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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'stratfordfestival'

June 27, 2007

Veteran stage actor William Hutt, famous for his many seasons playing all the great Shakespearean roles at Stratford, died today of leukemia at Stratford General Hospital at the age of 87. As a founding member of the Stratford Festival, Hutt acted and directed in 130 productions. He officially retired from the festival in 2005 playing Prospero in a remount production of The Tempest, where his performance was universally acclaimed, but as Torontoist reported in October......

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January 11, 2007

Last Sunday, Mirvish decided to take a break from its typical assortment of musicals and "plays" and the remount of an acclaimed Stratford production of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending opened at the Royal Alex. And it's really good. Orpheus is one of Williams' bigger plays in every sense of the word, so the somewhat grandiose choice of venue makes sense. This show has three hours, three acts, a huge cast a large set and......

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October 4, 2006

For the first time ever, blogs were invited to come to the announcement of the Stratford Festival's new season, and Torontoist was there, chillin' like a villain. The press conference was held at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art for some reason, upstairs where the swanky new Jamie Kennedy restaurant is (free breakfast for bloggers!). The press release for the event issued the following warning: "Needless to say, in addition to announcing the 2007......

Continue Reading "Stratford Announces New Season, Monette's Departure"

February 24, 2005

Death, sickness and resurrection in today's theatre round-up: -- Canada's theatre community is mourning Tom Patterson, the trade-magazine journalist who founded the Stratford Festival of Canada to save his economically-depressed home town in 1953. Patterson died yesterday after battling a long illness. -- If you're hoping to see Bat Boy: The Musical tonight, better call and check with the box office before swooping over to the Bathurst Street Theatre. Several cast members are reportedly "severely......

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