Louise Pitre

March 22 to April 14, 2019
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Seattle, Washington
1308 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

Marie, Dancing Still 

Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Directed & Choreographed by Susan Stroman

Broadway visionaries meet ballet royalty. Five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Contact), Tony Award-winning authors Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island), and acclaimed New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck invite you backstage into 19th-century Paris, where glittering opulence hobnobbed with underworld dangers.

In this era of groundbreaking artistry, a girl named Marie (Peck) dreams of being the next star of the ballet. Despite the odds of her hard-scrabble life, she scrimps, saves and steals in pursuit of her ambitions. But when fate leads her to the studio of Impressionist Edgar Degas, she unknowingly steps into immortality—becoming the inspiration for his most famous sculpture ever: Little Dancer.

Also starring Tony Award nominee Terrence Mann (Pippin), Louise Pitre (Mamma Mia!) and Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba (Contact), Marie is the gorgeous new musical poised to conquer the stage—and your heart.

Principal Actors for Marie, Dancing Still

Corbeil: Christopher Burr
Christian: Kyle Harris
Charlotte Van Goethem: Noelle Hogan
Mary Cassat: Dee Hoty
Degas: Terrence Mann
Marie Van Goethem: Tiler Peck
Adult Marie: Louise Pitre
Antoinette Van Goethem: Jenny Powers
Martine Van Goethem: Karen Ziemba

The Creative Team

Director/Choreographer: Susan Stroman
Music Director: Shawn Gough
Scenic Designer: Beowulf Boritt
Costume Designer: William Ivey Long
Lighting Designer: Ken Billington
Sound Designer: Kai Harada
Projection Designer: 59 Productions
Hair & Wig Designer: Paul Huntley
Music Supervisor: David Loud
Co-Orchestrators: Doug Besterman & Larry Hockman
Dance Arranger: Ben Davis
Production Stage Manager: Johnny Milani

April 30 to May 19, 2019
CAA Theatre (formerly the Panasonic)
651 Yonge Street, Toronto
Ontario, M4Y 1Z9  #Next2NormalTO
416.872.1212 or 1.800.461.3333

The Musical Stage Company production of NEXT TO NORMAL
Book & Lyrics by BRIAN YORKEY
Music by TOM KITT
Directed by PHILIP AKIN

2009 TONY AWARD® WINNER! 

Winner of three Tony® Awards, including Best Musical Score, and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Next to Normal explores a suburban household affected by mental illness. With a gripping story and a surging contemporary rock score, Next to Normal is a raw depiction of a family in crisis trying to overcome the past. 

Dora Award-winner Philip Akin directs an exhilarating new production of this favourite contemporary musical featuring a powerhouse ensemble of Canada’s top performers and starring internationally acclaimed actress Ma-Anne Dionisio (Miss Saigon, Les Misérables). 

“An impressive achievement, a heartfelt entertainment” (Associated Press), Next to Normal has been praised for “expanding the scope of subject matter for musicals” (Pulitzer Prize Committee).

STARRING
TROY ADAMS as Dan Goodman
BRANDON ANTONIO as Gabe Goodman
NATHAN CARROLL as Henry
MA-ANNE DIONISIO as Diana Goodman
LOUISE PITRE as Doctor Madden (Doctor Fine)
STEPHANIE SY as Natalie Goodman

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AUDIO CLIP-INTERVIEWS:
Mike Duncan Interviews the Stars of Mirvish’s “Next to Normal”

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June 19 to 22, 2019 *5 SHOWS!
Theatre Collingwood
SUMMER THEATRE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION
First Presbyterian Church
200 Maple Street
Collingwood, ON  L9Y2R2

LOUISE PITRE – From Piaf to Mamma Mia
Concert/One woman show with accompaniment

We are thrilled to announce that following her performance in the Canadian Stage Company’s production of Next To Normal in April/May 2019, Louise Pitre will be making her way to Collingwood to perform for us in June in a very intimate show highlighting her magnificent musical career portraying the legendary Edith Piaf to the starring role in Mamma Mia, and everything in between!

Receiving a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut in the smash hit Mamma Mia! was a highlight for Louise Pitre, Canada’s first lady of musical theatre, in a career that spans theatre, television and concert stages across North America and Europe. In addition to headlining the Toronto, Broadway and US touring company casts of Mamma Mia!, Louise is known for her signature performances as Fantine in Les Misérables (Toronto, Montreal and Paris), the title character in Edith Piaf, Mama Rose in Gypsy (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Gary Griffin director)and Joanne in Company (again with Gary Griffin). In September, 2009, Louise made her Carnegie Hall debut singing the role of Ulrika in the concert version of the musical Kristina by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus which she reprised at Royal Albert Hall in April 2010. In 2013 Louise premiered her self-penned one-woman show On The Rocks at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto with original songs by Louise Pitre, W. Joseph Matheson and Diane Leah. Louise has guested with orchestras across Canada and the U.S. and appears in concert regularly throughout North America with accompaniment ranging from big band to solo piano. She was chosen to be one of the three judges for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CBC series Over The Rainbow. Louise is the winner of a National Broadway Touring Award, a New York Theatre World Award, a San Francisco Theatre Critics’ Award, a Betty Mitchell Award and four Dora Mavor Moore awards, all for best performance by a leading actress in a musical.

For more information contact the Box Office at (705) 445-2200 or info@theatrecollingwood.ca

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Thursday, June 27th, 2019 at 8:00PM
Regent Theatre
50 King St E, Oshawa, ON L1H 1B3

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TONY AWARD NOMINEE, LOUISE PITRE, RETURNS TO OSHAWA BY POPULAR DEMAND WITH HER NEW SHOW: CHASING RAINBOWS

Louise takes audiences on a journey through yesteryear as she sings the songs of JUDY GARLAND. Accompanied by Diane Leah on piano.

Following her performances at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in the new Broadway-bound musical "Marie" (where she plays the title character) March-April 2019, and her performance in The Musical Stage Company's production of Next to Normal at the CAA Theatre in Toronto April - May 2019, the Mansfields are thrilled to be able to present Ms. Pitre in Oshawa, for the second consecutive year!

Receiving a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut in the smash hit Mamma Mia! was a highlight for Louise Pitre, Canada’s first lady of musical theatre, in a career that spans theatre, television and concert stages across North America and Europe.

In addition to headlining the Toronto, Broadway and US touring company casts of Mamma Mia!, Louise is known for her signature performances as Fantine in Les Misérables (Toronto, Montreal and Paris), the title character in Edith Piaf, Mama Rose in Gypsy (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Gary Griffin director) and countless more starring roles.

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll laugh again as Canada’s first lady of Musical Theatre weaves tales around each song, drawing the audience into her magical, musical world. 

Presented by:  Silly Stages

Sept 17 to Dec 8, 2019
CAA Theatre (formerly the Panasonic)
651 Yonge Street, Toronto
Ontario, M4Y 1Z9
416.872.1212 or 1.800.461.3333
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Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich were two of the greatest names in international show business during the early 20th century. The first of them enchanted the world with her singing, her moving life story, and unostentatious appearance, while the other did the same with her beauty, elegance, and bewitching stare, being one of the first European actresses to become popular in Hollywood.

Based on a true story, Piaf/Dietrich is a musical drama that explores the intimate and entertaining portrait of a fascinating friendship between show business legends that began under the most unlikely of circumstances and lasted their entire lives.

Featuring 20 of their unforgettable hits including La Vie En Rose, Milord, and Where Have All The Flowers Gone, and starring two of Canada’s leading actors, this will be an unforgettable theatrical experience.

Starring LOUISE PITRE & JAYNE LEWIS