Louise Pitre

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  • Louise Pitre is MAME at Goodspeed Starting April 20th, 2012

    Louise Pitre is MAME at Goodspeed Starting April 20th, 2012

    Goodspeed Musicals has announced that Tony Award nominee Louise Pitre, known as Canada’s “first lady of musical theatre,” will take on the coveted role of Mame Dennis in Mame at the Goodspeed Opera House beginning April 20th. Read more>

  • Toronto Life’s "50 Reasons To Love Toronto"

    Toronto Life’s "50 Reasons To Love Toronto"

    (Image: Shane Harrison) It takes a special kind of singer to inspire pathos with ABBA. That’s exactly what Louise Pitre did at the Royal Alex in 2000, when she poured herself into a spangled jumpsuit to play the lead in the mother of all jukebox musicals, Mamma Mia! Read more>

  • 2011 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination

    I’m nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for best performance by female in a leading role in a musical for “A Year With Frog and Toad.”

  • 2011 Toronto Critic’s Circle Award

    2011 Toronto Critic’s Circle Award

    Louise Pitre was given the Toronto Critic’s Circle Award for  best performance by female in a leading role in a musical for “A Year With Frog and Toad.” This Young Peoples Theatre show featured the tale of the Frog and the Toad and their other watery denizens for a wacky year of adventures.   The songs,…

  • La Vie En Rouge

    La Vie En Rouge

  • 2010 Dora Awards

    2010 Dora Awards

    I just won my 4th Dora Mavor Moore Award for “Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role in a Musical” for my role of Mayor/Ma in “The Toxic Avenger”.   

  • "Love, Loss and What I Wore"

    "Love, Loss and What I Wore"

    I’m currently starring in “Love, Loss and What I Wore” at the Panasonic Theatre with Andrea Martin, Mary Walsh, Laura Brancati and Sharron Matthews. July 16 to August 7, 2010  for this first cast. For tickets, call (416) 872-1212 or (800) 461-3333 or online at www.ticketking.com For more information, visit www.lovelossonstage.ca.