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Danielle Wade (performer)
Danielle Wade is a Canadian actress and singer. She first rose to prominence for winning the 2012 Canadian reality television series, ''Over the Rainbow (Canadian TV series), Over the Rainbow''. She originated the role of Dorothy Gale in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of ''The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical), The Wizard of Oz'', which began performances at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in December 2012. She continued on in the role for the subsequent North American tour of ''The Wizard of Oz''. Early life Wade was raised in LaSalle, Ontario. She is the oldest of three daughters born to Jodi and Doug Wade. Growing up, Wade was a figure skater. She graduated from Sandwich Secondary School, and attended the University of Windsor where she pursued a BFA in musical theatre. As a student, she starred as Elle Woods in a local production of ''Legally Blonde (musical), Legally Blonde''. However, Wade dropped out following her second year after she won ''Over the Rainbow''. Career In 2012, Wade au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Rainbow (Canadian TV Series)
''Over the Rainbow'' is a Canadian reality talent competition, which premiered on CBC Television on September 16, 2012. Based on the 2010 series '' Over the Rainbow'' in the United Kingdom, the series auditioned aspiring musical theatre performers for the role of Dorothy for a Toronto production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical adaptation of '' The Wizard of Oz''."CBC fall season reflects reduced budget" , May 10, 2012. The series was hosted by . |
Stratford Festival
The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the Shakespeare Festival and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. The festival was one of the first arts festivals in Canada and continues to be one of its most prominent. It is recognized worldwide for its productions of Shakespearean plays. The festival's primary focus is to present productions of William Shakespeare's plays, but it has a range of theatre productions from Greek tragedy to Broadway musicals and contemporary works. In the early years of the festival, Shakespeare's works typically represented approximately one third of the offerings in the largest venue, the Festival Theatre. More recently, however, the festival's focus has shifted to encompass works by a more diverse range of playwrights. The success of the festival cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names (12 others used neither), with many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also using the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, are the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District and the Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the thoroughfare is eponymous with the district and its collection of 41 theaters, and it is also closely identified with Times Square, only three of the theaters are located on Broadway itself (namely the Broadwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
