Toronto Interviews - Page 5

On October 29th members of the original Canadian Cast of RENT will join together with Sheridan College students to perform a special 15th Anniversary tribute to Jonathan Larson's musical and raise money for Fife House. BWW is speaking with the alum about what RENT has meant to them and about the sp...

Studio 180 Theatre kicks off their 10th Season with a remount of their 2011 smash-hit production of The Normal Heart. Directed by Joel Greenberg, the play tells the story of a group of friends in NYC during the early stages of the HIV/AIDS crisis who try and speak out against the ignorance and supp...

La Cage Aux Folles is ending a year long direct from Broadway tour in Toronto, where it plays The Royal Alexandra Theatre for the next six weeks. Starring George Hamilton and Christopher Sieber, the show tells the story of a manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub and his cross-dressing lover/lead ente...

Tap Dogs returns to Toronto tonight for a limited engagement at The Royal Alexandra Theatre. Two Canadians are in the current cast, including swing MacKenzie Greenwell who took some time to talk with BWW about the challenges associated with this daring and dangerous production, as well as why this ...

Tony and Emmy Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth visited Toronto today to coach and mentor the nine girls currently vying for the role of Dorothy on the CBC reality TV show Over the Rainbow. The Broadway superstar sat down to talk with BWW about her advice for the girls, her recent injury, embracing be...

Cody Scott Lancaster is living a theatre geek's dream, making his Broadway debut as Franz in Rock of Ages and calling the Big Apple his new home. He was part of the original Canadian Cast of Rock of Ages before being transported to the Broadway company, and recently he spent the day with BWW explai...

Backbeat the Musical tells the story of arguably the world's biggest and most well-known band, the Beatles. The show examines how the band came to be the best known band in the world by looking at their humble beginnings and exploring the fascinating love triangle which existed between original bas...

Million Dollar Quartet is currently rocking The Toronto Centre for the Arts through the end of the week, and BWW had the opportunity to sit and chat with three of the four men responsible for bringing these iconic rock and roll characters to life each night. Martin Kaye (Jerry Lee Lewis), Lee Ferris...

Daniel Robert Sullivan spent over a year in Toronto playing Tommy DeVito in the smash-hit Canadian run of Jersey Boys, and next week he's returning to the Great White North to launch his new book Places, Please! (Becoming a Jersey Boy). Daniel sat down to talk with BWW about why he wrote the book, w...

Welcome to BroadwayWorld's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH RICHARD RIDGE. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favorite hang outs to talk about their lives, careers and all of the things you don't know, but want to know. Thi...

Sharron Matthews is a beloved star of Toronto's cabaret and theatre scene, and she's about to embark on a world tour that will take her to Scotland, England, NYC and South Africa! She took a few minutes to talk to BWW about what cabaret means to her, why she's going around the world and what she's d...

Next to Normal is a Pulitzer Prize winning musical that deals with love, loss, grief, mental illness and overcoming the hard obstacles many of us face in our lives. Last seen in Toronto this past summer, Clearwater Theatre is putting on a regional production this week at The Tarragon Theatre. BWW ...

Next to Normal is a Pulitzer Prize winning musical that deals with love, loss, grief, mental illness and overcoming the hard obstacles many of us face in our lives. Last seen in Toronto this past summer, Clearwater Theatre is putting on a regional production this week at The Tarragon Theatre. BWW ...

The Toronto Festival of Clowns kicked off today, and popular clown Foo is back with an original one-clown musical. Performed entirely in a made up language, Saucisse: A Foo Musical examines many different themes through the art of clown. Foo spoke to BWW about the stigma that surrounds clowns, the...

The National Theatre of the World is embarking on their second outing of The Script Tease Project all week long at Passe Muraille Backspace. With ten new playwrights, the trio of Matt Baram, Ron Pederson and Naomi Snieckus are ready for a whirlwind week of improvisation and comedy. BWW spoke with N...

Shameless! For a Cause is a special cabaret fundraiser happening this weekend at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. The brain child of Ari Weinberg, the evening aims to raise money for LGBTQ youth initiatives while bringing together some of our country's best and brightest for an evening of song and lau...

Theatre Sheridan's production of Rent was extremely well received last year when it was presented at the school, and tonight it opens in Toronto at The Panasonic Theatre, which the entire graduating class taking part. I spoke with three of the young stars about what the experience has been like so ...

Acting Up Stage enjoyed a tremendously successful season last year, and they're aiming to top it with their latest offering which was announced a few weeks ago. Featuring a new Canadian musical and a much loved classic, Acting Up Stage's new season has something for everyone. BWW spoke to Artistic...

Gruesome Playground Injuries has its Canadian premiere today, and BWW is talking to stars Peter Mooney and Janet Porter about the show, their own personal love lives and of course, matters of the heart....

Bring it On: The Musical wraps up its current tour in Toronto next month, opening May 3rd at the newly named Ed Mirvish Theatre. BWW spoke with Tony Award Winning composer Tom Kitt about what it was like working with fellow Tony Award Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, composing for cheerleaders and how we...

Soulpepper Theatre Company is one of the most successful theatre companies in Canada, and growing every day. What began as a group of twelve actors who wanted to tell classical theatre stories has grown into one of the largest theatre companies in Toronto and one of the most well respected in the c...

Mickey & Judy was a sold out hit at last year's Toronto Fringe Festival and is now off to NYC and Edinburgh! Before it makes its' international debut the show will return to The Toronto Centre for the Arts for one night only on April 21st, 2012. The enigmatic and extremely funny star, Michael Hughe...

The cast of the Canadian Premiere of I Love You Because are a close-knit bunch, and they're currently having a blast performing this heartwarming show about love and friendship in NYC each night at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. At the opening night party, BWW spoke with all six cast members and ...

Angelwalk Theatre is bringing Torontonians the Canadian Premiere of I Love You Because, a modern day love story loosely based on Pride and Prejudice. The show was a hit off-Broadway in 2005 and now Toronto audiences will get to experience the quirky musical first hand. BWW sat down to talk with El...

Canadian folk songstress Melanie Doane has been away from the theatre for many years pursuing a very successful solo career. She returns to the Toronto stage in the Mirvish production of WAR HORSE, currently on stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Melanie spoke with BWW about the differences be...

Shrek the Musical just wrapped a successful week in Montreal, and heads into Toronto tomorrow night for a two week engagement at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. BWW sat down to talk with the Merritt David Janes, who plays Lord Farquaad, the 'vertically challenged villain' of the story....

This year is shaping up to be the year of the Canucks on Broadway - with more Canadian representation on the Great White Way than ever before. One of those Canadians is Tony LePage, currently starring in Rock of Ages where he understudies all eight of the male roles. Tony started with the Toronto ...

Last week BWW reported that Ramin Karimloo would launch his first ever North American tour later this year in support of his debut album 'Ramin'. Now, in an exclusive interview with Kelly Cameron, Ramin discloses his plans for a homecoming concert in Toronto. The West End star has never performed ...

The Canadian production of War Horse opened last week to critical acclaim, making an instant star out of Alex Furber, the young actor responsible for bringing the role of Albert to life. Alex sat down with BWW to talk about some of his favourite things past and present, and gives our readers an ins...

The Toronto Symphony has an exciting 2012-2013 season lined up, with something very special for BWW readers - the addition of New York Pops music director Steven Reineke as the first ever Principal Pops Conductor at the TSO. This appointment means an increased number of the pops Pops concerts, and ...

Dani Girl is a new musical by New York writing duo Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond, and it opens this weekend in Toronto. The show tells the story of a nine year old girl battling terminal cancer, and explores how she uses music and her imagination to handle her disease. BWW sat down to spea...

Eugene O'Neill's Hughie opened last week at The Theatre Centre, and it is the inaugural presentation of the new Alley Theatre Workshop. Director David Ferry and actor Michael Kash spoke withe BWW about why they chose this particular piece, and about why it is relevant in today's troubling times. ...

Potted Potter is a hit play direct from the West End, that cleverly combines all seven Harry Potter books into one seventy minute show. As someone who has yet to read any of the Harry Potter books, I was eager to speak to the show's creators (and stars) about the production and how it translates to ...

Ramin Karimloo has had a very busy few years, portraying the role of The Phantom in both the UK productions of Love Never Dies and the 25th Anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera. Now he's tackling the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, and eager to return home to a Toronto stage. BWW is thr...

Other People opens tonight in Toronto at The Young Centre for the Performing Arts' Tankhouse Theatre, and BWW is thrilled to bring its readers this special feature with three of the show's talented stars. Tatiana Maslany, Ben Lewis and Indrit Kasapi talk about the new production the nature of coope...

Living with Henry was a hit at last year's Toronto Fringe Festival, and is back on stage with the Next Stage Theatre Festival. Featuring some of Canada's best and brightest musical theatre performers, the show is a semi-autobiographical look at life with HIV/AIDS. The lead character is played by R...

The National Tour of Green Day's American Idiot kicks off in Toronto on January 29th at The Toronto Centre for the Arts. The show has been one of the most anticipated productions of the year and BWW is thrilled to be bringing its readers comprehensive coverage of all things Idiot! Today we are talk...

The National Tour of Green Day's American Idiot kicks off in Toronto on January 29th at The Toronto Centre for the Arts. The show has been one of the most anticipated productions of the year and BWW is thrilled to be bringing its readers comprehensive coverage of all things Idiot! First up is an in...

Toronto lets the sunshine in starting tonight, when the cast of the highly anticipate HAIR revival tour hits the stage at The Royal Alexandra Theatre. The official opening night is Wednesday, December 14th, but BWW is thrilled to be able to bring you this sneak peek no-holds barred talk with tribe ...

If only for originating the title role in the longest-running and most successful musical in world history - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - which is merely one of the many impossibly impressive moments in a fifty-year career that truly defies description - Michael Crawford is known and loved the world o...