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SHOWTUNES!
YEAR BY YEAR: 1956 |
Sunday,
November 27, 2005 |
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Location |
Arts
Club Backstage Lounge |
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Address |
1585
Johnston, Granville Island |
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Time |
8:00pm |
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Tickets |
$5 |
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Call
604.734.0904 |
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Vancouver,
BC… APPLAUSE! Musicals Society presents a brand new
series of cabaret’s focusing on the musical theatre
and history of a particular year - SHOWTUNES! Year
By Year.
Turning the clocks back fifty years, the first cabaret
will feature songs from musicals that opened in 1956, Sunday
November 27th, 8pm at the Arts Club Theatre Backstage Lounge
on Granville Island.
The 1956 musical theatre season included such shows as My
Fair Lady (Frederick Loewe), The Most Happy
Fella (Frank Loesser),
Bells Are Ringing (Jule Styne),
and Candide (Leonard Bernstein). The cabaret will not only highlight
favourite show-stopping numbers, but in APPLAUSE! fashion, will feature lesser-known
gems
from shows like Li’l Abner (from the Al Capp comic strip
- with lyrics
by Johnny Mercer), Happy Hunting (which starred Ethel Merman), Mr.
Wonderful (that starred Sammy Davis Jr.), and The Girls From
Summer (a play with the title
song written by Stephen Sondheim).
In 1956 history, Canada’s Prime Minister was Louis Saint Laurent (Liberal),
and the Premier of BC was W.A.C Bennett (Social Credit). The Winter Olympic Games
were in Italy. Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time. Actress
Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
performed their last comedy show together. The Suez Crisis began. Tom Hanks was
born and Bela Lugosi died.
The evening will feature local musical theatre performers, accompanied by APPLAUSE!
Musical Director Scott Knight, with an informative, entertaining and nostalgic
commentary by APPLAUSE! Artistic Producer Scott Ashton Swan.
APPLAUSE! Musicals Society is a non-profit charitable organization.
As the presenter of APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert, they also present a number
of other programs
including monthly Cabarets, and a Musicals 101 series. Further information
about APPLAUSE! can be found at www.applausemusicals.com
Tickets for this first time cabaret are only $5.00 and are available at the door
or by calling 604.734.0904. |
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PLAGUE
CITY: SARS IN TORONTO |
Sunday,
May 29, 2005 |
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Network |
CTV |
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Time |
9:00pm
- Please check local listings |
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From
a village market in China to Canada's largest metropolis,
this drama takes you into the lives of the front-line workers
and the victims ...
... of the disease that rocked the international medical community,
forced hundreds into quarantine and turned Toronto into a Plague
City. Beleaguered nurses and doctors suffer the fear of infection
while trying to treat the victims – and some pay with
their own lives; meanwhile the public health bureaucracy fights
for solutions to the growing epidemic amidst international
pressure. Outbreak meets Toronto's very own SARS epidemic in
this gripping suspense drama.
Set
during the real-life SARS crisis that hit Toronto in the
Spring of 2003, Plague City: SARS in Toronto chronicles
the fear, the economic hardship, the bitter conflicts and
the medical emergency that
gripped the city as it struggled desperately to control this
unknown and mysterious virus.
Plague City stars Kari Matchett as
Amy, the head nurse who must balance the needs of her family
with her demanding role caring for the increasing number of SARS
patients; Lannette New as Rosie, Amy's junior
colleague who eventually contracts the illness; Ron White as
Dr. Royce, who unwittingly delivers fatal advice to a patient's
family and must live with the terrible
guilt; Merwin Mondesir as Rob, a
public health nurse who works day and night to contact those
exposed; Rick Roberts as Dr. Neville, the microbiologist
who is tormented by his inability to understand this new and
virulent disease; and Brian
Markinson as Wilson, a pragmatic
politician who concerns himself with suppressing public panic. Directed
by David Wu.
This TV movie, in which Lannette plays a supporting principal,
marks her debut into the world of film. |
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MISS
SAIGON |
May
19 - July 17,
2005 |
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Location |
The
Stanley Theatre |
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Address |
2750
Granville Street (at 12th) Map |
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Times |
Tuesdays
- Saturdays 8:00pm |
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Wednesdays,
Saturdays, Sundays 2:00pm |
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Tickets |
Please
visit ArtsClub.com for
ticket information |
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A BREATHTAKING SAGA
MUSIC BY CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG AND ALAIN BOUBIL.
LYRICS BY RICHARD MALTBY, JR. AND ALAIN BOUBIL
Director Bill Millerd
Musical Director Bruce Kellet
Choreographer Valerie Easton
Design Team Ted Roberts, Marsha Sibthorpe, Chris Daniels
WAR, LOVE, SACRIFICE, AND HOPE
"YOU WILL NOT TOUCH HIM. DON'T TOUCH MY BOY." - KIM
This is the second hugely popular musical by the same team that created Les Misérables.
Chris, an American soldier has a brief and passionate affair with an innocent
Vietnamese girl named Kim, only to be tragically separated in the turmoil of
the U.S. exodus. Raw and uncompromising, Miss Saigon is an intensely personal
story of the losses we suffer and the sacrifices we make in a world gone mad.
“A TRIUMPH; SWEEPING AND MAJESTIC.” ~ THE BOSTON HERALD
* Miss Saigon is Lannette's debut with the Arts Club. |
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VALENTINE
DIVAS: DIVAS, SONGS OF LOVE & SWEETS |
Sunday,
February 13, 2005 |
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Location |
Arts
Club Backstage Lounge |
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Address |
1585
Johnston, Granville Island |
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Time |
7:00pm |
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Tickets |
$10
(advance), $15 (door) |
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Tickets
include music, sweets buffet, and door prizes |
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Call
604.734.0904 or email ApplauseMusicals@yahoo.ca |
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APPLAUSE!
Musicals Society is happy to announce its first
official fundraising cabaret of the season...Valentine
Divas Cabaret.
Mark your calendars for the first official Applause!
fundraising cabaret of the season, Valentine Divas: Diva's,
songs of love & sweets! Come on down for an evening
filled with great music, a divine sweets buffet, and fun door
prizes. The night will feature Applause! alumni Melissa
Peabody, Katherine Harris, Lannette
New, and Laura Latchinian, along with
special guests OMNI (eight time medallist quartet
from Westcoast Harmony Chorus).
Applause! produces rare, forgotten, shelved, or seldom produced musicals in concert,
staged with a full cast/chorus and minimal production elements like choreography,
costumes, and lights. Concerts are rehearsed in seven days (about 40 hours) and
have a short run. Unique to their work is a strong commitment to showcasing talent,
accessibility, history, and education. The primary focus of the APPLAUSE! cabarets
are to build community and create an opportunity for people to be showcased,
try new material and gather.
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MOVIETELEVISION
INTERVIEW |
Saturday,
February 12, 2005 |
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Station |
Citytv |
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Time |
7:00pm,
re-airing throughout the week |
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MovieTelevision was
on set in Toronto, where Lannette was filming Plague City.
They shot some behind-the-scenes footage, and also interviewed
three main characters: Amy, played by Kari Matchett;
Rosie,
played by Lannette
New; and Dr. Royce, played by Ron White.
This is Lannette's first television interview, so be sure
to catch it! Please check your local listings, or visit MovieTelevision's
website here |
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ANYTHING
GOES - CABARET |
Sunday,
January 16, 2005 |
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Location |
Arts
Club Backstage Lounge |
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Address |
1585
Johnston, Granville Island |
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Time |
8:00pm |
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Tickets |
$5
available at the door |
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APPLAUSE!
MUSICALS hosted its first cabaret at the Sugar Refinery in
the spring of 2003. It then moved to the Oasis Lounge
and moved again to the Arts Club Theatre Backstage Lounge where
the monthly events have been held for the past year. The monthly
cabaret is a community building and fundraising event.
This month the theme is Anything Goes, which simply means, "anything
goes!" You'll hear great show tunes from a variety of
musicals, sung by talented local performers.
And new this year, The Ovation Awards...applauding outstanding
achievement in musicals in the lower mainland. In the spirit
of reflection and celebration of the over 30 musicals presented
in the lower mainland in 2004 - the first APPLAUSE! monthly
cabaret of 2005 will feature the presentation of awards for
outstanding achievement in these musicals.
As well as singing in the cabaret, Lannette will be presenting
the Ovation Award for Outstanding Music Direction of a Musical,
and for Outstanding Direction of a Musical. |
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