NEW SHOWS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED
We keep adding all sorts of good stuff to your calendars! Today we announced that Women Fully Clothed will perform their latest sketch show, Older & Hotter, at Massey Hall on Friday, May 7, 2010 (which happens to be the Friday before Mother’s Day). These four fantastic ladies – Kathryn Greenwood (Whose Line Is It Anyway, This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Robin Duke (Saturday Night Live), Jayne Eastwood (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Chicago), and Teresa Pavlinek (History Bites, The Jane Show) – have been called “the funniest women in Canada” by the likes of Eugene Levy.
Jimmy Cliff
The reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, comes to Toronto’s Massey Hall on July 19. The Harder They Come star is also set to be the 2nd reggae artist (after Bob Marley) to ever be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Wyclef Jean will do the honours next week (March 15) at a ceremony in New York City. Tickets for the July 19 Massey Hall show go on sale to the public this Saturday at noon.
a-ha, whom you’ll remember for their massive single “Take On Me” come to Massey Hall on May 10. After 28 years and over 35 million albums sold worldwide, a-ha embark on their tour, called Ending on a High Note, which is the Norwegian groups final and “farewell” World tour. Last time a-ha performed in Toronto was at Massey Hall in October of 1986! Tickets for the May 10, 2010 concert go on sale this Saturday, March 6 at noon.
Also, ask and you shall receive! A second Craig Ferguson show goes on sale on Monday, March 8 – one more chance to see this funny man from the Late Late Show and another reason for us topost this video!
PERFORMANCES
Nathan Gunn (Wednesday): The second event of our International Recital Series, baritone Nathan Gunn performs at Roy Thomson Hall tomorrow night. Gunn is becoming quite well decorated with honours: he just won a Grammy Award for his work on album Britten: Billy Budd not to mention his inclusion in People Magazine’s annual Sexiest Man Alive issue. Check out this podcast by Rick Phillips about all of our Recitalists this season.
Trailer Park Boys (Wednesday): And now for something completely different: enjoy an evening with your favourite charming no-good-nicks at the Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, Drunk High and Unemployed tour over at Massey Hall.
Elizabeth Shepherd (Saturday): This jazz songstress just wowed listeners all over the city with her appearance on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning (and if you missed it, you can listen to it here, now’s your chance to see the real deal at the Glenn Gould Studio in concert while she launches her new album Heavy Falls The Night.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
If you were one of the gazillions watching the Olympic Closing Ceremonies, you were witness to a fantastic feat of technology – Maestro Valery Gergiev conducted the orchestra who were live in Red Square in Moscow. while he was on a podium in BC Place in Vancouver. The Washington Post says Gergiev was a member of the Russian Olympic Committee “that successfully lobbied to bring the 2014 games to Sochi, Russia.” Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly Kirov) on both March 16 and 17 here live at Roy Thomson Hall
as part of our Virtuoso series.
It’s also worth mentioning that this week is Canadian Music Week here in the T-dot and that means it’s also Canadian Music Fest. Check out the CMF happenings at Massey Hall: Jamie Cullum with special guest Imelda May tonight, Tuesday March 9- Marianas Trench, with special guest Carly Rae Jepson on Wednesday, March 10- and then Our Lady Peace presents two of their albums “from top to bottom” (plus a set of other favourite Our Lady Peace hits) – Clumsy on Friday, March 12 and Spiritual Machines on Saturday March 13.
ACCOLADES
Many congratulations go out to the amazing Canadian talent who recently received Juno Award nominations, including: Emilie-Claire Barlow who performs April 15 & 16 at Glenn Gould Studio as well as a lengthy list of artists who have graced our halls recently: Michael Kaeshammer, Jann Arden, Blue Rodeo, Joel Plaskett, Cuff The Duke, Tegan & Sara, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Karina Gauvin among many others. Here is the entire list of nominees.
Stefania Paterak is the Programming Coordinator for Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall.
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