Regina Lyric Musical Theatre

Auditions for Lyric’s spring show, Fly Me to the Moon, to be held February 16

Tickets still available for second performance of The Best of Broadway: The Songs You Know and Love

A great run for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown!

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown finished a very successful run November 6 at the Shumiatcher Theatre in the MacKenzie Art Gallery, after five regular shows and two school matinees. Featuring music by Clark Gesner, who also wrote the libretto, and lyrics by John Gordon, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown brings the beloved characters [...]

Auditions for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown September 1

Auditions for Lyric’s fall production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown will be held Thursday, September 1 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Lakeview United Church, 3200 McCallum Ave. (Use the west front entrance.) Director Evie Sawatzky is seeking energetic adults, 16 years of age and up, to play Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, [...]

Lyric seeks input for future direction

July 11, 2011 Dear Friends: As we conclude our 34th Season, the Board of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre feels it is time for renewal. We are considering making some changes, and we want to give you a chance to share your ideas with us. We are proud of the shows we have produced, and are [...]

Tickets on sale for Baby!

Tickets are now on sale for Regina Lyric Musical Theatre’s production of Baby, which runs May 25 to June 1 in the ShuBox Theatre, Riddell Centre, University of Regina. With music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., and a book by Sybille Pearson, Baby tells the story of three couples on a university [...]

Casting announced for Kennedy Centre production of Follies

The Kennedy Center, no doubt inspired by Lyric’s recent outstanding production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies (that’s Amanda Dancsok as the showgirl in the photo), is mounting its own version of the show, and casting has just been announced. T-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters will take on Diane Burrows’s role of Sally Durant Plummer, multiple Tony nominee Jan Maxwell will [...]

Auditions for Baby this Thursday

Auditions for Regina Lyric Musical Theatre’s spring production of the funny and poignant musical Baby, about three couples anticipating/hoping for the arrival of a baby, will be held this Thursday, February 17, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Lakeview United Church, 3200 McCallum Ave. Use the west front entrance. Bring a song that shows off [...]

From Camelot to Cabaret a great success!

Lyric’s musical fundraising brunch, From Camelot to Cabaret: The 1960s Broadway Revolution, was a great success again, as always. If you missed it, you missed a great line-up of songs from the 1960s sung by a terrific cast: Andrea Armstrong, Rob Armstrong, Janelle Bennett, Norris Bjorndahl, Lyndon Bray, Patrick Cherneski, Zachary Flis, John Johnston, Norma [...]

Barbra Streisand to play Mama Rose in new Gypsy movie?

That’s what Playbill reports (drawing on an original report in the New York Post). Apparently Streisand has the approval of Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book and has directed several productions of the show: The Tony-winning director also said that Streisand is aware that she will need to tap into a darker side of herself [...]