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Wanderlust

The Bard of the Yukon comes to Stratford I remember way back in elementary school, learning The Cremation of Sam McGee. I just found out that I can still recite the first few verses: “There are strange things in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold…” So it was great fun to

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Million Dollar Quartet

Memorable Music Makes this Show December 4, 1956, Sun Record Studios, Memphis: Studio owner Sam Phillips brings together four of his star recording artists: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. By this time, Elvis was famous, Johnny Cash had some hits on the radio, Carl Perkins was struggling to get a

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Big Band Legends

Oldies but Goodies Drayton Entertainment Artistic Director Alex Mustakas has created the next installment in his Legends franchise: starting with the British Invasion and rock ‘n’ roll Legends, he added Country Legends and Dance Legends. Now he brings us Big Band Legends. Like its predecessors, it is a real crowd pleaser, jam-packed with 77 songs

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Over the Rainbow

Congratulations to Michelle Bouey who is one of the 20 finalists on the TV show “Over the Rainbow”.  CBC TV is hosting the show to select the young woman who will play Dorothy in the Mirvish/Andrew Lloyd Webber production of “Wizard of Oz” on stage in Toronto.  The TV Show “Over the Rainbow” starts this

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Godspell

Launching Young Triple Threats’ Careers Forty years ago an iconic cast performed the legendary production of Godspell in Toronto. A group of young unknowns took to the stage, and the show ran for about year. When it closed, there was a crop of new stars who went on to Second City and Saturday Night Live.

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