PURE '90s @ Stage West Theatre Restaurant Calgary (Nov 17, 2017 - Feb 4, 2018)
Written By Howard Pechet & Tim French
The ‘90s were Titanic and Jurassic Park at the box office, the advent of the World Wide Web, delinquent yellow cartoon characters on primetime TV, “the Rachel” haircut, and the last time the Stanley Cup lived in Canada. Oh, and… the Macarena. PURE ‘90s features the elite hit-makers of a decade that still feels like yesterday. “Girl Power” dominated the decade with unique vocalists like Celine Dion, Alanis Morrissette, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, alongside energetic performers like Madonna, Janet Jackson, and the Spice Girls. Riding high on rock careers built in the previous decade were artists like Aerosmith, U2, and Elton John, including Canadians like Bryan Adams, and later, the Barenaked Ladies. While newcomers to the pop scene, like the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, were engaged in a battle of the boy bands. Grab your butterfly hair clips and frost your tips because the ‘90s are back! We’ll page you when your table is ready.
Avenue Q at Stage West Theatre Restaurant Calgary, June 26 - August 31, 2014
RATED R for strong adult language, mature themes and full puppet nudity. Recommended for adults only.
Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
Based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Of all the musicals hatched in the post-2000 age of irony, AVENUE Q has remained the FRESHEST and FUNNIEST!
- Variety
CRITIC'S PICK: SWEETLY SATIRIC and SURPRISINGLY FRESH!
- The New York Times
Named the Best Show on Broadway of 2003 by over 13 publications!
AVENUE Q is a gut-bustingly hilarious modern musical focusing on a group of unique 20-somethings making their way in the big city, seeking their purpose in life. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good and life lessons are learned.
Winner of the Tony Triple Crown for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt, and packed with heart. AVENUE Q is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it's clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
WCT - GLORY
Western Canada Theatre presents GLORY. In 1933, four friends set out to prove to Canada that hockey isn’t just a sport for men. But with the Great Depression weighing heavily on the nation and political tensions rising in Europe, can they overcome the odds, and people’s expectations, forge their own path to glory? Told through music and dance inspired by the jazz age, GLORY is a thrilling hockey story that proves a woman’s place is on home ice.
February 22nd- March 3rd at the Sagebrush Theatre in Kamloops, BC.
Produced in association with Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary.
More info at WWW.WCTLIVE.CA.
Talking With: The Cast of Stage West Calgary's Summer In The City - Part 1
First off, I'd like to thank the ENTIRE cast of Summer In The City - all TEN members - for stopping in between two shows on a Sunday to talk about - the show!
We also talk about some of experiences they've had in this show or others - and this is all just in Part One of our conversation.
You can read My Calgary Herald review of the show:
Stage West Theatre Restaurants presents Spamalot- May 22nd
We meet the stars of Spamalot, Kieran Martin Murphy and Katie Beetham, playing now at Stage West Theatre Restaurants
Stage west with royro and betty(3)
Dinner theater
BEST OF THE WEST IMPROV FEST 2017 | Stage By Day 002
In this episode of Stage By Day, I performed at the Best of The West Improv Festival (BOTWTIF 2017). It’s an improv festival presented by the University of Calgary Improv Club. A place where university students from all over Western Canada gather together to share their love of spontaneity. Lethbridge, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Regina, Victoria, and Vancouver, to name a few.
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Alvan is a 21 year-old business student who aspires to be a great performer. His many passions include performing improvisation, stage magic, music, theatrical plays and emceeing events. Without a doubt he Craves The Stage. However, it's already been three years into this journey and he realizes there is a lot to learn. Join him on Stage By Day, through his growth and failure, as a he learns what it takes to become a great performer.
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Subtact - Away [NCS Release]
Chef Dick at Stage West
Phoenix at Stage West with Chef Dick preparing Asian Duck Tacos.
Charles Shaughnessy starring in GAME SHOW at Stage West Mississauga Canada!
Charles Shaughnessy with a visual trivia question! For more trivia and a fun night of theatre and dinner, go see GAME SHOW April 25 - June 30, 2013 at the Ramada Plaza Stage West Theatre in Mississauga, near Toronto Canada. for tickets book
online at stagewest.com or call the box office at 905-238-0042
West Side Story – The Musical with a Latin Flavour
The University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts brought to the University Theatre one of the the most beautiful love story.
This is one of my favourite musicals and I had the opportunity to see it one more time but with great local actors. West Side Story is a brilliant and powerful plot, inspired by Romeo and Juliet. Two warring families of Verona now two streets gangs of kids from two different immigrant cultures (American Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks) coexisting in one New York City neighbourhood. I loved the thrilling dancing, terrific songs and the high energy.
In previous revivals from different countries I have seen a lack of latin actors in this musical. It was great to see a good representation of latin actors on stage.
Check out our interview with Ahad Mir (Tony) and Jocelyn Francescut (María), main characters of the play; and with the artistic and musical director Colleen Whidden.
Uptown Country Girls @ Stage West Calgary June 27-Sept 1, 2013
This musical revue delves into the evolution of women in country music and their struggles in a male dominated industry.
Patsy Cline was the first of her kind to earn genuine respect as a country artist. She paved the way for the Queens of Country, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Reba McEntire, all of whom had their share of adversity and controversy, but ultimately led to enormously successful careers.
While these artists would take inspiration from other genres such as gospel, blues, R&B and pop to diversify their country sound it would be the next generation who would explode country onto the mainstream pop charts. Shania Twain, The Dixie Chicks, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift are among those who continue to take country music and the empowerment of women in the music industry to new levels.
Game Show at Stage West Calgary, Feb 7 - Apr 14, 2013
Game Show
By Jeffrey Finn & Bob Walton
It's a cross between a quiz program and 'Survivor' with more plot twists than you'll see in a year of soaps! - NY Time
Funny, Clever, and Totally Enjoyable! ...a scripted comedy and an actual trivia contest that uses audience members as contestants. It will surprise and delight! - New York Daily News
...a show full of hidden jokes and multiple surprises, some of which are so effective that I dare not give them away. ...the show delights in teasing the audience and toying with the boundary between illusion and reality. - Robert Trussell, Kansas City Star
Game Show is the comedy you play! This hot new title takes on the game show phenomenon, inviting the audience into a refreshingly fun new theatre experience. Set during a live broadcast of a fictional, long-running TV game show, it places the theatre audience in the role of the TV studio audience, in which members are picked as the contestants to play the trivia-based game and win actual prizes! In addition to watching and playing during the broadcast - where anything can and does happen - the audience also witnesses all the backstage, back-stabbing antics behind the scenes that go on during the commercial breaks of the show.
Talkin' With: The Cast Of Stage West Calgary's I Love You Because
Just a fun chat here with the actors starring in I Love You Because, a romantic musical comedy about love gone wrong.
Hear about the shows, their careers, and upcoming projects from Daniel Abrahamson, Jay Davis, Steffi Didomenicantonio, Justin Bott, Blair Irwin, and Lindsey Frazier.
This is also available for free downloads from my podcast site, thatdanguy.libsyn.com.
There are links there to sites (as available) for the actors, and my Calgary Herald review of the show.
MAESTRO IMPRO ELIMINATION | Stage By Day 006
In this episode of Stage By Day, I teach an improv class at the University of Calgary Improv Club. The key lesson I tried to teach, which is a lesson I could learn more myself, is to use less words and to be okay with silence. Afterward, I head over to the Loose Moose Theatre to perform in Maestro Impro.
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Alvan is a 21 year-old business student who aspires to be a great performer. His many passions include performing improvisation, stage magic, music, theatrical plays and emceeing events. Without a doubt he Craves The Stage. However, it's already been three years into this journey and he realizes there is a lot to learn. Join him on Stage By Day, through his growth and failure, as a he learns what it takes to become a great performer.
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Funky Chunky
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Stage West - I love you because
A modern day musical love story is brought to the Stage West stage, in their new production of, I love you because
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Talkin' With: Cast Members from Stage West Calgary's Love Train The Soul Of Motown
Lee Siegel, Katrina Reynolds and Rob James discuss where their careers have taken them - and some of the highlights (in no particular order) are: Broadway, The Stratford Festival, a new CD, touring with *nsync - among musical influences and other surprises.
You can also read my Calgary Herald Review of the show:
and you can view or download a podcast version for free from iTunes (thatdanguy's podcast)
Two Hit Wonders Cast (Stage West Calgary, 2012) - Part Two
Give a view to this interview (Part Two of Two) with the other five members from the cast of Stage West Calgary's Two Hit Wonders. In this segment I chat with Shawna Van Omme, Katrina Reynolds, Aaron Walpole, Lee Siegel, and Kraig Waye.
This will also appear on my podcast site (thatdanguy.libsyn.com), with links to my Calgary Herald review of the show, and a list of social media sites for the actors, where available.
I apologize for a continued uncooperative camera stand that likely needs some greasing, and admit that to be honest, I really need to consider hiring a videographer.......................
Thanks to the cast, and especially to Stage West Calgary for gathering the entire group of ten performers - enjoy this second five!
Monty Python's Spamalot at Stage West Calgary, April 16 - June 21, 2015
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Book & Lyrics by Eric Idle
Music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle
A new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
From the original screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Winner of three Tony Awards in 2005, including Best Musical, and nominated for 14 more.
Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, SPAMALOT retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful show girls?
“Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be known that “Spamalot” is a blast.”
– Seattle Times
“A hugely enjoyable knight out.”
– Manchester Evening News
“Gloriously silly”
-The Jewish Chronicle
Interrogation with Mr Maletta - By: Joe Rino
Interrogation With Mr. Maletta
A short play about choking under pressure
by Joe Rino
with Ahad Mir as Jim Harris
and Tony Rino as Mr. Maletta
Performed at Theatre Transit's Mayday! Cabaret! 2012
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I Love You Because - Stage West Calgary Sept 5 - Nov 10, 2013
I Love You Because...
- a modern day musical love story
Music by Joshua Salzman, Books and Lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, Orchestrations by Larry Hochman
Boasts the quirky elements that made Friends a huge hit.
- Backstage
Infectiously entertaining! ... Filled with wit and zest, I Love You Because is terrific, refreshing fun.
- The New York Times
I Love You Because is everything an Off-Broadway musical should be! A charming piece of work that will send you home smiling!
- The Wall Street Journal
A modern day twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, set in New York City. A young, uptight greeting card writer's life is changed when he meets a flighty photographer. Along with their eccentric friends and siblings, they learn to love each other not in spite of their faults, but because of them. Because it's easy to say, I love you anyway, but hard and all the more rewarding to say, I love you because.