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Cats

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot Directed by Dave Campbell Choreographed by Gino Berti Drayton Entertainment Production Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend May 30 to June 23, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Broadway’s Best Comes to Grand Bend I live on a quiet cul-de-sac,

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My One and Only

Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Book by Peter Stone and Timothy. S. Mayer Performed by Cynthia Dale, Laird McIntosh and Company Directed and Choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival Production May 12 to October 28, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Tap Dancing through the Roaring Twenties My One and

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Based upon the novel by Harper Lee, dramatized by Christopher Sergel Performed by Peter Donaldson, Abigail Winter-Culliford et al. Directed by Susan H. Schulman Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival April 30 to October 27, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson A Moving Story Brilliantly Bought to Life When Harper Lee wrote her only novel in 1960, she

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Wingfield’s Inferno

By Dan Needles Performed by Rod Beattie Directed by Douglas Beattie Original music by Stephen Woodjetts Grand Theatre, London April 10 to May 5, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Almost too true to be funny The Wingfield franchise has another hit with number six, Wingfield’s Inferno, now playing on the main stage at London’s Grand

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Oklahoma!

Music by Richard Rodgers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Performed by Blythe Wilson, Dan Chameroy, Nora McLellan Jonathan Ellul, Kyle Blair, Lindsay Thomas, David W. Keeley and company. Director & Choreographer: Donna Feore Stratford Festival Production Festival Theatre April 10 to November 4, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Amazing Singers with Familiar Score

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We Will Rock You

Music by Queen, Book by Ben Elton Performed by Toronto Cast Directed by Ben Elton Produced by David & Ed Mirvish & Kimsa Group Canon Theatre, Toronto Reviewed by Mary Alderson Baby Boomers will love We Will Rock You We Will Rock You, or as it’s more commonly known, the Queen musical, will thrill anyone

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The Spitfire Grill

By James Valcq Performed by Cathy Elliot, Josh Epstein, Todd Harrop, Corrine Koslo, Joe Matheson, Heather McGuigan, Amy Walsh Directed by Robert McQueen Musical Director Andrew Petrasiunas Grand Theatre, London March 13 to 31, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Giving Back Love to Small Town Life The female cast members overwhelm the stage in The

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