Louise Pitre--who performs frequently in Toronto--will star in a new production of
Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Song & Dance in that city. Performances will begin on May 9th at The New Music Hall.
Pitre will star in the first part of
Song & Dance, "Tell Me On a Sunday," in which Emma, an expatriate English woman, confronts the romantic troubles and joys that she has found in New York. "Tell Me On a Sunday" features music by Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black. The second part of the show--"Variations"--is expressed through dance.
Trudy Moffat will direct the Toronto production of
Song & Dance, which will also feature choreography by Wayne Sleep and musical direction by Peter Aylin. Evelyn Hart and Rex Harrington will perform in "Variations."
Originally written in 1979 as a song cycle performed by Marti Webb, "Tell Me on a Sunday" was expanded into
Song & Dance, which premiered in the West End in 1982 (also starring Webb and Sleep, who danced "Variations").
Bernadette Peters won a Tony Award for her performance in the 1985 Broadway production, which also featured Christopher D'Amboise in "Variations."
Richard Maltby Jr. supplied an American adaptation as well as additional lyrics.
Pitre originated the role of Donna on Broadway in Mamma Mia!; she
has also performed the role in the touring company and in the Canadian
production. Nominated for a 2002 Best Actress in a Musical Tony, she
also received the Dora Mavor Moore Award (the Toronto equivalent of the
Tonys), the San Francisco Critics Circle Award and the U.S. National
Broadway Award for her performance. Other theatre credits include Piaf,
Les Miserables, And the World Goes Round, I Love You, You're Perfect,
Now Change, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf and the world premiere production of the late Cy Coleman's The Great Ostrovsky.
A recording artist too, Pitre's two solo CDs are entitled "Songs My
Mother Taught Me" and "All My Life Has Led to This." The New Music Hall is located at 147 Danforth Avenue in Toronto. Visit
www.louisepitre.com for more information on the actress.
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