Act One features Canadian musical theatre stars Thom Allison (Priscilla Queen of the Desert,
upcoming Ragtime at Shaw); jazz, cabaret & pop singer Micah Barnes (latest CD release "Domesticated"); actor, singer Mitch Smolkin (latest CD release "Rexite, the Wunderkind"); pancultural
jazz-cabaret diva Theresa Tova; Gabi Epstein (Dany Girl, To Life); Jeff Madden (Jersey
Boys); Charlotte Moore (To Life, Hairspray); Louise St. Cyr (Lord of the Rings, Show Boat) and
the University of Toronto Hillel's a cappella choir Varsity Jews (debut CD "This One's a Kippah").
The musical director for the evening is Mark Camilleri (The Toxic Avenger, The Canadian Tenors).
Act Two presents the award-winning National Theatre of the World - Matt Baram, Naomi
Snieckus and Rod Pederson. This amazing troupe will improvise a full-length play before your
very eyes paying homage to Neil Simon, David Mamet or Woody Allen as they use that
playwright's style and the audiences' suggestions to weave theatrical merriment!
The National
Theatre of the World is a multi-disciplinary, Toronto-based theatre company that creates exciting,
provocative, and instantaneous theatre through the art of improvisation.
Hosts, Linda Kash (Gorgeous in HGJTC's The Sisters Rosensweig) and beloved film, stage and
television veteran Sheila McCarthy ("Little Mosque on the Prairie") are currently in rehearsal for
the upcoming Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company's production of Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize
and Tony Award-winning play LOST IN YONKERS starring Marion Ross (TV's "Happy Days").
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