John Ricciardelli

A musical comedy 400 years in the making, the North Toronto Players present: "Lear Incorporated" a modern telling of the Shakespeare classic with a twist!  With book and lyrics by Michael Harms and Barb Scheffler, and  musical direction by John Ricciardelli, the show incorporates the music of Arthur Sullivan as well as some of the most recognizable songs from operas by Bizet, Delibes, Mozart, Romberg, Rossini, Strauss, and Verdi.

A musical comedy 400 years in the making, the North Toronto Players present: "Lear Incorporated" a modern telling of the Shakespeare classic with a twist!  With book and lyrics by Michael Harms and Barb Scheffler, and  musical direction by John Ricciardelli, the show incorporates the music of Arthur Sullivan as well as some of the most recognizable songs from operas by Bizet, Delibes, Mozart, Romberg, Rossini, Strauss, and Verdi. The North Toronto Players are a truly unique community theatre group. In existence for over 50 years, the company is dedicated to innovative stagings of Gilbert and Sullivan, and now is producing it's second original work. The first, "Chelsea Moor Castle", also written by Scheffler and Harms, premiered in 2016 to great critical acclaim.

North Toronto Players proudly presents Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe or The Fairy and The Federalist at The City Playhouse in Vaughan North Toronto Players does it again! A traditional G&S with a twist! Yes, the community theatre in its 43rd year that brought you HMS Starship Pinafore is back! This time it's set in Ottawa, where the fairies are falling in love with the feds! Iolanthe returns from the bottom of a stream, where she had been for the last 25 years, banished by The Fairy Queen for marrying a mortal. But Iolanthe didn't wash up on the banks of the Rideau alone

North Toronto Players proudly presents Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe or The Fairy and The Federalist at The City Playhouse in Vaughan North Toronto Players does it again! A traditional G&S with a twist! Yes, the community theatre in its 43rd year that brought you HMS Starship Pinafore is back! This time it's set in Ottawa, where the fairies are falling in love with the feds! Iolanthe returns from the bottom of a stream, where she had been for the last 25 years, banished by The Fairy Queen for marrying a mortal. But Iolanthe didn't wash up on the banks of the Rideau alone