September 2016 – Sheridan | Canadian Music Theatre Project

Marathon of Hope: The Musical debuts at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse

Celebrating the incredible life of Canadian hero, Terry Fox, Marathon of Hope: The Musical opens on October 5 at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse and runs through October 30, 2016. After losing his leg to cancer, Terry ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research and captured the heart of the nation in the process. After 143 days, Terry was forced to end his run when his cancer returned. He passed away on June 28, 1981 at 22 years of age. Developed in collaboration with the family of Terry Fox and The Terry Fox Foundation, Marathon of Hope was workshopped through Sheridan’s Canadian Music Theatre Project in 2013 and 2014. The production features music and lyrics by Sheridan alumnus John Connolly, with choreography by fellow graduate David Connolly. Tickets: www.draytonentertainment.com

Prom Queen: The Musical to stage World Premiere at Montreal’s Segal Centre

Based on a groundbreaking Canadian news story, Prom Queen: The Musical opens at the Segal Centre on October 27, 2016 for a four-week run. Ontario teen Marc Hall became the face of gay equality in Canada when he took the Durham Catholic District School Board to court in 2002 after the principal of the Catholic Secondary School he attended in Oshawa refused to allow him to bring his boyfriend to the prom. Adapting the 2004 TV movie: Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story, Sheridan’s Canadian Music Theatre Project workshopped Prom Queen: The Musical in 2014. Joining the cast of the musical are Sheridan alumni Hailey Lewis, Jonathan Cullen and Lucas Meeuse. Tickets: www.segalcentre.org

Sheridan Shines at Dora Awards

The groundbreaking production of Brantwood, produced by Sheridan College’s Canadian Music Theatre Project, was recognized at the 2015 Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrating excellence in Toronto’s performing arts. Brantwood won the Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production. Created by Julie Tepperman and Mitchell Cushman, Brantwood was the largest production of immersive, site-specific musical theatre in Canadian history. The production featured 11 era-specific storylines, running concurrently, and was staged at the former Brantwood School site in Oakville in spring 2015. “We are grateful to be recognized by Toronto audiences and the theatre community with this unprecedented honour,” said Ronni Rosenberg, Sheridan’s Dean of the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design. “Along with our dynamic students, faculty and staff from the Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance and Technical Production for Theatre and Live Events programs, over 100 individuals had a part in creating this inventive and exciting new musical.” Named after Dora…

Come From Away is Broadway Bound

Come From Away, originally developed and produced by Sheridan College, Michael Rubinoff, and the Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP), will make its Broadway debut in spring 2017. In a heartbeat, 38 planes with 6,579 passengers were stranded in Gander, Newfoundland. The locals opened their hearts and homes, hosting this international community of strangers, spurring unexpected camaraderie in the extraordinary circumstances of September 11, 2001. After its Sheridan workshops in 2012 and 2013, Come From Away was selected for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and the Goodspeed Opera House Festivals of New Musicals and it was optioned by Tony Award-winning producers, Junkyard Dog Productions. The idea for the musical originated with Michael Rubinoff, an entertainment lawyer and theatre producer who also serves as Sheridan’s Associate Dean of Visual and Performing Arts. “This is an incredible story that I always believed would be even more compelling if developed as a musical…

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