The Sound of Music is extended for two more weeks!

 More chances to catch the season’s must-see musical! 

The Sound of Music is extended for two more weeks!

June 23, 2015… The critics are describing the Stratford Festival’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music as “wondrous,” “magnificent,” and a “joyous celebration.” With four stars from both the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail, The Sound of Music has become the must-see musical of the season. Now the run is being extended for two more weeks, so you have until to catch this beautiful production.

Directed and choreographed by Donna Feore, the force behind a string of Stratford mega-hits, including Crazy for You and Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music featuresStephanie Rothenberg as Maria and Ben Carlson as Captain von Trapp, surrounded by a cast of superb performers, all of whom bring this beloved musical to rich theatrical life.

.           Tuesday, October 20, at 2 p.m.
·         Wednesday, October 21, at 2 p.m.
·         Thursday, October 22, at 8 p.m.
·         Saturday, October 24, at 2 p.m.
·         Sunday, October 25, at 2 p.m.
·         Tuesday, October 27, at 8 p.m.
·         Wednesday, October 28, at 2 p.m.
·         Thursday, October 29, at 2 p.m.
·         Saturday, October 31, at 2 p.m.
·         Sunday, November 1, at 2 p.m.

Tickets for these newly added performances go on sale to Members of the Stratford Festival at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, and to the general public the following day. To purchase tickets to see The Sound of Music this summer or fall, visit www.stratfordfestival.ca or call the box office at 1.800.567.1600.

The Stratford Festival season also features Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Adventures of Pericles, Carousel, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Physicists, Possible Worlds, She Stoops to Conquer, Oedipus Rex, The Alchemist and The Last Wife. Visit www.stratfordfestival.ca for more information.

The Sound of Music is co-sponsored by RBC and Union Gas Limited.

Production support is generously provided by the Harkins/Manning families in memory of James & Susan Harkins, and by Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen.

Support for the 2015 season of the Festival Theatre is generously provided by Claire and Daniel Bernstein.

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