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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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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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The Wizard of Oz

Tilley as Toto steals the Hotdog and the Show Pack up the kids and follow the yellow brick road to Grand Bend for a visit to the Emerald City. The Wizard of Oz, now running at Huron Country Playhouse is a great family show – it has an engaging adult cast, an enthusiastic children’s chorus

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Pirates of Penzance

Pirates of Penzance is a Blast – A Cannon Blast, that is… One question – is it the bomb with the burning wick or the cannon ball? The cannon explodes on stage and the sizzling bomb is tossed around. But which one finally ends the crazy antics? Stratford Festival’s Pirates of Penzance is an over-the-top

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42nd Street

Tapping all the way to Broadway Life imitates art. At least that is what has happened in the Stratford Festival production of 42nd Street. Jennifer Rider-Shaw is Peggy Sawyer, the hoofer who taps her way from the chorus to stardom. Cynthia Dale is Dorothy Brook, the big star making a big comeback on the big

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