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Toronto's Des McAnuff will direct theTony Award-winning musical.Īll are to be staged at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres in Toronto, except My Fair Lady, which will be presented at the Toronto Centre for the Arts in North York. Jersey Boys: The musical about how four blue-collar kids, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi, went on to pop stardom as The Four Seasons.Avenue Q: A 2004 Broadway hit about people, and puppets, trying to make it in New York.My Fair Lady: The Lerner & Loewe musical based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion will be coming to Canada directly from its 50th anniversary tour in the U.K.3 Mo' Divas: A Musical Celebration of Class, Sass and Style: Three divas present a night of music that stretches from opera and gospel to jazz, blues and soul.The 25th Putnam County Spelling Bee: A Tony Award-winning musical about six adolescent spellers and the adults in their lives.The season continues with five more shows: It won five Tony Awards and six Drama Desk Awards on Broadway. The show stars Martin as Man in Chair who introduces the audience to his favourite 1920s musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, while the show bursts to life in the background. The Dancap season will begin in September with the return of Bob Martin to the Toronto stage in The Drowsy Chaperone, which is headed to London's West Endand in the midst of asuccessful run in New York. 'Our colleagues in the visual arts, ballet and opera are making great contributions to the revitalization of this city and we're eager and determined to bring more exceptional theatre to Toronto audiences.' 'We want to play a part in Toronto's cultural renaissance,' Dan said as he unveiled the new company. He is also producer of the current Broadway musical The Pirate Queen and the North American touring production of Marion J. will launch witha packed theatre season for 2007-08that includes My Fair Lady, Avenue Q, Jersey Boys, 3 Mo' Divas and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.ĭan is not new to the theatre business - he previously produced the musicals Urinetown (2004), Ain't Misbehavin' (2005) and Hair (2006) with Canadian Stage Co. 31, 1992 – Jan.Canada's newest theatre impresario launched a company in Toronto on Monday, with plans to bring six big-name productions to the city, including The Drowsy Chaperone.Īubrey Dan -the Toronto philanthropist who is also the founder and presidentof Dancap Global Asset Management and Dancap Private Equity - made the announcement Monday at Toronto's Elgin Theatre.ĭancap Production Inc. Shepherdess/Hofburg Guest/Officer/Boy (u/s)/Lady of Fashion (u/s)/Ferdy (u/s)/ Marie Antoinette (u/s)ĭec. Since 1993, the openly gay Bartlett has been frequently associated with the plays of gay playwright Paul Rudnick, beginning with the latter's Off-Broadway success Jeffrey in circa 1993–1994 and continuing through The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (1998) and The Naked Truth (1994). He later played several roles in the hit Broadway musical Something Rotten!, and appeared as the flabbergasted 'Head Waiter' in the Roundabout revival of She Loves Me in 2016. He opened to highly favorable reviews in the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella on March 3, 2013, playing the Prince's calculating Regent, Sebastian. He starred on Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone as Underling, the butler. He also starred in the 2009 Disney film The Princess and the Frog as a valet named Lawrence. Bartlett's delivery of the line, 'Get out of town!' (preserved on the original cast recording by PS Classics) was a highlight of the show. His lively performance was well received by critics and audiences, and Stephen Sondheim has stated that Mr. In 2004 he appeared on Broadway playing the role of Pluto in The Frogs, the Stephen Sondheim- Burt Shevelove- Nathan Lane adaptation which played at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. In 2009, he began portraying Nigel's English cousin Neville. He had portrayed this role from 1991 until the soap's cancellation in 2012. With appearances on shows such as Law & Order and films such as Meet the Parents, Bartlett portrayed Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. Peter Bartlett (born August 28, 1942) is an American actor.

Drowsy chaperone broadway 2007