ÿþ<HTML> <head> <TITLE>The Broadway Chorus</TITLE> <meta name="keywords" content="broadway, show tunes, musical theatre, musical theater, singing, chorus, choir, Vancouver, performance, sing, perform, songs, theater, theatre"> <META NAME="author" CONTENT="Ashley Lambert-Maberly"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Reply-to" CONTENT="ashley@oldadm.ubc.ca (Ashley Lambert-Maberly)"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#550039" link="#996600" alink="#FFAA00" vlink="#551D00"> <CENTER><br> <IMG width=258 height=115 SRC="broad.jpg" alt="Broadway Chorus" border=0><BR clear=all><img vspace=15 width=430 height=24 src="motto.gif" border="0"> <br clear=all><br> <table> <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="index.htm"><img src="home.gif" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="join.html"><img src="join.gif" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="sing.html"><img src="sing.gif" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="perform.html"><img src="perform.gif" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="links.html"><img src="links.gif" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="85%" border=0> <tr><td><p align="justify"><strong> <h2>Performances</h2> <table> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/elf"><h3>Another Elfing Musical: December 7-10 8:00pm, December 10-11, 4:00pm</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">T</font>here are limited choices for young elves in search of a rewarding career: shoemaker's aid, dairy assistant, maybe even a life in a hollow tree churning out cookies. The best and the brightest of elves have their hearts set on a life spent in Santa's magical workshop, creating toys for human children. Aw, that's nice. But our young elven heroes will learn there's a price to be paid for success in business. This "elfstravaganza" (sorry) features songs from great classic shows like <i>Annie</i> and <i>Show Boat</i>, some splendid new material, and a smattering of pop hits to round out the evening. </p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/elf"><img src="elftiny.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/ghost"><h3>The Ghost Man Always Rings Twice</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">N</font>ew York apartments always have something wrong with them: the air conditioning's on the fritz, the kitchen's too small, or maybe there are a couple of dozen ghosts haunting the place ... but it's worth it for the view! Our haunting tale of love lost and found, Oprah's book club, and <i>Top Chef</i> featured songs from shows rarely heard from, like <i>Violet</i>, <i>Toxic Avenger: the Musical</i>, and <i>70 Girls, 70</i>, so it made for an evening of unfamiliar, unexpected surprises, and was also unexpectedly moving, as the ghosts sought to find their purpose and receive their ultimate reward: to be brought to the light. </p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/ghost"><img src="ghostmantiny.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/sub"><h3>Sub Plots</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">L</font>ove, exciting and new ... come aboard ... we're expecting you! Yes, the Love Sub (the world's first and finest luxury sub cruise experience) was once again filled with passengers eager for romance, and certain to find it in the most unlikely of places. The Love Sub visited the Mermaid's Lagoon, the Octopus's Garden, and the Lost City of Atlantis (some surcharges for shore excursions may apply). We saw a happy ending for every romance, and heard a lot of music and madness along the way. Our 21st production featured songs such as "There, Right There!" from <i>Legally Blonde</i> and "Nobody's Side" from <i>Chess</i>. </p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/sub"><img src="subplotssmall.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/queen"><h3>Priscilla, Queen of the Damned</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">J</font>une on Granville Island can be kind of scary, especially at the Waterfront! In our most successful production (sold out every night!) Transylvania's only modern musical theatre group battled the undead in this uproarious mashup up of musicals and monsters. It takes a queen to fight a queen, so when the Vampire Queen next door abducts the second soprano section, a trio of cross-dressing crowd-pleasers turn hero and wage war. Songs from such shows as <i>Legally Blonde</i>, <i>Shrek the Musical</i>, and <i>Bombay Dreams</i> enlivened the proceedings, with audiences especially digging a dragalicious "Poker Face." </p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/queen"><img src="priscillatiny.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/moo"><h3>The Moo-sical</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">I</font>n December 2009 we went down to the farm. Yup, Broadway went Barnyard, and these animals had something to sing about. With more Melodrama than Melrose Place, more mystery than CSI: Wherever, and definitely more music than Glee, this new 'dairy tale' told the heart tugging story of a chicken with something to prove, the cow who loves her, and the biological research lab down the road that spells trouble with a capital 'T'. It featured songs from shows such as <i>The Music Man</i>, <i>A New Brain</i>, and pop hits from Elton John, Bryan Adams, and more! </p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/moo"><img src="moosmall.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/super"><h3>The Supermusical</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">F</font>rom June 17-20, we indulged in our first sci-fi musical: <i>The Supermusical!</i>. What a delight to play to sold-out audiences, laughing their heads off at the antics of the Handbagler, Mesmerettes, and the aliens from Aganju. Songs came from such unlikely sources as <i>Hair</i>, <i>Billy Elliot</i>, and <i>In the Heights</i> (we were hypnotized into thinking we were part of the New York latino community!.</p> <p>The plot was roughly this: fashion legend Lance LeCroix earned super-powers during an industrial accident, and became the crime-fighting superhero Statman. He joined forces with a superhero support group, learned the best ways to thwart evil (and stand out in a crowd), but eventually heroes and villains alike had to coordinate their efforts to save the earth from conniving aliens.</p> </td> <td> <img src="supersmall.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/nun"><h3>Annie Get Your Nun</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">F</font>rom December 11-13, we presented a mash-up of <i>The Sound of Music</i>, <i>Annie</i>, <i>Sister Act</i>, and <i>Chicago</i>, as plucky orphan Annie becomes nanny to the middle-aged Von Trapp children. We had nuns on the run, plumbers in disguise, mysterious mothers, and of course terrific music from shows like <i>Young Frankenstein</i>, <i>The Witches of Eastwick</i>, <i>Mary Poppins</i>, and more!</p> <p>Young orphan Annie sets out to find a mother for the children, but unusual visitors from the Vatican and a surprising return from the dead threaten to unravel her plans. Will Annie triumph? Is the Pope Catholic? Find out now! </p> </td> <td> <img src="anniesmall.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/wish"><h3>What Not to Wish: A Slightly Wicked Musical</a></h3> <p><font size="+2">I</font>n June 2008 we whisked you to Xanadu itself, where the monarch is lousy and the peasants are revolting, literally. Junior witch Mildred is mad for the King's second cousin, so the senior witches plot to stall their relationship with deadly curses. There's strife, there's struggle, there's fashion advice from TLC's Stacy and Clinton, there's a barbarian florist, and even tribal pantheistic hippies. Highlights included a hilarious rendition of "Circle of Life," the dancetastic tapathon "Step in Time," and a sexy "Dreamgirls" performed by five fake princesses plotting revolution (it was that kind of show)!</p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/wish"><img src="wishpostertiny.jpg"></a></td> </td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3>Anne Murray of Green Gables</h3> <p><font size="+2">I</font>n December, 2007, we presented the perennially favourite tale of hardworking PEI folk adopting a new young 'un ... only this time she's a middle-aged pop star. Will the Cuthbert family finally win that talent contest they're always losing to the Lynde family? Not if the Lyndes can help it, as they scheme to adopt a pop star of their own. We featured songs from Broadway's latest musicals <i>The Pirate Queen, The Wedding Singer, Mary Poppins,</i> and <i>The Drowsy Chaperone</i>, and some old favourites from <i>Oliver</i> and <i>My Fair Lady</i>.</p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/anne"><img src="anneicon.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3>Misplaced, the Musical</h3> <p><font size="+2">T</font>aking jabs at everything from LOST to SURVIVOR to Paris Hilton  with a bit of Gilligan's Island thrown in for good measure  our June 2006 show told the tale of the impoverished residents of Port Apotti who, thanks to a fluke lottery win, embark on the trip of a lifetime through the great capitals of Europe. But they have some unexpected company in the form of their resentful neighbours, who manage to follow them to France, Florence and beyond in an effort to steal their jewels until an unexpected shipwreck puts everyone in jeapardy.</p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.adamabrams.com/newsletters/014.html"><img src="misplacedicon.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="../carol"><h3>A Kitsmas Carol</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">O</font>ur December 2006 show was an updating of the perennial Christmas classic, as miserly S.C. Rooge, yoga pants manufacturer, is taken on a musical guided tour of the past, present, and future, with songs from Broadway, the movies, pop hits, and beloved seasonal favourites (and that song from Band-Aid!)</p> </td> <td> <a href="../carol"><img src="carolicon.jpg"></td></a> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="../laugh.htm"><h3>Don't Make Me Laugh</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">I</font>n June at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island we raised the bar yet again with <i>Don't Make Me Laugh!</i>, a two act Broadway extravaganza. We took some old classics, and many new hits from current shows like <i>Urinetown</i>, and <i>Wicked</i>, and somehow these disparate songs from several musicals magically combined to tell the uproarious tale of a housewarming gone fatally wrong (in Act One), and we exposed the secrets of the Broadway Chorus' backstage hijinks in Act Two.</p> </td> <td> <a href="../laugh.htm"><img src="laughicon.jpg"></td></a> </tr> <tr><td> <h3>Pop!Rocks</h3> <p><font size="+2">I</font>n December we presented <i>Pop!Rocks</i> at the Presentation House theatre, a one act musical revue of great popular songs, staged as only the Broadway Chorus would dare to! Audiences especially delighted in the male members of the Chorus performing Robbie Williams's "Angels," a quartet of women singing Sarah McLachlan's similary titled "Angel," and the entire chorus's big disco dance production of "Disco Inferno".</p> </td> <td> <img src="poprocksicon.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr><td> <a href="onedayonelife.htm"><h3>One Day / One Life </h3></a> <p><font size="+2">I</font>n June at the Waterfront saw our most spectacular show ever, a two-act musical revue. We had props! Sets! Costumes! Act One was a hilarious send-up of life in an office (with tap-dancing typewriters, and a speciality broom dance!) and Act Two was a touching delineation of songs from birth to day and beyond. We performed songs from shows such as <i>Songs for a New World</i>, <i>Wicked</i>, <i>West Side Story</i>, and from dozens more great Broadway hits.</p> </td> <td> <img src="onedayonelifeicon.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3>Movies and More! </h3> <p><font size="+2">O</font>ur December show was a bit of a departure ... we focussed on great songs from the silver screen, from films such as <Midnight Cowboy," <i>Goldfinger,</i> and <i>Chicago</i>, and also revisited some Broadway classics, with a couple of suprises from the small screen as well. We restaged <i>Flashdance</i>, went folksy for <i>A Mighty Wind</i>, did some "Walking in Memphis," and eventually "We Put the Spring in Springfield," for yet another triumph and a fun, music-filled start to the holiday season.</i>.</p> </td> <td> <img src="moviesicon.gif"></td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3><a href="dreams.jpg">Broadway Dreams (and Broken Promises)</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">W</font>e're a hit! It was great to see sold-out crowds at our June show at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. Whether we were portraying prostitutes, homeless men, 1950s lovers, or hopeful showbiz wannabees, we had a blast with our latest revue, featuring songs from such shows as <i>A Chorus Line</i>, <i>Little Shop of Horrors</i>, <i>Follies</i>, <i>Chicago</i>, and <i>Grease</i>. Big hits were the parade of "Beautiful Girls," the antics of thos who thought they had "Class," the show-stopping "Skid Row," and (we can't believe it came together) the rousing drinking anthem "Here's to Love!"</p> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.onceupon.org/dreams.htm"><img src="2004junesmall.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3><a href="decposter2003.gif">Good Guys Bad Guys</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">W</font>ell, we did it again! Everybody loved <a href="decposter2003.gif"><i>Good Guys/Bad Guys</i></a> at Presentation House, December 15th and 16th. This musical revue featured some rousing numbers like "Deep Down Inside" from <i>Little Me</i> and "Veronique" (<i>On the 20th Century</i>), beautiful ballads like "World Apart" (<i>Big River</i>), and lots more from shows such as <i>Thoroughly Modern Millie</i> and <i>Victor/Victoria</i>. Our featured "soloettes" medly was a big hit with the crowd, as was "King of Broadway" from <i>The Producers,</i> and an outstanding solo of "Proud of Your Boy," cut from the movie <i>Aladdin</i>.</p> </td> <td> <a href="decposter2003.gif"><img src="decposter2003images.gif"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3><a href="smallposterpicture.jpg">Planet Broadway</h3></a> <p><font size="+2">P</font>lanet Broadway's over, but it totally rocked during its brief tenure at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island last June 25-28. Audiences loved our musical tour around the world (especially our cowpoke sequence) and our dancing was better than ever, whether grooving to the 60s vibe of "Soul Bossa Nova," or breaking out the Fosse in "Steam Heat." Highlights included "Roxie" with Lynda's Shioya's exuberant tap break, the unexpected pleasure of "Mamma Mia" and its surprising staging, and Suzie Lee's spectacular solo of "Always a Bridesmaid" stopped the show nightly.</p> </td> <td> <a href="smallposterpicture.jpg"><img src="june2003tiny.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3>Easy Street</h3> <p><font size="+2">O</font>ur December 2002 show blended sensational show tunes and seasonal favourites, with a bit of a bias towards songs about that most glamorous of Broadway subjects, transportation. We performed "Wheels of a Dream," "Sleigh Ride," "I'd Rather Be Sailing," and many others. </p> </td> <td> <img src="easytiny.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3>Song About Laughter, Loneliness, and Love</h3> <p><font size="+2">O</font>ur big show for June 2002 was a great success. Highlights included the world's first girl-gang staging of "Three Little Maids" (<i>The Mikado</i>), the razzmatazz of "All I Care About" (<i>Chicago</i>), the poignant *and* funny "Sleeping on Our Own" (<i>Martin Guerre</i>), and the ever-popular strippers from "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" (<i>Gypsy</i>). Among the 30+ numbers were songs from <i>Seussical the Musical</i>, <i>The Producers</i>, <i>Weird Romance</i>, and <i>Jerry's Girls</i>--we love exposing audiences to works they may not have heard before.</p> </td> <td> <img src="laughtertiny.jpg"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <h3>Home for the Holidays</h3> <p><font size="+2">T</font>he Broadway Chorus' first December concert was a lot of fun for us: we included show tunes, secular and sacred Christmas carols, and Chanukah songs, in a one-night only production that was as much party as concert. We had so much fun, we're doing it again next year!</p> </td> <td> <img src="hometiny.jpg"></a></td> </tr> </table> <h3>The Anne Murray Christmas Special</h3> <p><font size="+2">T</font>he Broadway Chorus was thrilled to be included in the Anne Murray "What a Wonderful Christmas" special, taped at the beautiful Orpheum Theatre in downtown Vancouver. The Chorus performed an <i>a capella</i> version of "The Coventry Carol" (unfortunately cut for time), then joined Anne in singing "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and "Joy to the World", the triumphant opening number. We had a great if exhausting time. Anne was also joined by guests Leahy and Diana Krall (we didn't meet Diana Krall, but the Leahy folks were very nice, as was Anne herself, of course!) </p> <h3>Now and Then: A Century of Song</h3> <p><font size="+2">I</font>n June 2001, <i>Now and Then: A Century of Song</i> gave audiences a retrospective of old and new Broadway, including comic treatments of "Repent" (<i>On the Twentieth Century</i>) and "Wunderbar" (<i>Kiss Me Kate</i>), recent show tune hits "Shadowland" (<i>The Lion King</i>) and "Ragtime" (<i>Ragtime</i>), and solo performances of "Unusual Way" (<i>Nine</i>) and "You Can Always Count on Me" (<i>City of Angels</i>).</p> <h3>Saturday Night and Sunday</h3> <p><font size="+2">I</font>n June 2000, <i>Saturday Night and Sunday</i> celebrated 75 years of Broadway musical hits while telling the tale of a night of revelry and romance among old friends and new friends, and the calm understanding that the next morning brings.</p> <p>We welcome new singers to our group, so if you're interested in <a href="join.html">joining the Chorus</a> don't hesitate to contact us. E-mail Ashley at <a href="mailto:ashley@oldadm.ubc.ca">ashley@oldadm.ubc.ca</A> or call him at 822-6319. </td> </tr> </table> </font> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>