Starvox Entertainment today announced casting details for Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical on stage at David Mirvish's Panasonic Theatre (651 Yonge St.) from Feb. 10 to Mar. 8, 2015. The highly anticipated new production tells the hilarious, and (mostly) true story of Alferd Packer, the only person ever convicted of cannibalism in America. Based on Parker's fan-favourite film of the same name, Cannibal! The Musical will premiere a brand new production featuring new songs, new jokes, and an all-Canadian cast led by Liam Tobin as Packer (Shrek the Musical, MTC's Next to Normal) and Elicia MacKenzie (The Sound of Music; winner of CBC's How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?) as Polly Pry, Packer's unexpected love interest.
Both veterans of the stage, Tobin and MacKenzie are no strangers to the spotlight with a history of landing leading roles in professional theatre. MacKenzie was hand-picked by
Andrew Lloyd Webber to star in The Sound of Music, winning CBC's hit-show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?. Tobin was mentored by Garth Drabinsky earning the runner-up title on Triple Sensation, another CBC show searching for rising stars in musical theatre. In
Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical they share the stage with even more all-star performers with a cast featuring some of Toronto's top comedic talents and best-known Second City alum: Marty Adams, Mike "Nug" Nahrgang,
Trevor Martin, Mark Andrada,
Lana Carillo, Tim Porter, Troy Goldthorp and Constant Bernard.
Before South Park and The Book of Mormon, Parker wrote and directed Cannibal! The Musical over spring break during his time at the University of Colorado. Marking the Canadian theatre event of the season,
Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical comes to Toronto as a theatrical sensation that bears all the hallmarks of a Parker-Stone collaboration: juvenile humour, complete irreverence and the slaughter of innocents. Full of songs, dance and laughs, this production will mark the world premiere of a re-vamped show featuring additional book, lyrics and music by
Christopher Bond (Evil Dead - The Musical!), Aaron Eyre and
Trevor Martin.
With songs like "Shpadoinkle" and "Hang the Bastard," this parody of classic American musicals fuses the style of stage classics like Oklahoma! with Friday the Thirteenth Part 2 into one pleasantly vulgar and deliberately cheesy gem. It's country western, meets court room drama, meets survival story, meets laugh out loud fun!
"I've been a long-time
Trey Parker fan, and when I saw the film version of Cannibal! The Musical I loved it," said Bond, co-creator and director. "As fans of the original, we've made sure to stay true to its campy spirit, while adding more goofs and hilarious songs. It's allowed us to bring something new to the stage that has the same vintage
Trey Parker wit. Now with our stellar cast - a range of talented comedians and musical theatre pros - we've got the perfect group to bring this creation to life."
Cannibal! The Musical follows five miners from Utah (Martin, Nahrgang, Andrada, Adams and Porter) who embark on a treacherous journey to stake their claim on land in the Colorado Territory. Led by their reluctant guide, Alferd Packer (Tobin), the group encounters trappers, natives and a whole lot of tom-foolery before losing their way in the Rocky Mountains. When they are found days later, Alferd is the only one left standing, and the Sheriff arrests him for cannibalism - but what really happened out on them there mountains? Intrepid reporter Polly Pry (MacKenzie) is determined to tell the REAL story... that is, if she doesn't fall in love with the unsuspecting Packer first.
On sale now, tickets range in price from $29.95 to 109.95 and are available online at
cannibalonstage.com,
mirvish.com or by calling
416.872.1212.
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