Volume 6 Issue 5 - February 2001

···Alumnae Theatre. Ten Lost Years. By
Jack Winter & Cedric Smith. Play with
comedy, monologue, music & song. To
February 11. Wednesday-Saturday: 8:00;
Sunday matinees: 2:00. Main Stage, 70
Berkeley St. 416-364-4170. $15, Sunday
PWYC.
···Artword Theatre. Cu'Fu? Charly
Chiarelli, songs, stories & harmonica. Feb. 8
-March 4. 75 Portland. 416-408-2783.
---Canadia dell' Arte Theatre. Robert
Schumann's Dichterliebe. Including
choreographed companion piece and
experimental film by Peter Reitzel. Stewart
Granger, tenor; Jennifer Au Tung, piano;
Duncan MacDonald & Julie Reitzel, dancers;
Peter Reitzel, director. Thursday-Sunday,
February 15 to 2!i: 8:00. Canadia dell' Arte
Studio Theatre, 186 Munro St. 416-465·
7393. $15,$10.
·--Canadian Opera Company. Henze: Venus
and Adonis. Susan Marie Pierson, Alan
Acclaimed choreographer David Earle
brings together some of Canada's finest
dance artists in this deeply moving
. montage of 16th and
20th century music.
Performing with the
company are the
internationally
renowned Penderecki
String Quartet,
saxophone wizard
Willem Moolenbeek,
and the superlative
voices of Tactus. A
unique marriage of the
living arts in a powerful
collaboration!
8 p.m.
Music THEATRE •:• L1sT1Ncs: FEBRUARY 2001
Woodrow, Timothy Noble, Shannon MerC'er,
Krisztina Szab6 & other performers; Richard
,Bradshaw, conductor. February 3: 8:00. Preperformance
Opera Chat, 45 minutes prior
to performance. Hummingbird Centre for the
Performing Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416-872-
2262. $38-$135, $15-$40(young person).
···Canadian Opera Company. Puccini: The
Girl of the Golden West. Elena Filipova, John
Fanning, Michael Sylvester, John Kriter,
Kyle Ketelsen & other performers; Richard
Buckley, conductor. February 1: 8:00;
February 4: 2:00. Pre-performance Opera
Chat, 45 minutes prior to each performance.
Hummingbird Centre for the Performing
Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416-872-2262. $38-
$135, $ l 5-$40(young person).
···CanStage. Larry's Party. Book & lyrics by
Richard Ouzounian; music by Marek Norman;
starring Brent Carver. Musical based on the
novel by Carol Shields. To February 3. Bluma
Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-368-
T e Sacreo ano
T e Profane
Kitchener, Fri. February 2, Registry Theatre
St. Jacobs, Fri. February 9, Schoolhouse Theatre
Guelph, Sat. February 24, River Run Cent.re
St. Catharines, Sat. March 17, Brock University
16 wholenote FEBRUARY 1, 2001 - MARCH 7, 2001
3110. $20-$60.
---Civic Light Opera Company. Rodgers &
Hammerstein: The King and/. Joe Cascone,
Joanne Kennedy, Larry Gibbs, Carol Kugler,
Michael Gentile & other performers.
February 15-17"& 21-24: 8:00; February 18
& 24: 2:00. Fairview Library Theatre, 35
Fairview Mall Drive. 416-203- 7839.
$15,$12.50, $10(special) on Wednesdays &
Thursdays.
---Great Music jlt St. Anne's. Gilbert &
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance. Laura
Schatz, stage director; Ori Siegel, music
director; orchestra. February 1 & 2: 8:00;
February 3: 2:00 & 8:00. 651 Dufferin St.
416-922-4415. $15,$12.
---Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. How
the Gimquat Found Her Song. With Platypus
Theatre Company; Michael Reason,
conductor. For ages 6 and up. February 18,
2:00. Hamilton Place, 1.Summers Lane.
905-526-6556. $10,$7.
519-579-1232
519-664-1134
519-763-3000
905-688-5550, ext.3257
···Living Arts Centre Mississauga.
Amazing Journey. Exploration of the history
of our planet from the Big Band to the
present, with song, full staging, set &
. costumes. Dr. David Suzuki, narrator;
Mississauga Youth The~tre; Mississauga
Youth Orchestra. February 24: 8:00.
Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive,
Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $35,$25.
Proceeds to support the David Suzuki
Foundation.
---Living Arts Centre Mississauga. Annie.
Music by Strouse; lyrics by Charnin; Martin
Charnin, director. February 8: 7:30.
Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive,
Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $30 to ~59.
···Meadowvale Theatre. Lorne Elliott · The
Collected Mistakes II. Contemporary satire,
music, storytelling, performance art. March
4: 8:00. 6315 Montevideo Rd., Mississauga.
905-821-0090. $25,$23. -
···Mirvish Productions. The lion King.
Stage musical of Disney's 1994 animated
feature. To July 1. Princess of Wales
Theatre, 300 King St. West. 416-872-1212.
$20 to $115. ·
···Music Theatre Mississauga. Fiddler on
the Roof. Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by
Sheldon Har:nick; Book by Joseph Stein.
February 16, 17, 22, 23, 24: 8:00; February
18: 2:00. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315
Montevideo Rd .. Mississauga. 905-821-
0090. $18.50,$16.50.
···North Toronto Players. Gilbert &
Sullivan: Ruddygore. February 9, 10, 16 &
17: 8:00; February 11 & 18: 2:00. Leah
Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 905-
727-2209. $16(opening night special),
$10(children under 12). $18,$10(children
under 12),$16(sr, matinees), $16(opening
night), group rates.
---Northumberland Players. A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the forum. Music
by Sondheim. February 23,24,25 & 28,
March 1,2 & 3: 8:00; February 24,25,
March 3,4: 2:00. The Concert Hall at
Victoria Hall, 55 King St. West, Cobourg.
905-372-2210. $20(eve),$18(mat).
---Oakville Centre for the Performing
Arts. Oliver! By Lionel Bart. February 15-
17, 20-24: 8:00; February 18: 2:00. 130
Navy Street, Oakville. 905-815-2021. $18.
···Opera in Concert. Szymanowski: King
Roger. Kinga Mitrowska, Kevin McMillan,
performers; Kitchener Waterloo Symphony;
Mario Bernardi, conductor. 1 :45:
Backgrounder with host lain Scott. February
11: 2:30. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040
Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $20 to $50.
···Opera Ontario. Tchaikovsky: Eugene
Onegin: Lisa Houben, Jason Howard,
Melanie Sonnenberg, Bojidar Nikolov, Stefan
Szkafarowsky & other performers; Hamilton
Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Lipton,
conductor. February 1 & 3: 8:00 at Hamilton
Place, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton. 1-800·
575-1381. February 9: 8:00 at The Centre
in the Square, Kitchener. 1-800-265-8977.
$25-$79.
---Roy Thomson Hall. Les Arts Florissants.
Opera in Concert: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas;
Charpentier: Acteon. William Christie,
director. February 11: 3:00. 60 Simcoe St.