'Hey Marilyn" to be given a limited run in Toronto

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Hey Marilyn is a totally original work in the ‘rock/pop opera’ style. It is a spectacular and superbly entertaining musical biography with enormous depth and insight into who Marilyn Monroe really was.

 

Originally commissioned, produced, and broadcast by CBC Radio, Hey Marilyn was acclaimed by both critics and audience alike, and was nominated for three ACTRA awards. In the original broadcast, film and Broadway star Beverly D’Angelo played the role of Marilyn Monroe, backed up by a cast of thirty and a full orchestra.

 

Author/composer Cliff Jones, whose previous musicals have played at the Charlottetown Festival, on Broadway, and throughout North America, has now adapted Hey Marilyn into a powerful, dance-filled stage production featuring Mark Cassius as The Muse, Rudy Webb as The Narrator, and introducing Isabelle Kiraly as Marilyn. 

 

The show’s director is Larry Westlake, with musical direction by Lona Davis, and choreography/direction by Tracey Cairns-Sharpe.

 

 

 

DATES/TIMES:            Evenings June 18-20, 24-26 at 8 p.m.; Matinee June 20 at 2 p.m.                

 

TICKETS:                   $40 (Lower)/$30 (Upper)/$20 (Seniors and Students). Group rates available.

 

VENUE:                      Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts,

27 Front St. E., Toronto.

 

BOX OFFICE:             416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754; online at www.stlc.com

 

* OFFICIAL TORONTO 2009 PRIDE EVENT *