Well-known Lower Mainland performer Cathy Wilmot will bring her dynamic musical theatre talents to the White Rock Players Club’s next production, Side By Side by Sondheim – a revue of show tunes by famed lyricist-composer Stephen Sondheim.
The show runs Feb. 4-28 at the Coast Capital Playhouse.
The actor-singer-director-playwright, a Richmond resident, is best known in Surrey and White Rock for work with the Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society shows, the Christopher Simmons-Debra Da Vaughn Night On Broadway revues, and the Fighting Chance/White Rock Players co-production Nunsense.
A seven-time Community Theatre Coalition and three time Ovation award winner, Wilmot will also be featured this year in the Arts Club Theatre’s summer production of Les Miserables.
She is joined in the Side By Side by Sondheim by frequent White Rock performer Rebekah McEwan (The Crucible, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Peninsula Productions’ The Game’s Afoot).
Also featured in the cast are Steff Davis, Braedon Cox and Ranae Miller, with musical direction by Clare Wyatt.
Directed by Ryan Mooney, Side By Side by Sondheim promises to be a treat for fans of the composer and librettist, highlighting selections from such Tony-winners as A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Sweeney Todd, Company, Sunday In The Park With George and Into The Woods.
In addition to Sondheim’s solo efforts, it also showcases his work with such brilliant musical collaborators as Leonard Bernstein, Richard Rodgers, Mary Rodgers and Jule Styne.
Tickets are $18 ($16 for students, seniors and Coast Capital Savings members).
The Coast Capital Playhouse is located at 1532 Johnston Rd., and show times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, with 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinees on Feb. 8, 15 and 22.
For tickets, call 604-536-7535 or visit www.whiterockplayers.ca
– Alex Browne
