Canadians Following Canadian Musicals

Canadians for Canadian Musicals is a group that was started many years ago by Robert Missen to help promote and encourage the production of Canadian Musicals.  Because of Robert’s great work many productions have seen increased awareness and increased patronage, and have gone on to bigger and better things because of the added publicity. A … Continue reading →

ALL GROWN UP

All done up in bouffant hairdos and big skirts…three gals share (based on real life) tales of love and lust and heavy petting, interspersed with girl group music of the 60’s. JUST THE FACTS: SHOW WEBSITE: Written By: Leslie Mildiner with Ellen Kennedy, Bonnie Panych ,Lori Valleau Liscencing By: Cast Requirements:  YOUTUBE: UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS: PAST PRODUCTIONS: 1992: Arts Club … Continue reading →

AIMEE!

Canadian evangelist, Aimee Semple McPherson, driven from her temple by the commercialism of her formidable mother and into the arms of an “unsuitable” man, is forced to cover her tracks – until the inevitable day of reckoning. JUST THE FACTS: SHOW WEBSITE: https://www.playwrightsguild.ca/play/aimee Written By: Patrick Young Music By: Bob Ashley Liscencing By: Playwrights Guild Cast Requirements: 7 Men, … Continue reading →

ADAM AND EVE

Musical version of the seminal love story. Based on Mark Twain’s Diaries of Adam & Eve and inspired by his abiding love for his wife, the story reveals a rarely seen, bittersweet side to Twain while deconstructing the Adam and Eve story. JUST THE FACTS: SHOW WEBSITE:  Written By: Vinetta Strombergs Music By: Steven Woodjetts Liscencing By: … Continue reading →

THE HEART THAT KNOWS

Known as the father of Canadian poetry, Charles G.D. Roberts’ work was heavily influenced by the geography of Sackville and the surrounding marshes. This musical adaption of his most famous novel is by the team behind two of Live Bait’s most successful original production Under the Night. JUST THE FACTS: SHOW WEBSITE: http://deanburry.squarespace.com/the-heart-that-knows/ Written By: Charle Rhindress and … Continue reading →

ABIGAIL or THE GOLD MEDAL

Simple Abigail Becker wants her defeated husband to have a farm again. But the odds against that on Long Point, Lake Erie seem overwhelming – until the schooner Conductor is wrecked practically on her doorstep. The true story of the historic heroine. JUST THE FACTS: SHOW WEBSITE: https://www.playwrightsguild.ca/play/abigail-or-gold-medal Written By: Patrick Young Music By: Bob Ashley Liscencing By: Playwrights … Continue reading →

AAH-POOTEE! THAT’S SNOW!

  “Aah-pootee” is an Inuit word for snow and the play is about a child who, feeling unloved, runs away into the snowy Northern night. There he encounters a moose, a dog, seals, bears and a phony lion, who try to persuade him to join them in their obsessions with work, fashion, play and power. … Continue reading →

THE GIANT’S GARDEN

  The Giant’s Garden had its world premiere in December of 2007 at Theatre Orangeville. This full-scale family musical featured some of Canada’s finest musical theatre performers along with a 25 voice children’s chorus. Scott wrote music and lyrics and shared book-writing duties with Peter Fenton. In 2011, the show was remounted as part of the … Continue reading →

FIRE

The story of two brothers. Cale, the younger, forsakes his father’s church to become a rock and roll star. He rises to the top but loses everything he ever valued, including his child bride Molly. Herchel becomes a minister and marries Molly but his jealousy of Cale drives him into the compromising world of TV … Continue reading →

AMELIA

Be transported to the Golden Age of Flight – a world of planes, dreams and celebrity. Amelia is the fascinating story of the meteoric rise and mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart. The legendary Earhart was a pioneer of the skies, a courageous woman who defied all conventions of her time. This new hit musical from … Continue reading →