A Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Obie award-winning musical, Caroline, or Change mixes fact and fantasy, symbolism and reality, plus a wide variety of musical styles to tell the story of an African-American maid in a South Jewish household during the Civil Rights Movement.
Thom Allison has been performing in shows in Toronto for almost twenty years, and was most recently seen in the smash-hit Mirvish show Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Now he is headed to the Great White Way to make his Broadway debut in that same show, and he is having one last cabaret in Toronto to say farewell to the city. He spoke with BWW about his cabaret, his Broadway debut and what comes next.
Gabi Epstein is another up-and-comer on the Toronto theatre scene performing a Cabaret night this month, and hers is going to focus on music from the late nineties. Entitled Gabi's Chill Mix, the Cabaret-style evening will take place on February 20th at 10PM and feature songs from Hawksley Workman, Pearl Jam, Lisa Loeb and more.
Acting Up Stage's popular Dark Night Cabaret Series has its final installment on Tuesday, February 16th when Toronto up and comer Sara Farb takes the stage to present 'Sara Farb Does Ben Folds' - a unique evening of Ben Folds songs. Sara took some time to talk with BWW about what Ben Folds means to her, and what to expect from her Cabaret evening.
Acting Upstage Theatre Company presents the first of their 'Dark Night' Cabaret Series at the Berkeley Street Theatre, February 2, 2010 at 8:00 PM; tickets are $15
Acting Upstage Theatre Company presents the first of their 'Dark Night' Cabaret Series at the Berkeley Street Theatre, February 2, 2010 at 8:00 PM; tickets are $15
Acting Up Stage Theatre Company presents the Toronto Premiere of Edges running October 20-November 10, 2008 at Revival Bar in Little Italy. Edges is a fresh and hilarious rock song cycle about the trials and tribulations of moving into adulthood and the search for love, commitment and meaning.
Directed by Jim Warren and starring Rosemary Dunsmore, Linda Kash and Sarah Dodd, The Sisters Rosensweig previews from June 7, and runs until June 21 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts' Jane Mallett Theatre.