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Shaw Festival extends iconic musical Guys and Dolls

Media Release #13
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 6, 2013…Already shaping up to be one of the season’s hottest tickets, Guys and Dolls will continue to captivate audiences for 15 extra performances at The Shaw’s Festival Theatre.
Polish director Tadeusz Bradecki helms the vivacious cast of Elodie Gillett as Sarah Brown, Kyle Blair as Sky Masterson, Jenny L. [...]

Celebrated musical Guys and Dolls begins previews tomorrow at the Shaw Festival

“Luck if you’ve ever been a lady to begin with…Luck be a lady tonight”
Media Release #11
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, April 11, 2013 . . . A new production of the Tony Award-winning musical Guys and Dolls begins previews April 12 at The Shaw’s Festival Theatre. Like its musical predecessors My Fair Lady and Ragtime, the Shaw’s production [...]

Rehearsals for Shaw’s 2013 season begin with spring return of Ensemble members

Media Bulletin #3
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, February 11, 2013 . . . A sure sign that spring is just around the corner is the return of Shaw Ensemble members from across Canada to start rehearsals in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Preparations for The Shaw’s 52nd season now shift into high gear with the first preview performance of W. Somerset Maugham’s [...]

Special Shaw Festival screening of Midnight’s Children supports annual Film Series

Media Release #6
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, January 30, 2013….The Shaw Festival proudly presents a special screening of Midnight’s Children on Friday, February 22 at 6 p.m. in The Shaw’s Festival Theatre. Proceeds from this fundraising event will support the upgrading of much needed technical equipment for The Shaw’s annual Festival Film Series.

Shaw Festival’s annual Film Series features acclaimed films and documentaries

Media Bulletin #9
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, November 28, 2012…The eighth annual Shaw Festival Film Series starts December 1 at 3 p.m., with the screening of Benh Zeitlin’s American fantasy drama Beasts of the Southern Wild, and will continue until February 23, 2013.

Works from within the Festival’s original mandate period feature stellar Shaw Festival acting talents

Media Release #30
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, November 26, 2012…Unsurpassed in presenting works from within the Festival’s original mandate period, the talented Shaw Festival acting Ensemble this season takes on the characters and worlds of Oscar Wilde, W. Somerset Maugham, Elizabeth von Arnim via Matthew Barber, Susan Glaspell and Eugene O’Neill.

‘Soup, soap, salvation’ and Shaw: Guys and Dolls and Major Barbara principal casting

Media Release #28
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, November 12, 2012… An exceptional collection of talent has been assembled to bring the Shaw Festival’s 52nd season to life — a unique and entertaining playbill rich with new and provocative conversations, culture clashes, magical transformations and dazzling ideas. The Salvation Army marches in this season with freshly re-envisioned productions of [...]

Final curtain for Shaw Festival’s Ragtime coming up fast

Scheduled to close October 14; no extension for this season’s hottest ticket
Media Alert #1
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, September 28, 2012. . . The countdown to the closing of The Shaw’s Ragtime begins this weekend. With only 11 performances left and fewer than 900 tickets available, time is running out to experience the most buzzed about musical [...]

Shaw Festival announces 2013 season

Media Release #25
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, September 24, 2012 . . . Today’s announcement by Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell of the Shaw Festival’s 2013 season introduces new and provocative conversations for its 52nd season. In a playbill rich with culture clashes, magical transformations and dazzling ideas, The Shaw continues its theatrical exploration of the mystery and beauty [...]

RBC Hometown Champions Cheer Tour makes a stop at The Shaw

Media Bulletin #4
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, August 2, 2012. . . The Shaw Festival will host the RBC Hometown Champions Cheer Tour on Friday, August 3, 2012. Jump into the back of the blue London-style RBC Cheer Tour Cab and record a video message of support for your hometown Canadian Olympic champion or for any of our [...]