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Chekhov Short Plays, February 13 – 23, 2002
Theatre Sheridan
The Proposal, The Bear, The Man in a Case, The Festivities; Four short farces written by, or adapted from the works of, Anton Chekhov.
The characters in Chekhov's plays are haunted by demons from their pasts that determine their behavioural patterns in life. It was Chekhov's firm belief that if
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Catch a Rising Star, February 6 – 23, 2002
Theatre Sheridan
Catch a Rising Star showcased the 3rd year Performance Critiques and the 2nd year Dance Critiques, as a true collaboration of creativity. As part of their curriculum, each student was assigned the task of creating a showcase for their singing and dancing talents. For Catch a Rising Star, the Directors
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Marat/Sade, April 18 – 28, 2001
Theatre Sheridan
The year is 1808, 19 years after the height of the French Revolution. The director of the clinic of Charenton has invited the local bourgeoisie to witness the latest theatrical offering of one of the clinic's most notorious inmates, the Marquis de Sade. De Sade has directed the other inmates
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The Boyfriend, April 11 – 28, 2001
Theatre Sheridan
This light-hearted love romp through 'The Roaring Twenties' tells the story of a poor little rich girl searching for a boyfriend to love her, not her fortune. Charming lovers, flamboyant flappers, lively dances and a happy ever-after ending all add to the joy of this piece of '20s nostalgia. This
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Catch a Rising Star, February 7 – 24, 2001
Theatre Sheridan
The show consists of a selection of second year dance critiques that showcase theatre students’ development of craft including concept development, casting, costuming and rehearsing. Join us once again to see the best singing-dancing-acting presentations that our "triple threat" performance students offer! High-energy performances, that evolve out of our dance
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City of Angels, November 15 – December 2, 2000
Theatre Sheridan
City of Angels is a rare musical comedy that is loaded with contemporary jazz music and side-splitting comedy! Set in the glamourous Hollywood film studios of the 1940's, and reminiscent of Bogart at his best, the show chronicles the misadventures of Stine, a young novelist, attempting to write a screenplay
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Style 2000: Movin’ in the Groove, June 16 – September 23, 2000
Theatre Sheridan
Sheridan Style tours some of Ontario's finest summer resorts with this high energy song and dance review. This will be the 18th consecutive year that Style performances showcase the multiple talents of our finest Music Theatre students in a popular revue format. Summer touring experience provides an invaluable addition to
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The Crucible, April 19 – 29, 2000
Theatre Sheridan
A classic drama about the Salem witch trials. A gripping cautionary tale of individual courage in the face of mass hysteria and misguided morality.
When the Puritans settled in New England in the mid-1600s, they believed wholeheartedly that they had been chosen by God to create a new righteous society
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Lucky Stiff, April 12 – 29, 2000
Theatre Sheridan
A comedic murder mystery about a modest shoe salesman who must transport his uncle’s embalmed body to Monte Carlo and pass him off as still living. If successful, the shoe salesman with receive six million dollars and if he fails the money will go to a charity…the Universal Dog Home
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Catch a Rising Star, February 2 – 19, 2000
Theatre Sheridan
A song and dance revue featuring senior students from Theatre Sheridan.
The show consists of a selection of second year dance critiques that showcase theatre students’ development of craft including concept development, casting, costuming and rehearsing. The Dance Critiques are created by the 2nd-year students as part of their Dance
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, November 10 – 27, 1999
Theatre Sheridan
From the authors of Guys and Dolls comes one of the most delightfully irreverent musicals of all time, a satire of big business and all it holds sacred. Winner of both the Tony and Pulitzer Prize for its 1961 debut and considered a biting and uproarious satire of the corporate
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Jennie’s Story, April 21 – May 1, 1999
Theatre Sheridan
Set in the Canadian Prairies in 1928 the lead characters Jennie and Harry McGrane want to start a family. When Jennie consults with a doctor in Calgary to find out why there's "nothin' happenin'", she learns the shattering truth of the "appendix operation" she's had at 16 - in fact
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On the 20th Century, April 14 – May 1, 1999
Theatre Sheridan
A musical play set on a fabulous luxury train, the Twentieth Century Limited, travelling quickly from Chicago to New York. Impresario Oscar Jaffe, flamboyant and inspired but bankrupt, with four flops in a row, is desperate to revive his luck. As luck would have it, on the same train is
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Catch a Rising Star, March 5 – 7, 1999
Theatre Sheridan
Catch a Rising Star showcased the 3rd year Performance Critiques and the 2nd year Dance Critiques, as a true collaboration of creativity. As part of their curriculum, each student was assigned the task of creating a showcase for their singing and dancing talents. For Catch a Rising Star, the Directors
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The Taming of the Shrew, February 17 – 27, 1999
Theatre Sheridan
This Shakespearean comedy starts with a nobleman tricking a drunken tinker into forgetting his station in life and the nobleman has a play performed for the tinker’s entertainment. The play explores the courtship of Petruchio to Katherina, a stubborn shrew who must be tempered by Petruchio to become a biddable
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Kiss Me Kate, February 10 – 27, 1999
Theatre Sheridan
The original production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate opened on December 30, 1948 and ran for an impressive 1,077 performances. It was the first musical to win a Tony Award and the first Broadway production to be recorded as a long playing album. Often hailed by theatre historians as
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Drood – The Mystery of Edwin Drood, November 11 – 28, 1998
Theatre Sheridan
It is the opening night of a musical melodrama, based on the Charles Dickens unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, at the Music Hall Royale. The Chairman introduces the cast and the play begins. Edwin Drood is engaged to Rosa Bud, but his uncle John Jasper cherishes a secret
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Style ’98- Spin Those Golden Oldies, September 17 – 19, 1998
Theatre Sheridan
Style 98’ showcases the talent of Sheridan’s senior music theatre students in a production that uses the music of a time and place that an older generation would be familiar with, the Golden Oldies.
Director: Rod Maxwell
Choreographer: Stephen Grieg
Musical Director: Jean Minielly
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How Could You, Mrs. Dick? April 16 – May 2, 1998
Theatre Sheridan
The story of Evelyn Grant Mclean Dick is one of the most enduring murder mysteries that occurred in Hamilton, Ontario in 1946. Evelyn Dick was implicated in the killing of her husband whose dismembered body parts were discovered. The play stages what may have occurred 50 years ago and tries
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Bye Bye Birdie, February 12 – 28, 1998
Theatre Sheridan
Set in 1958, the Rock-and-roll industry’s biggest star, Conrad Birdie, has been drafted into the US army. Birdie’s agent organize for a farewell performance on The Ed Sullivan Show to promote sales for Birdie’s new music. The event becomes complicated and comedy ensues as a fan is selected for a
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The All Night Strut, November 13 – 29, 1997
Theatre Sheridan
A musical review exploring life during the Depression, World War II and the Post-War Boom era through the jazz, blues and bebop music innovations of that time. The review samples the works of artists like Hoagie Carmichael, Frank Loesser, Duke Ellington and The Gershwins to explore what life was like
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Style ’97 – Instant Replay, June 11 – 14, 1997
Theatre Sheridan
The “Style” show is a collection of performances by senior students to showcase their individual talent. Over the years the “Style” show has brought pleasure to our audiences and valuable experience to the cast and crew and this year is no exception.
Our theme for “Style 97” is built on
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Lend Me a Tenor, April 17– May 3, 1997
Theatre Sheridan
A comedy about substituting the greatest tenor of his generation, Il Stupendo, in the 1934 Cleveland Grand Opera Company production of Otello with the assistant general manager. The star is inadvertently rendered unconscious and the assistant general manager steps up to save the performance. The opera is a success with
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Catch a Rising Star, March 6 – 8, 1997
Theatre Sheridan
Catch a Rising Star showcased the 3rd year Performance Critiques and the 2nd year Dance Critiques, as a true collaboration of creativity. As part of their curriculum, each student was assigned the task of creating a showcase for their singing and dancing talents. For Catch a Rising Star, the Directors
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My Favorite Year, February 13 – March 1, 1997
Theatre Sheridan
A coming-of-age musical based on the 1982 motion picture, My Favorite Year, written by Dennis Palumbo and the screenplay adaptation by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo. Set in 1954, a young TV writer working on a hit comedy show is given the opportunity to chaperone his childhood TV idol and
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