Unlike the New York Musical Theatre Festival, the Toronto Fringe Festival is not jury selected. It is done by chance, by lottery. There's always tons of variety, some great, some not so great. But hey, for $10, who's complaining? The Toronto Fringe Festival runs July 6-17, 2005.

Unfortunately, lady luck didn't smile upon me and I didn't get picked for a spot in the Fringe, but two of my musical theatre associates did...

Brock Simpson, a fellow member of the ACLCL is producing his show at the Fringe this year. Here's the info he sent to me:

Brockspeare Productions Presents
LUST'S LABOUR'S LOST: A ROCK MUSICAL
World Premiere at Toronto Fringe!

TARRAGON THEATRE MAINSPACE, 30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto

Thurs, July 7 at 8:15pm
Fri, July 8 at 1:30pm
Sun, July 10 at 5:45pm
Mon, July 11 at 6:15pm
Tues, July 12 at 9:45pm
Fri, July 15 at 10:30pm
Sun, July 17 at 3:15pm

Ticket Prices: $10. For More Info Call the Fringe Hotline at 416.966.1062
or www.fringetoronto.com

I also got the following message from Michael Coady who played Sam Crenshaw in the 2004 workshop of Plane Crazy at the Poor Alex. He is appearing in a musical in the Fringe:

OZ RECALLED: A Musical Comedy about a Middle-aged Dorothy

directed by Timothy French
written by Jesse Stewart
choreography by Marc Kimelman
assistant directed by Elenna Mosoff

featuring Sharron Matthews

Also featuring: James Quigley, Michael Coady, Jesse Stewart, Lena Palermo, Peter Windrem, Sedina Fiati, Labe Kagan, Julia Harper, Laura Azahar, Catherine Braund, Patty Burchell, Julia Feldman, Allan Gillespie, Lindsay Kramer, Robert Laughton, Rob Sutherland

VENUE: The Walmer Centre Theatre
in the Walmer Road Church, 188 Lowther Ave.

Visit Website for map, etc. www.OzRecalled.com

SHOW SCHEDULE: (90 minute runtime)
Wednesday July 6 @ 8:00pm
Thursday July 7 @ 8:00pm
Friday July 8 @ 8:00pm
Saturday July 9 @ 4:00pm
Wednesday July 13 @ 8:00pm
Thursday July 14 @ 8:00pm
Friday July 15 @ 8:00pm
Saturday July 16 @ 4:00pm
Tickets: $10

Whatever happened to Dorothy after her first turn through Oz? What became of her friends in the sometimes merry -- sometimes scary Land of Oz? Would a mid-life crisis, combined with being electrocuted on a 'B' movie-set, be a good time for Dorothy to check-in with Oz again? And what's a big Broadway style dance-musical, with live band, doing in the Fringe Festival anyway?

"A funny, raucous, exuberant romp with clever dance numbers and catchy melodies." -- Kingston Whig Standard

Break a leg guys!

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