Theatre Under the Stars (Vancouver)

::"There are other articles with similar names; see Theatre Under the Stars (disambiguation)."Theatre Under the Stars, commonly referred to as TUTS, is one of Vancouver's largest musical theatre companies. The society presents two musicals during the summer season at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park, British Columbia.

History

In 1934 TUTS was originally started as an outdoor band shell for summer concerts and orchestra music. "Theatre Under the Stars Society" was founded (in 1940) under the auspices of the Vancouver Park Board by the board superintendent A.S. Wootten, the conductor Basil Horsfall, and the actor E.V. Young, with advice from Gordon Hilker, to provide entertainment in Stanley Park. [ [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003393 Theatre Under the Stars] The Canadian Encyclopedia, Author: Bryan N.S. Gooch (retrieved 17-01-2007)] Theatre Under the Stars officially openned on August 6 1940.

Theatre Under the Stars Society had its last season in 1963. Then in 1969 a new theatre company, Theatre in the Park, began presenting two musicals a season. The company renamed itself to Theatre Under the Stars in 1980.

In 1982 a fire destroyed part of Malkin Bowl but the company was able to survive and rebuild the damaged outdoor theatre.

Chronology of Plays

*1940
**The Geisha
**A Midsummer Night's Dream
**As You Like It

*1949 - 1963 (incomplete list)
**Finian's Rainbow
**Brigadoon
**Oklahoma!
**Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
**South Pacific (musical)
**The King and I
**Kismet (musical)
**Guys and Dolls
**Carousel (musical)
**The Pajama Game
**The Merry Widow
**Kiss Me, Kate
**Damn Yankees
**Where's Charley?

*1970's
**Hello, Dolly! (musical) (1971)
**The Sound of Music (1974)
**Anything Goes (1974)
**Fiddler on the Roof (1975)
**South Pacific (musical) (1975)
**Bye Bye Birdie (1976)
**Camelot (musical) (1976)
**My Fair Lady
**The Merry Widow
**The King and I
**Oklahoma!
**Pajama Game

*1980 - 1991 (incomplete list)
**The Mikado
**Kiss Me, Kate
**Damn Yankees
**West Side Story
**Brigadoon
**Grease (musical)

*1985
**Damn Yankees
**Brigadoon

*1986
**Oklahoma!
**South Pacific (musical)

*1987
**Oliver!
**Anything Goes

*1988
**Little Shop of Horrors (musical)

*1989
**The Music Man

*1990
**Hello, Dolly! (musical)
**The Music Man
*1991/92?
**La Cage aux Folles (musical)

*1993
**Sweet Charity

*1994
**Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
**West Side Story

*1995
**Annie Get Your Gun (musical)

*1996
**Jesus Christ Superstar
**The Sound of Music

*1997
**Bye Bye Birdie
**Fiddler on the Roof

*1998
**Oklahoma!
**Hair (musical)

*1999
**Grease (musical)
**West Side Story

*2001
**South Pacific (musical)
**Annie

*2002
**Kiss Me, Kate
**Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

*2003
**The King and I
**Anne of Green Gables

*2004
**Crazy For You
**Footloose

*2005 - 60th Season [ [http://www.airhighways.com/malkin_bowl.htm Theatre Under the Stars at Malkin Bowl-Stanley Park, Vancouver] Air Highways Magazine (retrieved 17-01-2007)]
**Can-Can (musical)
**Big, The Musical

*2006 - None (company reorganization)

*2007
**Oklahoma!
**Grease (musical)

*2008
**Jesus Christ Superstar
**Annie Get Your Gun (musical)

Notable Alumni

*Don Francks
*Robert Goulet
*Lalainia Lindbjerg

ee also

*Malkin Bowl
*Stanley Park

References

External links

* [http://www.tuts.ca/ TUTS Website] Official Website
* [http://www.vancouverinfocenter.com/merchant2.php/list2/53/Theatre+Under+the+Stars Theatre Under the Stars] Vancouver Info Center
* [http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/gvpta/history.htm Theatre History] University of British Columbia
* [http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/Parks/parks/stanley/generalInfo.htm Stanley Park General Info] Vancouver City
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003393 TUTS Article] Canadian Encyclopedia