Full Calendar for the Mirvish 2013-2014 Season

For its 50th year, the Mirvish family will present 14 shows in Toronto - its biggest season ever.

LES MISERABLES

BEGINS OCT 2013
PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE
Canadian Premiere of 25th Anniversary Production

Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel, LES MISERABLES is described as an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. The score of LES MISERABLES includes the classic songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Stars," "Bring Him Home," "Do You Hear the People Sing?," "One Day More," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "Master of the House" and many more.

DISNEY'S ALADDIN

NOV/DEC 2013
ED MIRVISH THEATRE
World Premiere

This musical comes from the producer of Toronto's record-breaking hits The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast and will be directed and choreographed by Tony -winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon). ALADDIN will feature the award-winning, acclaimed design team of Bob Crowley (sets), Gregg Barnes (costumes) and Natasha Katz (lights), with illusions by Jim Steinmeyer.

ONCE

NOV/DEC 2013
ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE ?Canadian Premiere

Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, ONCE tells the tale of a Dublin street musician who's about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs.

HEARTBEAT OF HOME

JAN/FEB 2014
ED MIRVISH THEATRE
North American Premiere

Heartbeat of Home is described as a music and dance spectacular from the producers of Riverdance. Toronto audiences will be the first to see this exciting new show before it goes on its North American tour.

METAMORPHOSIS

JAN/FEB 2014
ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE
Toronto Premiere

The ordinary, unremarkable life of the Samsa family is turned upside down when their son, Gregor, the sole provider for the family, emerges one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a gigantic insect. His family's feelings of revulsion turn to resentment with horrifying results.

ARRABAL

FEB-MAY 2014
PANASONIC THEATRE
World Premiere

Director Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Memphis) and choreographer Julio Zurita with a book written by Tony Award winner John Weidman (Contact). A young girl embarks on a desperate search to find out what happened to her father, 'disappeared' by the Argentine military junta when she was just a baby.

THE LAST CONFESSION

APR/MAY 2014
ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE
North American Premiere

Starring David Suchet (Agatha Christie's Poirot) as Cardinal Benelli. Roger Crane's thriller comes to Toronto following sold out runs at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London.

GOD OF CARNAGE

NOV-DEC 2013
PANASONIC THEATRE
Toronto Premiere

This award-winning comedy begins when two sophisticated couples meet to discuss a playground incident involving their children.

DEAD METAPHOR

MAY 2014
PANASONIC THEATRE
Canadian Premiere

Dean returns home from the war in Afghanistan, only to discover that his remarkable military skills don't get him very far in the working world. He readjusts to non-bunker life by moving in with his increasingly agitated parents and pregnant ex-wife, then reluctantly takes the only job he can get-as poster boy for a crusading politician on her own mission for "truth and justice."

FESTIVAL PLAY

JUNE 2014
PANASONIC THEATRE

The 3rd show of the series will be chosen from the best at the world's great theatre festivals. Scouts will travel the world to bring you a theatrical gem from the festivals at EDINBURGH, DUBLIN, TORONTO, EDMONTON, SPOLETO, NEW YORK, SYDNEY and more.

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