this Could Be Loveat Artword Theatre

Back To Artword Productions 2002-2003

In the Artword main theatre, 75 Portland Street
May 2 to 25, 2003

Did you miss this "wittily contemporary musical" in February?
You're in luck! It's coming back, this time to Artword...

Harry Gadsby Theatricals Inc. presents
This Could Be Love:
a comical musical
book, music and lyrics by Brock Simpson
directed by Steven Morel
performed by Jonathan Crombie and Krista Sutton

Tuesday to Saturday at 8 pm
Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30
Tuesday pay-what-you-can
matinees $20, Wed-Thur $25, Fri $30, Sat $35
Reservations: call 416-504-7529

He (Jonathan Crombie) is a jingle hack at the Pan-Continental Jingle Corporation. She (Krista Sutton) is an undercover shopper at Megamart. Alienated, forlorn, oddly attractive, they both sit alone in a café. He thumbs through an atlas memorizing capital cities. She downs brandy shots.
They have been stood up and they are fed up. They share woeful dating tales. They decide to cheat fate, forego Hallmark's rules of romance, and fall in love. Why not? This could be love!
Brock Simpson (book, music, lyrics) has been a writer/performer/musician in Toronto for more than ten years. His musical theatre works include Kid Canuck, Stick and Stones (music by Blair Thomson) and Honest Ed: The Bargain Musical (with Lisa Lambert, John Mitchell and Steven Morel). He has one CD to his credit: Brock and John's, Unrehearsed (co-written with John Mitchell).
Steven Morel (Director, Producer) produced and directed the successful run of Honest Ed: The Bargain Musical at the Poor Alex Theatre in 1996. He also directed The Drowsy Chaperone by Greg Morrison, Lisa Lambert and Bob Martin in the 1999 Toronto Fringe Festival which broke attendance sales records for a Fringe show. For that production, Steven was honoured with a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Direction.

Here's what critics said of This Could Be Love in February 2003.

"Sutton can out-sing, out-act, out-pratfall Renee Zellweger in her sleep. Her performance is musical theatre gold." (Eye, Feb 20, 2003, Kamal Al-Solaylee)

"This pint-sized production written and composed by Brock Simpson and now playing at the Poor Alex is a wittily contemporary musical with a charmingly period feel. " (The Globe and Mail, Feb 15, 2003, Kate Taylor)

"The first thing you notice about Simpson's lyrics is that he knows what a rhyme is. This is quite rare." (National Post, February 17, 2003, Robert Cushman)

Why wait for fate to find you a mate when you could just decide to fall in love?

		In the Artword main theatre, 75 Portland Street May 2 to 25, 2003 Did you miss this "wittily contemporary musical" in February? You're in luck! It's coming back, this time to Artword... Harry Gadsby Theatricals Inc. presents *This Could Be Love:* *a comical musical* book, music and lyrics by Brock Simpson directed by Steven Morel performed by Jonathan Crombie and Krista Sutton Tuesday to Saturday at 8 pm Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30 Tuesday pay-what-you-can matinees $20, Wed-Thur $25, Fri $30, Sat $35 Reservations: call 416-504-7529

	He (Jonathan Crombie) is a jingle hack at the Pan-Continental Jingle Corporation. She (Krista Sutton) is an undercover shopper at Megamart. Alienated, forlorn, oddly attractive, they both sit alone in a café. He thumbs through an atlas memorizing capital cities. She downs brandy shots. They have been stood up and they are fed up. They share woeful dating tales. They decide to cheat fate, forego Hallmark's rules of romance, and fall in love. Why not? This could be love! Brock Simpson (book, music, lyrics) has been a writer/performer/musician in Toronto for more than ten years. His musical theatre works include Kid Canuck, Stick and Stones (music by Blair Thomson) and Honest Ed: The Bargain Musical (with Lisa Lambert, John Mitchell and Steven Morel). He has one CD to his credit: Brock and John's, Unrehearsed (co-written with John Mitchell). Steven Morel (Director, Producer) produced and directed the successful run of Honest Ed: The Bargain Musical at the Poor Alex Theatre in 1996. He also directed The Drowsy Chaperone by Greg Morrison, Lisa Lambert and Bob Martin in the 1999 Toronto Fringe Festival which broke attendance sales records for a Fringe show. For that production, Steven was honoured with a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Direction. Here's what critics said of This Could Be Love in February 2003. "Sutton can out-sing, out-act, out-pratfall Renee Zellweger in her sleep. Her performance is musical theatre gold." (Eye, Feb 20, 2003, Kamal Al-Solaylee) "This pint-sized production written and composed by Brock Simpson and now playing at the Poor Alex is a wittily contemporary musical with a charmingly period feel. " (The Globe and Mail, Feb 15, 2003, Kate Taylor) "The first thing you notice about Simpson's lyrics is that he knows what a rhyme is. This is quite rare." (National Post, February 17, 2003, Robert Cushman) Why wait for fate to find you a mate when you could just decide to fall in love?