NEWFOUNDLAND MARY World Premiere Launches Tour in Toronto Tonight
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 01, 2015
NEWFOUNDLAND MARY will launch a seven week tour with a public performance tonight, October 1st at the George Ignatieff Theatre at 8 PM. For this performance all seniors 65 and over will be admitted for free.
The show will feature stage veterans Rennie Wilkinson (Showboat, Mamma Mia, Ragtime) and Daniel Abadie (Cats, Rocky Horror Picture Show). The production will be directed by Liz Gilroy (A Christmas Carol, Rob Ford The Musical), with musical direction by Scott White who co-wrote the show with Peter Fenton (Bemused, The Giant's Garden)
NEWFOUNDLAND MARY is described as a musical love story. Luis Rodriguez-Gonzalez is nervous. All his life he has dreamed of becoming a singer like Frank Sinatra instead of being a worker in a boot factory in Cuba, but he is poor, and needs help to realize his dream. There is only one person who can assist him; the very wealthy and larger than life NEWFOUNDLAND MARY. This transplant to Havana from St. John's Newfoundland is renowned for her skill at teaching music, and her generosity with the poor. On New Year's Eve of 1958, Luis gathers his courage and crashes a party that Mary is hosting in the hopes of convincing her to take him on as a mature student. What nobody realizes is that the following day, Castro will take power and Cuba will go through a revolutionary change. NEWFOUNDLAND MARY follows the evolving relationship between two people from very different worlds as they discover the importance of music in surviving life's challenges, the value of friendship during times of uncertainty, and the possibility of love at a mature age.
IF YOU GO:
Smile Theatre presents the world premiere of
NEWFOUNDLAND MARY
Book by Peter Fenton & Scott White, Music & Lyrics by Scott White
Directed & Choreographed by Liz Gilroy
Designed by Anna Treusch
Music Direction by Scott White
Starring Daniel Abadie and Rennie Wilkinson
Stage Managed by Laura Grandfield
Location: The George Ignatieff Theatre
15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, M5S 2C8
Tickets: $12; Free for Seniors, 65 and over
Tickets are available through the eventbrite link on the website.
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