Hi all! What with the summer doldrums, there has been a dearth of updates to the VMTC, but we’re back with a vengeance!

The two upcoming non-Fringe-fest shows ironically, are: OLIVER! coming in September from SPECC-tacular Productions, and Screaming Chicken Productions’ burlesque parody of same, with an orphan redhead mixed in for good measure: OLIVER FANNIE! That runs through Sept. 1.

Then there’s the Fringe Festival, which is the source of most of the new listings! As always this year, I’m going by the descriptions and keywords provided by the Fringe website so not everything here may be strictly a musical, but there is some kind of musical content involved for sure. Here’s the whole list:

• Riverview High: The Musical
• Hanafuda Denkl: A Tale of Playing Cards
• More Power to Your Knitting, Nell!
• Ne Me Quitte Pas: Piaf and Brel
• Oddity
• Zanna, Don’t!
• Burnt At the Steak
• CAPS LOCK: The Musical
• Hard Times!
• Hip-Hop Shakespeare Live Music Videos!
• My Aim is True
• Opera for Heathens
• The Donnelly Sideshow
• The Power of Rejection
• Breaking Velocity
• RIOT: reaction & reconciliation

Due to technical limitations on the VMTC calendar, I can’t list times for each performance of the Fringe shows, so be sure to check the Fringe Website for full details.

Thanks… and enjoy a musical today!

Adam Abrams
VancouverMusicals.com