NEWS ITEM: Canadian play kicks off new HGJT season
20 Apr'10

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency

There’s an emphasis on Broadway in Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company’s latest season, announced Tuesday. However, that season — the company’s fourth — kicks off with a new Canadian play.

According to co-artistic directors David Eisner and Avery Saltzman, HGJT will launch its 2010/2011 season with a new work from Canadian playwright Vern Thiessen in a co-production with Winnipeg Jewish Theatre. Titled LENIN'S EMBALMERS, it’s slated to play the Al Green Theatre.

The Al Green will also play host to the company’s second production of the season, a one-man show based on the life of the legendary Zero Mostel. The off-Broadway hit, titled ZERO HOUR, will star Jim Brochu under the direction of Piper Laurie.

The company’s third show, TO LIFE — a celebration of life and the American Jewish theatre canon, conceived by Saltzman and Tim French — will close the season at Jane Mallett Theatre, and will feature arrangements and musical direction by Wayne Gwillim and choreography by French.

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