LONDON, ON – Hot on the heels of its sold-out production of Grease, London’s Silver Spotlight Theatre is planning its third show, Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods, for November 2024 at the Auburn Theatre.
Co-founded by Art Fidler and Rick Smith in 2022, Silver Spotlight Theatre is a branch of London’s Musical Theatre Productions (www.mtplondon.ca). It features and is produced by performers and staff 55+ with a mission of presenting full-scale Broadway musicals.
The group’s inaugural production, Babes In Arms, sold out during its two-week run in March 2023, and Grease sold out in six days.
Into The Woods is a playful and enchanting yet perilous woodland adventure that follows some of the Grimm Brothers’ most beloved fairytale characters like Cinderella, Jack, Rapunzel, a wolf, a giant, and even a handsome prince or two, as they search for their wishes. Their stories collide in the woods where things don’t always appear as they seem.
“Into The Woods has intrigued me since getting a sample on the 1988 Tony Award broadcast. Thirty-six years later, my excitement for it hasn’t diminished. It is certainly a departure from the Silver Spotlight Theatre model of seniors portraying teens on stage,” says the play’s director, Rick Smith. “Still, it builds on the successes of the previous two productions. It has the naivety of Babes in Arms, the exuberance of Grease, and adds slightly more mature moral messages for everyone to interpret for themselves.”
Auditions will be held on Wednesday, June 12, and Thursday, June 13 at 150 Dufferin St., London from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm, with callbacks on Saturday, June 15. Time slots can be reserved by email at intothewoods@mtplondon.ca
Into The Woods Is presented through a special Music Theatre International (MTI) arrangement. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.www.mtishows.com.
Media Inquiries: Richard Young, Into The Woods Program Head, 519-432-6986, richardyoung51@rogers.com
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