JUST ANNOUNCED
For some, it was a scary Halloween weekend indeed – there was snow here in the t-dot, so much so that it took the twitterverse by storm (pun entirely intended, I couldn’t help myself) if only for a few moments. But winter is not so bad – here are two great examples of what to look forward to in the coming (cold) months.
“Comedy’s Lovable Queen of Mean,” Lisa Lampanelli will be taking the Massey Hall stage in January. Just last month, comic Lampanelli wed Jimmy Cannizzaro at the Friars Club – The New York Times had exclusive rights to the wedding story which you can read about here.
February brings with it an appearance at Massey Hall from Heart. The unfaltering sister-duo of Ann and Nancy Wilson have been performing as Heart, with great success, since the 1970s. They’ve recently released Red Velvet Car which shot to #10 on the Billboard Album Charts the week it was released and has received critical acclaim from Rolling Stone Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. With 22 top 40 hits and over 30 million albums sold since 1976’s Dreamboat Annie – this will be a concert not to be missed.
Tickets for both shows go on sale for FriendsFirst members tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3, and for the general public this Friday, November 5.
PERFORMANCES
Measha Brueggergosman (Wednesday): First thing’s first – hear what Roy Thomson Hall means to Measha Brueggergosman right from the source in this video log posted on Soundboard last week. Brueggergosman performs the songs from her Night and Dreams recording, live in recital alongside accompanist Justus Zeyen.
Conversations with Penn & Teller (Wednesday): This event promises to be pretty special – after all, it’s got “conversations” right in the title and Teller is usually a little on the quiet side (as in, he very rarely speaks in performance). Check out this Toronto Star article to learn about Penn’s “most-hated tricks of all time” and then for your Teller fix, read this Vanity Fair piece written by Teller himself about the importance of Houdini, “the Great Self-Liberator.”
Billy Connolly (Thursday, Friday, & Saturday): Billy Connolly triumphantly returns to Massey Hall for a trio of performances this week. Check out the CONTINUE READING >
Were you listening to CBC Radio 2 yesterday afternoon?
