{"id":71973,"date":"2021-08-24T12:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=71973"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:22:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:22:30","slug":"scoop-mirvish-reopens-four-theatres-11-show-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/08\/24\/scoop-mirvish-reopens-four-theatres-11-show-season\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Mirvish Reopens Four Theatres With 11 Show Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71974\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Mirvish-Productions-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\/ Mirvish 2021-22 (Photo: Matthew Murphy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Potter And The Cursed Child\/ Mirvish 2021-22 (Photo: Matthew Murphy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPlease join us as we turn off the ghost light, turn on the stage lights and once again gather together in the sacred space that is the theatre to share stories and celebrate our common humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After 18 months, David Mirvish is reopening four of Toronto\u2019s iconic theatre venues with a season of blockbuster shows, returning favourites, and a surprise or two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since our stages were filled with the work of artists and our auditoria were full of our beloved theatregoers,\u201d says David Mirvish in a media release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew the first season back needed to be spectacular, and I believe we have succeeded in assembling a slate of plays that run the gamut from hilarious to powerful to magical, and musicals that are just as special.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGn-Kstxt6A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Main Subscription Season: Seven Shows<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Jesus Christ Superstar<\/strong><br \/>\nMusic by Andrew Lloyd Webber\/Lyrics by Tim Rice<br \/>\nDirected by Timothy Sheader<br \/>\nOpens December 2021, Ed Mirvish Theatre<\/p>\n<p>For its 50th Anniversary, this new production was originally staged at Regent&#8217;s Park Open Air Theatre in London, with award-winning choreographer Drew McOnie. This production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leopoldstadt (North American Premiere)<\/strong><br \/>\nWritten by Tom Stoppard<br \/>\nDirected by Patrick Marber<br \/>\nJanuary to March 2022<br \/>\nPrincess of Wales Theatre<\/p>\n<p>This Olivier-Award winning play by acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard opened in early 2020 in London and sold out theatres in the West End.<\/p>\n<p>From the show&#8217;s description:<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the 20th Century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna. But Hermann Merz, a manufacturer and baptised Jew married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. Gathered in the Merz apartment in a fashionable part of the city, Hermann\u2019s extended family are at the heart of Tom Stoppard\u2019s epic yet intimate drama.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KKxDvJ-mhRk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Room (North American Premiere)<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Emma Donoghue, based on her novel<br \/>\nMusic &amp; Lyrics by Kathryn Joseph &amp; Cora Bissett<br \/>\nDirected by Cora Bissett<br \/>\nA co-production with Covent Garden Productions and the Grand Theatre, London, Ontario<br \/>\nFebruary to April 2022<br \/>\nCAA Theatre<\/p>\n<p>Emma Donoghue\u2019s bestselling novel Room is the basis for the new play with songs by Scottish songwriters Kathryn Joseph and Cora Bissett. A previous film adaptation for film by Donoghue won Academy Awards\u00ae, Golden Globes and BAFTAs.<\/p>\n<p>The plot follows Ma, a woman who was kidnapped as a teenage girl, and held captive in a room built by her captor for seven years. She has a five-year-old son, Jack, who has no idea that the world outside even exists, and lives happily inside the imaginary world she&#8217;s created, until the seminal moment she realizes they have to escape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Pianos, 4 Hands<\/strong><br \/>\nWritten and performed by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt<br \/>\nMarch to May 2022<br \/>\nPrincess of Wales Theatre<\/p>\n<p>A true homegrown success story, Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt have been entertaining audiences all over the world since 1996 with this musical comedy show about two musicians and their obsession with their craft.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0UkvbgQn_U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pressure (Canadian Premiere)<\/strong><br \/>\nWritten by David Haig<br \/>\nDirected by John Dove<br \/>\nStarring Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey), Malcolm Sinclair, and Laura<br \/>\nRogers<br \/>\nApril to June 2022<br \/>\nCAA Theatre<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s D-Day in June 1944, and the Allied forces under General Eisenhower are set to launch. The decision boils down to what could be the most important weather forecast of the century. Boyle stars as Scottish meteorologist Group Captain James Stagg in this true story. The play was a critical and audience hit on its premiere in London&#8217;s West End.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Canadian Premiere)<\/strong><br \/>\nBased on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany<br \/>\nDirected by John Tiffany<br \/>\nOpens June 2022<br \/>\nEd Mirvish Theatre<\/p>\n<p>What began as a two-part event has been restaged as one performance that takes up the story 19 years after Harry, Hermione and Ron saved the world of wizards. A new generation joins in this time, just arriving at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&amp; Juliet (Pre-Broadway North American Premiere)<\/strong><br \/>\nMusic &amp; Lyrics by Max Martin<br \/>\nDirected by Luke Sheppard<br \/>\nOpens July 2022<br \/>\nPrincess of Wales Theatre<\/p>\n<p>Internationally acclaimed songwriter Max Martin created the music for this modern take on Romeo and Juliet, including his monster hits <em>Hit Me Baby One More Time<\/em>, <em>I Want It That Way<\/em>, <em>Teenage Dream<\/em>, <em>Roar<\/em>,<em> It\u2019s My Life<\/em> and many more. The show includes arrangements by the Tony\u00ae and Grammy\u00ae Award-winning orchestrator Bill Sherman and a story by David West Read (CBC\u2019s Emmy\u00a9 award-winning series <em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8iAFaAb3Y1M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Off-Mirvish Subscription<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Boy Falls From the Sky<\/strong><br \/>\nWritten and Performed by Jake Epstein<br \/>\nDeveloped with and Directed by Robert McQueen<br \/>\nMusic Direction by Daniel Abrahamson<br \/>\nOpens January 2022<br \/>\nCAA Theatre<\/p>\n<p>A cabaret from Jake Epstein, \u201cthat guy from Degrassi\u201d, whose career in musical theatre \u2014 including touring through the US with <em>Spring Awakening<\/em> and <em>American Idiot,<\/em> playing Spider-Man on Broadway and originating the lead role of Gerry Goffin (Carole King\u2019s husband) in <em>Beautiful: The Carole King Musical<\/em> \u2014 forms the basis for this combination of songs and storytelling. Behind the successes, he shares the heartbreak of rejection, boos, and stage fright in this candid show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blindness<\/strong><br \/>\nBased on the novel by Jos\u00e9 Saramago \/ Adapted by Simon Stephens<br \/>\nDirected by Walter Meierjohann<br \/>\nVoiced by Juliet Stevenson \/ Sound design by Ben &amp; Max Ringham<br \/>\nOpens August 2021<br \/>\nPrincess of Wales Theatre<\/p>\n<p>A man driving a car in a European city suddenly goes blind, with no reason or rhyme. But, he\u2019s only the first as an epidemic of blindness grips the city. The government attempts to quarantine the victims in an empty asylum, and panic is everywhere. Jos\u00e9 Saramago\u2019s dystopian novel won a Nobel Prize for Literature, in this adaptation by Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens (<em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>*Room is both a Subscription and Off-Mirvish Selection<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Returning Hits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Come From Away<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Irene Sankoff &amp; David Hein<br \/>\nDirected by Christopher Ashley<br \/>\nReopens December 7, 2021<br \/>\nRoyal Alexandra Theatre<\/p>\n<p>Casting, performance and ticket details will be announced soon for the return of this beloved show, the longest-running Canadian musical. It tells the true story of the small town of Gander and its residents who welcomed more than 7,000 stranded air passengers when the tragedy of 9\/11 struck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hamilton<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Lin-Manuel Miranda<br \/>\nDirected by Thomas Kail<br \/>\nReturns February 2023<\/p>\n<p>The Broadway blockbuster finally makes it back to the Toronto stage in Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s story about America&#8217;s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington&#8217;s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation\u2019s first Treasury Secretary. Casting, performance and ticket details to be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>In a media release, Mirvish outlines the company\u2019s protocols when it comes to COVID.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, none of this would be possible without the tireless efforts of the medical and scientific communities, both locally and around the world. By creating powerful vaccines they are making it possible for the arts to return in a safe and respectful way,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to make sure all of us remain safe while at the theatre, only fully vaccinated people\u00a0\u2014\u00a0on stage, backstage and in the audience \u2013 will be allowed into our venues. (Exceptions, including children under 12 and those who cannot be vaccinated for medical or faith-based reasons, can provide a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of attending a show).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full details on the new season [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirvish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>].<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 18 months, David Mirvish is reopening four of Toronto\u2019s iconic theatre venues with a season of blockbuster shows, returning favourites, and a surprise or two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":71974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38476,4780,39,62,63],"tags":[28791,28793,27978,28792,2323],"yst_prominent_words":[13727,20625,18460,8973],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Mirvish-Productions-2021.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-iIR","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71975,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71973\/revisions\/71975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71973"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=71973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}