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Piaf/Dietrich: A Legendary Affair becomes Huge Hit in Toronto
A huge hit for Montreal’s Segal Centre in the spring of 2018 – as The Angel and The Sparrow – Piaf/Dietrich became a runaway sensation in Toronto this past winter. Remounted at the CAA Theatre by Mirvish Productions the show was extended by public demand – three times!!
The show is the story of friendship between two of the most iconic women of the last hundred years. Joe Matheson played a half-dozen men in the lives of these two divas. He also plays a little guitar and sings a bit here and there.
There has been substantial interest in the show and we were looking at another production this summer. The Covid-19 situation has pulled the plug on that but we are sure the show will rise again once theatre-going is an option again.(with Louise Pitre as Edith Piaf, Jayne Lewis as Marlene Dietrich, Rejean Cournoyer as Noel Coward and others, Louise Camilleri as Momon and others)
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The Times They Are A’Changin’ closes due to Covid-19
Joe Matheson and Louise Pitre were in the midst of their run at Montreal’s Segal Centre when the decision was made to close. It was a tough decision to make but it was in the best interest of everyone involved, especially the theatre’s patrons.
The Times – an intimate wander through the songs of change made famous in the 60s – was a sold-out hit for Toronto’s Harold Green Jewish Theatre in the fall of 2017.A fresh look – funny at times, perhaps a little darker than you expect – at some of the ‘music of change’ that happened in the 1960s – music and lyrics that are still as relevant today as they ever were. Maybe even more so.
