BIG GIRL & FRIENDS

The Chester Playhouse presents Halifax Musical Concerts' BROADWAY or BUST. Date: Saturday, October 23, 2021 Time: Matinee 3:00PM (all ages) and 7:30 PM (19+) Location: Chester Legion - 14 Union Street, Chester, NS (wheelchair accessible) COVID-19 protocols will be in place including Proof of Vaccination, Masks and Social Distancing. Tickets: $34 Adult, $20 Youth (18 and under - Matinee only) ** (Reserved Seating) ** Youth under 12 must be accompanied by a fully vaccinated Adult Book a Bubble and SAVE! Please call the Box Office: (902) 275-3933 Bubbles of 4 or 5: $32/$20 Bubbles of 6+: $30/$20 (taxes and fees included) For more information and tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35881/production/1081289 Professional musical talents kick up their heels in a theatrical performance with a splash of frivolity! Come enjoy your favourite Broadway tunes, some unexpected surprises, and an entertaining cabaret not to be missed! BROADWAY or BUST features professional musical theatre artists Rebecca Guilderson, David Light, Erin Tancock, and Christopher Wilson, and is accompanied by Chuck Homewood (piano). New to the scene, Halifax Musical Concerts adds to the region’s vibrant performing arts landscape. Halifax Musical Concerts is a dynamic not-for-profit professional musical theatre company. They present high-quality musical concerts, develop emerging talents and new audiences, and provide educational opportunities and community arts outreach.

Hosted by Toronto Musical Concerts and SideBiz Studio Please join us THIS Monday, June 28th at 7pm EST for a night of musical performances from the cast of the upcoming Digital Toronto Fringe Festival show, WE KNEW EACH OTHER ONCE BEFORE! Hosted by Christopher Wilson (Big Girl), Artistic Producer of Toronto Musical Concerts and Kelsey Verzotti of SideBiz Studio, we promise an entertaining evening of performances, offered free of admission. We ask that you graciously consider showing your appreciation for our talented company by donating ANY amount during the live stream broadcast. https://www.sidebizstudio.ca/product/we-knew-each-other-once-before-donation/ Our company consists of incoming 4th year students from Sheridan College’s Bachelor of Music Theatre Program. We have all volunteered hours of our time towards collectively creating this piece, and we are offering this concert as a fundraiser to compensate our cast and crew for their artistic work. While Toronto Fringe ticket sale profits will be distributed to our company members (via a profit-share model), 30% of ticket sales will go directly to the Fringe. If you are seeking an opportunity to 100% support our emerging artists, your generous donation during this concert fundraiser will do so! Our concert will be streamed LIVE @ 7pm EST on Monday evening on the YouTube channel, Toronto Musical Concerts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdvGE2PvChg We will feature pre-recorded performances from our various company members and will also include live Q&A sessions with our different casts so that you may learn more about the process of creating this show, and more about our company. We greatly appreciate your valued time and thank you for kindly supporting our emerging artists with your generous donations! https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/about

Christopher Wilson Sheridan College | Student Gratitude

This video is an edited excerpt of our October 2019 performance of Urinetown (In Concert) by Mark Hollmann at the Al Green Theatre (Miles Nadal JCC). This cut provides an example of our semi-staged musical concert readings in performance, including our interaction with and impact upon our intended audience. Performers (left to right): Lia Luz, Joseph Levesque, Kristi Woods, Christopher Wilson, Sarah Horsman, Joel, Cumber, David Lopez

To make a tax-deductible DONATION NOW to The AFC, visit: https://afchelps.ca/BigGirl/ Episode #8: THE 'I WANT' SONGS featuring Georgia Bennett, Joel Cumber, Arinea Hermans and Kelsey Verzotti. Toronto Musical Concerts Artistic Producer, Christopher Wilson and Associate Director, Ryan Kelly continue their weekly YouTube Live stream, BIG GIRL & Friends (the SECOND wave) supporting The AFC (Actors’ Fund of Canada). BIG GIRL & Friends features professional Canadian musical theatre artists sharing performances and conversations to promote awareness and support for The AFC’s vital services for those most vulnerable to the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19). BIG GIRL & Friends (the SECOND wave) streams weekly, Mondays at 7 PM EST / 8PM AST from Monday, January 11 - Monday, March 1 on the YouTube channel: Toronto Musical Concerts. Our weekly curated themes (in order) include: Just Dance, Simply Sondheim, Fast & Furious, A Perfect Blendship, Miss Mega Musical, Queer Conscious, Soul Vibes, and The ‘I Want’ Songs. Throughout the stream, viewers will be encouraged to donate in real-time with on-air donor shout-outs during each episode. The AFC is the lifeline for Canada’s entertainment industry, supporting professionals working in all aspects of film and television, theatre, dance and music. #BigGirlandFriends #AFChelps #TorontoMusicalConcerts Toronto Musical Concerts is a charitable not-for-profit, professional musical theatre company presenting high-quality musical concerts. TMC is the only performing arts organization consistently presenting professional musical theatre concerts in the Greater Toronto Area. Our programming supports emerging artists, represents diverse voices, offers arts access to at-risk and marginalized youth, and presents reimagined musical theatre works as well as new Canadian musicals. For further information, please send inquiries to biggirlandfriends@gmail.com or call Christopher Wilson | Artistic Producer at 647-298-9338. https://www.torontomusicalconcerts.com/

To make a tax-deductible DONATION NOW to The AFC, visit: https://afchelps.ca/BigGirl/ Episode #7: SOUL VIBES featuring Alana Bridgewater, Jeremy Carver-James, Mark Cassius, Starr Domingue, Alexis Gordon, and Vanessa Sears. Toronto Musical Concerts Artistic Producer, Christopher Wilson and Associate Director, Ryan Kelly continue their weekly YouTube Live stream, BIG GIRL & Friends (the SECOND wave) supporting The AFC (Actors’ Fund of Canada). BIG GIRL & Friends features professional Canadian musical theatre artists sharing performances and conversations to promote awareness and support for The AFC’s vital services for those most vulnerable to the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19). BIG GIRL & Friends (the SECOND wave) streams weekly, Mondays at 7 PM EST / 8PM AST from Monday, January 11 - Monday, March 1 on the YouTube channel: Toronto Musical Concerts. Our weekly curated themes (in order) include: Just Dance, Simply Sondheim, Fast & Furious, A Perfect Blendship, Miss Mega Musical, Queer Conscious, Soul Vibes, and The ‘I Want’ Songs. Throughout the stream, viewers will be encouraged to donate in real-time with on-air donor shout-outs during each episode. The AFC is the lifeline for Canada’s entertainment industry, supporting professionals working in all aspects of film and television, theatre, dance and music. #BigGirlandFriends​ #AFChelps​ #TorontoMusicalConcerts Toronto Musical Concerts is a charitable not-for-profit, professional musical theatre company presenting high-quality musical concerts. TMC is the only performing arts organization consistently presenting professional musical theatre concerts in the Greater Toronto Area. Our programming supports emerging artists, represents diverse voices, offers arts access to at-risk and marginalized youth, and presents reimagined musical theatre works as well as new Canadian musicals. For further information, please send inquiries to biggirlandfriends@gmail.com or call Christopher Wilson | Artistic Producer at 647-298-9338. https://www.torontomusicalconcerts.com/

To make a tax-deductible DONATION NOW to The AFC, visit: https://afchelps.ca/BigGirl/ Episode #6: QUEER CONSCIOUS featuring Bruce Dow, Ryan Kelly, Mateo Lewis, Sarah Strange and Joseph Zita. Toronto Musical Concerts Artistic Producer, Christopher Wilson and Associate Director, Ryan Kelly continue their weekly YouTube Live stream, BIG GIRL & Friends (the SECOND wave) supporting The AFC (Actors’ Fund of Canada). BIG GIRL & Friends features professional Canadian musical theatre artists sharing performances and conversations to promote awareness and support for The AFC’s vital services for those most vulnerable to the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19). BIG GIRL & Friends (the SECOND wave) streams weekly, Mondays at 7 PM EST / 8PM AST from Monday, January 11 - Monday, March 1 on the YouTube channel: Toronto Musical Concerts. Our weekly curated themes (in order) include: Just Dance, Simply Sondheim, Fast & Furious, A Perfect Blendship, Miss Mega Musical, Queer Conscious, Soul Vibes, and The ‘I Want’ Songs. Throughout the stream, viewers will be encouraged to donate in real-time with on-air donor shout-outs during each episode. The AFC is the lifeline for Canada’s entertainment industry, supporting professionals working in all aspects of film and television, theatre, dance and music. #BigGirlandFriends #AFChelps #TorontoMusicalConcerts Toronto Musical Concerts is a charitable not-for-profit, professional musical theatre company presenting high-quality musical concerts. TMC is the only performing arts organization consistently presenting professional musical theatre concerts in the Greater Toronto Area. Our programming supports emerging artists, represents diverse voices, offers arts access to at-risk and marginalized youth, and presents reimagined musical theatre works as well as new Canadian musicals. For further information, please send inquiries to biggirlandfriends@gmail.com or call Christopher Wilson | Artistic Producer at 647-298-9338. https://www.torontomusicalconcerts.com/

To make a tax-deductible DONATION NOW to The AFC, visit: https://afchelps.ca/BigGirl/ Episode #5: MISS MEGA MUSICAL featuring Susan Henley, Cara Hunter, Jayne Lewis, Denise Oucharek, David Rogers and Avery Saltzman. Toronto Musical Concerts Artistic Producer, Christopher Wilson and Associate Director, Ryan Kelly continue their weekly YouTube Live stream, BIG GIRL & Friends (the SECOND wave) supporting The AFC (Actors’ Fund of Canada). BIG GIRL & Friends features professional Canadian musical theatre artists sharing performances and conversations to promote awareness and support for The AFC’s vital services for those most vulnerable to the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19). BIG GIRL & Friends (the SECOND wave) streams weekly, Mondays at 7 PM EST / 8PM AST from Monday, January 11 - Monday, March 1 on the YouTube channel: Toronto Musical Concerts. Our weekly curated themes (in order) include: Just Dance, Simply Sondheim, Fast & Furious, A Perfect Blendship, Miss Mega Musical, Queer Conscious, Soul Vibes, and The ‘I Want’ Songs. Throughout the stream, viewers will be encouraged to donate in real-time with on-air donor shout-outs during each episode. The AFC is the lifeline for Canada’s entertainment industry, supporting professionals working in all aspects of film and television, theatre, dance and music. #BigGirlandFriends​ #AFChelps​ #TorontoMusicalConcerts Toronto Musical Concerts is a charitable not-for-profit, professional musical theatre company presenting high-quality musical concerts. TMC is the only performing arts organization consistently presenting professional musical theatre concerts in the Greater Toronto Area. Our programming supports emerging artists, represents diverse voices, offers arts access to at-risk and marginalized youth, and presents reimagined musical theatre works as well as new Canadian musicals. For further information, please send inquiries to biggirlandfriends@gmail.com or call Christopher Wilson | Artistic Producer at 647-298-9338. https://www.torontomusicalconcerts.com/