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WINNER OF 8 TONY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL
ONCE
Based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film
Music & Lyrics by Academy Award Winners
GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ
Book by ENDA WALSH
Direction by JOHN TIFFANY
Movement by STEVEN HOGGETT
Music Supervision and Orchestrations by MARTIN LOWE
Scenic and Costume Design by BOB CROWLEY
Lighting by NATASHA KATZ
At the Royal Alexandra
Theatre, Toronto
ONCE, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and
winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, is in a
strictly limited engagement until January 5 at the Royal Alexandra
Theatre.
ONCE, which was also named Best Musical by the New York
Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critic Circle and Lucille
Lortel Awards, is currently running on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs
Theatre where it started performances on February 28, 2012 and opened March 18,
2012.
ONCE features the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Glen
Hansard and Markéta Irglová, a book by award-winning Irish playwright &
screenwriter, Enda Walsh (Penelope, Hunger, The New Electric Ballroom),
direction by the acclaimed Scottish director of Black Watch, John Tiffany, movement
by Steven Hoggett (Black Watch, American Idiot) and music supervision and
orchestrations by Martin Lowe (Mamma Mia!).
The set and costume design are by
five time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins),
lighting design is by Tony winner Natasha Katz (Aida, The Coast of Utopia),
and sound design is by Clive Goodwin.
ONCE is the celebrated new musical based on the Academy
Award-winning film. It tells the story of an Irish musician and a Czech
immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week,
their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful but
complicated romance, heightened by the raw emotion of the songs they create
together.
Brought to the stage by
an award-winning team of visionary artists and featuring an ensemble cast of
gifted actor/musicians, ONCE is a musical celebration of life and love:
thrilling in its originality, daring in its honesty... and unforgettable in
every way.
The 2007 Academy Award-winning film, ONCE, was written and
directed by John Carney, and starred Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, with
original music and lyrics by Mr. Hansard and Ms. Irglová.
The Oscar winning independent Irish film, ONCE was made for
$150,000. Shot in 17 days, it went on to gross $20M worldwide becoming a
critically acclaimed international smash. It stars Glen Hansard, from the
popular Irish Rock band The Frames, and Markéta Irglová. Glen and Markéta won
the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original song for “Falling Slowly,” the Los
Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Music, and the soundtrack was nominated for
two Grammy Awards.
ONCE was originally developed at the American Repertory
Theater (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in April 2011; Diane Paulus, Artistic
Director; Diane Borger, Producer.
A developmental run of ONCE at New York Theatre Workshop
(James C. Nicola and William Russo) began performances on November 15, 2011 and
opened December 6. The production
broke box office records and concluded a sold out engagement including a two
week extension through January 15, 2012.
ONCE is produced by Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick
Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf,
The Shubert Organization and Executive Producer Robert Cole, in association
with New York Theatre Workshop.
ONCE
Until January 5, 2014
Royal Alexandra Theatre
260
King Street West, Toronto
Tickets
available online at
Or by
calling Ticketking at 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333
Groups
of 20 or more call 416-593-4142 or 1-800-724-6420
Tickets:
$35.00 - $130.00
Tuesday
– Saturday at 8:00 PM
Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 PM
** No
performances on December 24, December 25 and January 1
**
Added performances on Monday December 23 at 2:00 PM, Friday December 27
at 2:00 PM, Tuesday December 31 at 2:00 PM, Thursday January 2 at 2:00
PM, Sunday January 5 at 8:00 PM
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