminato Festival presents
IF I LOVED YOU
Gentlemen Prefer Broadway – An Evening of Love Duets
Conceived by Rufus Wainwright with Stephen Oremus
Starring Rufus Wainwright performing with Brent Carver, David Byrne, Boy George, Josh Groban, Brennan Hall, Ezra Koenig, Steven Page
(Please note that Glen Hansard, originally announced in April, will also not be appearing)
Saturday, June 14, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front Street East
Ticket prices range from $45-$150
Rufus Wainwright at TimesTalks Luminato
Rufus Wainwright, Josh Groban and select guests
moderated by New York Times chief pop critic Jon Pareles
Sunday, June 15 @ 11AM
MaRS Discovery District, 101 College Street
TimesTalks Luminato tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at luminatofestival.com
or by calling 416-368-4TIX (4849)
For more information visit luminatofestival.com
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Photo: Brent Carver.
2014-06-09
Toronto: Brent Carver to replace Andrew Rannells in "If I Loved You" June 14