In 2009, we'll see Geraint Wyn Davies back for another season and Jonathan Goad return to the classics.
Julius Caesar will be directed by James MacDonald and run May 23 through October 31 at the Avon Theatre. Its principal cast includes:
-- Geraint Wyn Davies as Julius Caesar
-- Ben Carlson as Brutus
-- Jonathan Goad as Marc Antony
-- Tom Rooney as Cassius
-- Yanna McIntosh as Calphurnia
-- Cara Ricketts as Portia
Macbeth will be directed by Des McAnuff and run May 22 to October 31 at the Festival Theatre. Its principal cast includes:
-- Colm Feore as Macbeth (previously announced)
-- Yanna McIntosh as Lady Macbeth
-- Geraint Wyn Davies as Duncan
-- Dion Johnstone as Macduff
-- Gareth Potter as Malcolm
-- Sophia Walker as Lady Macduff
A Midsummer Night's Dream will be directed by David Grindley and run August 7 to October 30 at the Festival Theatre. Its principal cast includes:
-- Geraint Wyn Davies as Bottom
-- Dion Johnstone as Oberon
-- Yanna McIntosh as Titania
-- Tom Rooney as Puck
-- Laura Condlln as Helena
-- Gareth Potter as Lysander
-- Sophia Walker as Hermia
Showing posts with label 2009 Season. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Earnest Cast
In the most recent bit of news for the 2009 season (since it was announced that Colm Feore is returning), we learn that Brian Bedford will both direct and star in The Importance of Being Earnest. Bedford will play Lady Bracknell.
Also in the cast are Ben Carlson as Jack, Stephen Ouimette as the Reverend Canon Chasuble, Mike Shara as Algernon, and Sara Topham as Gwendolyn.
Also in the cast are Ben Carlson as Jack, Stephen Ouimette as the Reverend Canon Chasuble, Mike Shara as Algernon, and Sara Topham as Gwendolyn.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Feore is Macbeth, Cyrano
CBC News reports:
"Stage veteran Colm Feore has been tapped to play two leading roles for 2009, Macbeth and Cyrano de Bergerac.
"'I can think of no actor that is better equipped in terms of his talent and his skill set than our leading player, Colm Feore,' festival artistic director Des McAnuff said Tuesday. McAnuff will be directing Macbeth.
"'I have wanted to work with Colm for more than 25 years, and I can't believe my good fortune in getting to work with him on this extraordinary role in one of my favourite plays.'
"Feore is considered one of the country's foremost actors. In 2007, he was given the Award of Distinction at the Banff World Television Festival.
"Feore's stage credits include leading roles in Don Juan (in both English and French), Coriolanus, Hamlet, Richard III, My Fair Lady and an earlier production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
"Feore will be directed in Cyrano de Bergerac by Donna Feore, his wife.
"The couple has done previous Stratford collaborations, including Oliver!, Don Juan and My Fair Lady, for which she served as choreographer.
"Feore is also a star of the screen. He portrayed former prime minister Pierre Trudeau on the miniseries Trudeau, capturing a best actor Gemini.
"He'll play the husband of the U.S. president in the upcoming season of the hit TV series 24.
"Feore's film credits include Paycheck, Chicago, The Deal, The Red Violin, Bon Cop, Bad Cop and Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould."
"Stage veteran Colm Feore has been tapped to play two leading roles for 2009, Macbeth and Cyrano de Bergerac.
"'I can think of no actor that is better equipped in terms of his talent and his skill set than our leading player, Colm Feore,' festival artistic director Des McAnuff said Tuesday. McAnuff will be directing Macbeth.
"'I have wanted to work with Colm for more than 25 years, and I can't believe my good fortune in getting to work with him on this extraordinary role in one of my favourite plays.'
"Feore is considered one of the country's foremost actors. In 2007, he was given the Award of Distinction at the Banff World Television Festival.
"Feore's stage credits include leading roles in Don Juan (in both English and French), Coriolanus, Hamlet, Richard III, My Fair Lady and an earlier production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
"Feore will be directed in Cyrano de Bergerac by Donna Feore, his wife.
"The couple has done previous Stratford collaborations, including Oliver!, Don Juan and My Fair Lady, for which she served as choreographer.
"Feore is also a star of the screen. He portrayed former prime minister Pierre Trudeau on the miniseries Trudeau, capturing a best actor Gemini.
"He'll play the husband of the U.S. president in the upcoming season of the hit TV series 24.
"Feore's film credits include Paycheck, Chicago, The Deal, The Red Violin, Bon Cop, Bad Cop and Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould."
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Seana Takes Stratford to San Francisco
From the Globe and Mail:
"The Stratford Shakespeare Festival will visit San Francisco in 2010. Its 2009 production of Jean Racine's Phèdre will feature Stratford veteran Seana McKenna in the title role, and move to the non-profit American Conservatory Theater (ACT) after it completes it run in Stratford.
The French classic is slated to be directed by ACT artistic director Carey Perloff in a new adaptation by playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker."
Seana McKenna is in the current season as Andromache in The Trojan Women and Queen Isabella in Fuente Ovejuna.
"The Stratford Shakespeare Festival will visit San Francisco in 2010. Its 2009 production of Jean Racine's Phèdre will feature Stratford veteran Seana McKenna in the title role, and move to the non-profit American Conservatory Theater (ACT) after it completes it run in Stratford.
The French classic is slated to be directed by ACT artistic director Carey Perloff in a new adaptation by playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker."
Seana McKenna is in the current season as Andromache in The Trojan Women and Queen Isabella in Fuente Ovejuna.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
As Previously Announced . . .
West Side Story and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum will be the two musicals mounted in the 2009 season.
A Funny Thing . . . will be at the Avon Theatre, where the musicals are this season.
West Side Story, which appeared ten years ago at the Avon Theatre, will be in the Festival Theatre this time. General Manager Antoni Cimolino explains the choice to the Beacon Herald:
"Since West Side Story was earlier produced at the Avon, 'artistically, it seemed to provide new abilities to experiment and grow by putting that one on the main stage,' he said.
"As well, there are other shows the Festival wants to stage at the Avon next year.
"People may be wondering if the Festival is selling fewer tickets this year because the musicals are at the Avon, said Mr. Cimolino, but in 1999 with the musicals at the Avon, sales went up. Seating capacity is the same or increased with more shows staged there, so that's not the issue.
"'We want to make it (the show) different and new,' he said."
Casting has not been announced yet, but for all the details that have been, you can read the reports from CBC News (basic), the Canadian Press (basic), the Globe and Mail (basic), or Playbill (extensive).
A Funny Thing . . . will be at the Avon Theatre, where the musicals are this season.
West Side Story, which appeared ten years ago at the Avon Theatre, will be in the Festival Theatre this time. General Manager Antoni Cimolino explains the choice to the Beacon Herald:
"Since West Side Story was earlier produced at the Avon, 'artistically, it seemed to provide new abilities to experiment and grow by putting that one on the main stage,' he said.
"As well, there are other shows the Festival wants to stage at the Avon next year.
"People may be wondering if the Festival is selling fewer tickets this year because the musicals are at the Avon, said Mr. Cimolino, but in 1999 with the musicals at the Avon, sales went up. Seating capacity is the same or increased with more shows staged there, so that's not the issue.
"'We want to make it (the show) different and new,' he said."
Casting has not been announced yet, but for all the details that have been, you can read the reports from CBC News (basic), the Canadian Press (basic), the Globe and Mail (basic), or Playbill (extensive).
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
2009 Musicals Confirmed
From the Canadian Press:
"West Side Story and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum are slated to be staged at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival next year.
"Des McAnuff, the festival's artistic director, notes that both musicals have ties to the Bard.
"West Side Story, he says, was based on Romeo and Juliet, while Forum was heavily influenced by A Comedy of Errors.
"McAnuff, who directed the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys, will take the helm of Forum with choreographer Wayne Cilento.
"The pair have previously worked together on Broadway productions of The Who's Tommy as well as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
"West Side Story will be directed by Gary Griffin, who will make his Stratford debut. His credits include the Broadway production of Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple.
"West Side Story has been produced at the festival once before, in 1999.
"This is the first time Forum will be staged at Stratford."
Read the official press release.
"West Side Story and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum are slated to be staged at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival next year.
"Des McAnuff, the festival's artistic director, notes that both musicals have ties to the Bard.
"West Side Story, he says, was based on Romeo and Juliet, while Forum was heavily influenced by A Comedy of Errors.
"McAnuff, who directed the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys, will take the helm of Forum with choreographer Wayne Cilento.
"The pair have previously worked together on Broadway productions of The Who's Tommy as well as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
"West Side Story will be directed by Gary Griffin, who will make his Stratford debut. His credits include the Broadway production of Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple.
"West Side Story has been produced at the festival once before, in 1999.
"This is the first time Forum will be staged at Stratford."
Read the official press release.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Financial Losses Will Harm 2009 Season
Compiled by Michael Posner and James Bradshaw for the Globe and Mail:
"The theatre community is abuzz with rumours about who might be appearing at Ontario's Stratford Shakespeare Festival next season, but that subject is now being overtaken by concerns about the overall state of the enterprise after an internal memo informed staff of a drop in this season's ticket sales.
"In a recent letter to festival personnel, general director Antoni Cimolino and artistic director Des McAnuff blame gas prices, currency-exchange issues and border-crossing delays for causing a 10 per cent decline in 2008 ticket sales. Insiders have estimated that the festival could lose as much as $5-million this year."
"Already, the festival has begun to cut the 2009 budget. According to the letter, there will be fewer plays produced than in 2008 and fewer performances of those that are mounted. Stratford has also decided to abandon publication of the souvenir book and other selected publications, and it is investigating a format for house programs that could reduce the current page count. The lobby live-music schedule is likely to be trimmed, and book and gift-store hours cut back.
"More economies may be in the offing. The Cimolino/McAnuff letter says that 'a further comprehensive list of possible savings and revenue opportunities' is now being evaluated and weighed against 'artistic quality, patron service and employee impact.' The letter invites festival staff to suggest other ideas, either directly or anonymously. 'We welcome and encourage your best ideas, no matter how unorthodox you think they may seem at first.'
"Though economic factors have clearly taken a toll on the festival's bottom line, this year's playbill shows a shift in direction that, while critically lauded, assumes some financial risk."
"The projected loss also shows the apparent magnification of a recent trend of declining gate revenue at Stratford. In 2007, three quarters of the festival's $53.9-million budget came from earned revenue, and the festival subsidized 4 per cent of its budget – about $2-million – with cash from its endowment fund to avoid running a deficit. In 2006, the company financed 2 per cent of its budget using the endowment fund.
"In Niagara-on-the Lake, Shaw Festival executive director Colleen Blake said the economic downturn has had an undeniable impact on ticket revenues for Ontario's theatres, but that Shaw 'sort of saw that coming and we shifted our marketing plans a bit to try and focus on the Canadian audience.' The result, combined with a solid season, has been an 8-per-cent increase in ticket sales thus far and has given Blake the confidence to assert that Shaw 'will definitely have a stronger financial year this year [than last (an almost $1 million deficit)].'
"Shaw sells about 40 to 42 per cent of its tickets to American visitors, while Stratford has traditionally sold between 35 and 40 per cent to the same group. This year, Shaw's figure has dropped to 38 per cent, a less significant decline than Blake had expected.
"But Blake said that both festivals face uncertainty regardless based on 'what's on the stages and what people are interested in seeing. There's always going to be some impact from your playbill as well.'"
Read the entire article.
"The theatre community is abuzz with rumours about who might be appearing at Ontario's Stratford Shakespeare Festival next season, but that subject is now being overtaken by concerns about the overall state of the enterprise after an internal memo informed staff of a drop in this season's ticket sales.
"In a recent letter to festival personnel, general director Antoni Cimolino and artistic director Des McAnuff blame gas prices, currency-exchange issues and border-crossing delays for causing a 10 per cent decline in 2008 ticket sales. Insiders have estimated that the festival could lose as much as $5-million this year."
"Already, the festival has begun to cut the 2009 budget. According to the letter, there will be fewer plays produced than in 2008 and fewer performances of those that are mounted. Stratford has also decided to abandon publication of the souvenir book and other selected publications, and it is investigating a format for house programs that could reduce the current page count. The lobby live-music schedule is likely to be trimmed, and book and gift-store hours cut back.
"More economies may be in the offing. The Cimolino/McAnuff letter says that 'a further comprehensive list of possible savings and revenue opportunities' is now being evaluated and weighed against 'artistic quality, patron service and employee impact.' The letter invites festival staff to suggest other ideas, either directly or anonymously. 'We welcome and encourage your best ideas, no matter how unorthodox you think they may seem at first.'
"Though economic factors have clearly taken a toll on the festival's bottom line, this year's playbill shows a shift in direction that, while critically lauded, assumes some financial risk."
"The projected loss also shows the apparent magnification of a recent trend of declining gate revenue at Stratford. In 2007, three quarters of the festival's $53.9-million budget came from earned revenue, and the festival subsidized 4 per cent of its budget – about $2-million – with cash from its endowment fund to avoid running a deficit. In 2006, the company financed 2 per cent of its budget using the endowment fund.
"In Niagara-on-the Lake, Shaw Festival executive director Colleen Blake said the economic downturn has had an undeniable impact on ticket revenues for Ontario's theatres, but that Shaw 'sort of saw that coming and we shifted our marketing plans a bit to try and focus on the Canadian audience.' The result, combined with a solid season, has been an 8-per-cent increase in ticket sales thus far and has given Blake the confidence to assert that Shaw 'will definitely have a stronger financial year this year [than last (an almost $1 million deficit)].'
"Shaw sells about 40 to 42 per cent of its tickets to American visitors, while Stratford has traditionally sold between 35 and 40 per cent to the same group. This year, Shaw's figure has dropped to 38 per cent, a less significant decline than Blake had expected.
"But Blake said that both festivals face uncertainty regardless based on 'what's on the stages and what people are interested in seeing. There's always going to be some impact from your playbill as well.'"
Read the entire article.
Monday, July 14, 2008
2009 Season Gossip
From Richard Ouzounian at the Toronto Star:
"It's Colm Feore by a nose.
"Now that it's getting close to the time when final plans for next season have to be made at Stratford, Deep Swan (the name for my collective Perth County informants) has brought me a wealth of news.
"A few weeks ago, I reported that Donna Feore would be directing her husband Colm in a musical version of Cyrano de Bergerac and I was promptly informed that I was wrong.
"Okay, but not totally wrong.
"The Feores are indeed going to be working together on Cyrano de Bergerac next season at Stratford, but it's on the original Edmond Rostand version, not a song-and-dance adaptation. Feore, by the way, previously played the role at Stratford in 1994.
"Feore is also expected to be playing the murderous Scotsman in Macbeth and, knowing what a workaholic Feore is, I'm sure there's another major role he'll be jumping into as well. I would not, however, give any credence to the rumours that Mrs. Feore will be playing Lady Macbeth. Some people are just plain catty.
"In other news, I hear that there will only be three Shakespearean titles on next year's playbill, with A Midsummer Night's Dream and Julius Caesar joining the Scottish play.
"And, in another change, I'm informed that one of the musicals will be returning to the Festival Theatre stage only a year after we were told the Avon Theatre is where all such shows would play in the future.
"As previously suggested, West Side Story is the show moving onto the Festival stage, directed by prominent Chicago and Broadway (The Color Purple) stager Gary Griffin and choreographed by Tony nominee and Toronto guy, Sergio Trujillo, who also arranged the dances for Stratford's last production of the show in 1999.
"At the Avon stage, look for Stephen Sondheim's ancient Roman romp A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum to be taking up residence. If you'd like to see the obvious choice for the leading role of Pseudolus (made famous by Zero Mostel and Nathan Lane), then head over to this year's production of Cabaret and watch the cast closely. Hint: it's not Nora McLellan.
"Also coming to the Avon will be Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, to be directed by Brian Bedford. As has been reported elsewhere, Bedford will also be playing the role of Lady Bracknell, a piece of transvestite trickery first undertaken at Stratford by the late William Hutt in the 1970s.
"Among the tantalizing shows that were initially planned but have now fallen off the schedule include Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Kim Cattrall, it seems, will be otherwise occupied, filming the sequel to Sex and the City.
"Some more titles and people still have to click into place, but you will probably also find one of the festival's best-loved actresses returning mid-season in a play where she portrays a woman with a thing for a younger man.
"And no, the show in question is not The Kim Cattrall Story. There are others, you know."
"It's Colm Feore by a nose.
"Now that it's getting close to the time when final plans for next season have to be made at Stratford, Deep Swan (the name for my collective Perth County informants) has brought me a wealth of news.
"A few weeks ago, I reported that Donna Feore would be directing her husband Colm in a musical version of Cyrano de Bergerac and I was promptly informed that I was wrong.
"Okay, but not totally wrong.
"The Feores are indeed going to be working together on Cyrano de Bergerac next season at Stratford, but it's on the original Edmond Rostand version, not a song-and-dance adaptation. Feore, by the way, previously played the role at Stratford in 1994.
"Feore is also expected to be playing the murderous Scotsman in Macbeth and, knowing what a workaholic Feore is, I'm sure there's another major role he'll be jumping into as well. I would not, however, give any credence to the rumours that Mrs. Feore will be playing Lady Macbeth. Some people are just plain catty.
"In other news, I hear that there will only be three Shakespearean titles on next year's playbill, with A Midsummer Night's Dream and Julius Caesar joining the Scottish play.
"And, in another change, I'm informed that one of the musicals will be returning to the Festival Theatre stage only a year after we were told the Avon Theatre is where all such shows would play in the future.
"As previously suggested, West Side Story is the show moving onto the Festival stage, directed by prominent Chicago and Broadway (The Color Purple) stager Gary Griffin and choreographed by Tony nominee and Toronto guy, Sergio Trujillo, who also arranged the dances for Stratford's last production of the show in 1999.
"At the Avon stage, look for Stephen Sondheim's ancient Roman romp A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum to be taking up residence. If you'd like to see the obvious choice for the leading role of Pseudolus (made famous by Zero Mostel and Nathan Lane), then head over to this year's production of Cabaret and watch the cast closely. Hint: it's not Nora McLellan.
"Also coming to the Avon will be Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, to be directed by Brian Bedford. As has been reported elsewhere, Bedford will also be playing the role of Lady Bracknell, a piece of transvestite trickery first undertaken at Stratford by the late William Hutt in the 1970s.
"Among the tantalizing shows that were initially planned but have now fallen off the schedule include Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Kim Cattrall, it seems, will be otherwise occupied, filming the sequel to Sex and the City.
"Some more titles and people still have to click into place, but you will probably also find one of the festival's best-loved actresses returning mid-season in a play where she portrays a woman with a thing for a younger man.
"And no, the show in question is not The Kim Cattrall Story. There are others, you know."
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A New Musical Next Season
Plus the return of an old favourite. Richard Ouzounian reports:
"Making its return for the first time since 1999 will be West Side Story, the Jerome Robbins/Arthur Laurents/Stephen Sondheim street-gang retelling of Romeo and Juliet. (A Broadway revival, by the way, is expected to open in January 2009).
"Talented Chicago stager Gary Griffin (The Color Purple) is being talked about as the Stratford director and, in a nice piece of symmetry, Sergio Trujillo is reportedly returning to choreograph.
"It was Trujillo's work on the 1999 Stratford production that led him down the path that brought him to his close association with McAnuff and his current worldwide success with Jersey Boys, opening [in Toronto] on Aug. 21.
"The other musical we hear being set for next year is reasonably new and it involves a little bit of crow-eating on my part.
"I wrote several months ago that as soon as McAnuff was announced as a member of the Stratford team, people started falsely predicting he would bring commercial projects he had been working on to Stratford.
"Well, he didn't. Not the first year.
"However, it now seems likely that a show he has been working on for some time will hit the Stratford stage next year.
"It's called Zhivago and it's based on the Boris Pasternak novel, Doctor Zhivago, later turned into a famed 1965 David Lean movie.
"The music is by Lucy Simon (sister of Carly), best known for The Secret Garden, the book by Michael Weller (Moonchildren), with lyrics by Michael Korrie and Amy Powers.
"It was workshopped extensively in La Jolla before finally opening on May 24, 2006, to mixed reviews that called it everything from 'sprawling, ambitious and occasionally stirring' to 'dizzying, but never tedious. Still it rarely, if ever, packs an emotional wallop.'
"McAnuff and Trujillo shared the staging duties in La Jolla.
"It's expected they will do the same at Stratford.
"And sorry to disappoint you, but 'Somewhere, My Love' is not in the score."
"Making its return for the first time since 1999 will be West Side Story, the Jerome Robbins/Arthur Laurents/Stephen Sondheim street-gang retelling of Romeo and Juliet. (A Broadway revival, by the way, is expected to open in January 2009).
"Talented Chicago stager Gary Griffin (The Color Purple) is being talked about as the Stratford director and, in a nice piece of symmetry, Sergio Trujillo is reportedly returning to choreograph.
"It was Trujillo's work on the 1999 Stratford production that led him down the path that brought him to his close association with McAnuff and his current worldwide success with Jersey Boys, opening [in Toronto] on Aug. 21.
"The other musical we hear being set for next year is reasonably new and it involves a little bit of crow-eating on my part.
"I wrote several months ago that as soon as McAnuff was announced as a member of the Stratford team, people started falsely predicting he would bring commercial projects he had been working on to Stratford.
"Well, he didn't. Not the first year.
"However, it now seems likely that a show he has been working on for some time will hit the Stratford stage next year.
"It's called Zhivago and it's based on the Boris Pasternak novel, Doctor Zhivago, later turned into a famed 1965 David Lean movie.
"The music is by Lucy Simon (sister of Carly), best known for The Secret Garden, the book by Michael Weller (Moonchildren), with lyrics by Michael Korrie and Amy Powers.
"It was workshopped extensively in La Jolla before finally opening on May 24, 2006, to mixed reviews that called it everything from 'sprawling, ambitious and occasionally stirring' to 'dizzying, but never tedious. Still it rarely, if ever, packs an emotional wallop.'
"McAnuff and Trujillo shared the staging duties in La Jolla.
"It's expected they will do the same at Stratford.
"And sorry to disappoint you, but 'Somewhere, My Love' is not in the score."
Could Kim Cattrall be Antony's Cleopatra?
From Richard Ouzounian at the Toronto Star:
"Call it Sex and the City, but make the city Stratford, Ont.
"The Toronto Star has learned that sexy lady Kim Cattrall – whose Sex and the City movie opens in North America on May 30 – has been entertaining discussions with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival to appear there next season in Antony and Cleopatra.
"She kept mentioning the role to a group of journalists recently, but when the Star's Linda Barnard inquired whether she might be doing it at Stratford, Canadian-raised Cattrall became positively sphinx-like and just twisted the coiled serpent ring she was wearing.
"All of this makes sense, because Cattrall was seen being squired around Stratford last summer and was reportedly offered the role of Katherine in this year's production of The Taming of the Shrew.
"So what's the magic thread that links the man-eating Samantha Jones with our provincial temple of theatre?
"One need look no further than a recent Stratford press release where artistic director Des McAnuff writes of having worked with the Goodman Theatre's Robert Falls on a co-production that Falls directed in co-operation with McAnuff's La Jolla Playhouse.
"The show? The Misanthrope. The star? Kim Cattrall.
"Resumés are now being accepted for the asp. I understand that younger vipers only need apply."
"Call it Sex and the City, but make the city Stratford, Ont.
"The Toronto Star has learned that sexy lady Kim Cattrall – whose Sex and the City movie opens in North America on May 30 – has been entertaining discussions with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival to appear there next season in Antony and Cleopatra.
"She kept mentioning the role to a group of journalists recently, but when the Star's Linda Barnard inquired whether she might be doing it at Stratford, Canadian-raised Cattrall became positively sphinx-like and just twisted the coiled serpent ring she was wearing.
"All of this makes sense, because Cattrall was seen being squired around Stratford last summer and was reportedly offered the role of Katherine in this year's production of The Taming of the Shrew.
"So what's the magic thread that links the man-eating Samantha Jones with our provincial temple of theatre?
"One need look no further than a recent Stratford press release where artistic director Des McAnuff writes of having worked with the Goodman Theatre's Robert Falls on a co-production that Falls directed in co-operation with McAnuff's La Jolla Playhouse.
"The show? The Misanthrope. The star? Kim Cattrall.
"Resumés are now being accepted for the asp. I understand that younger vipers only need apply."
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