Theatre Journalist Guest Blogger: Matt Armet has written 15 articles for BroadwayWorld since 2001, covering Toronto theatre.
Stratford 2016: Greg in A Chorus Line and appears in As You Like It. Fifth season. Previously: The Sound of Music, Carousel, Crazy For You, Man of La Mancha, Tommy, Fiddler on the Roof, 42nd Street, The Pirates of Penzance, Next to Normal, Passion. Elsewhere: Siegfried (COC); Cabaret, White Christmas (RMTC); Miracle on 34th Street (Grand); Hairspray, Les Feux Follets (Charlottetown); Hairspray, How to Succeed… (Drayton); Peter Pan, High School Musical (Neptune); Grief: Another Common Bond (co-creator, Winchester Street Theatre); Peter Pan (Ross Petty). Film/TV: Soundcheck: Odd Squad (PBS); How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (CBC); Feist music videos “1, 2, 3, 4” and “My Moon, My Man.” Training: Canadian College of Performing Arts. Online: Twitter: @mattarmet. Instagram: @mat2eh. Et cetera: “Dedicating this season to my mother and all the parents who are bringing their kids to their first show today!”
'But if today were the day you had to stop dancing, how would you feel?' It's the heavy question asked by the director, Zach, close to the end of the show.
When I was twelve years old, my mother drove me from our small town of Battleford, Saskatchewan, into the 'big city' of Saskatoon to see my first musical: a touring company of A Chorus Line.