#sousatzka

[waxwork-daughter]

i finished the Madam Sousatzka book. Incredibly bleak and it hurt me but it's very good. It articulates some extremely precise things about people who live in the margins and have lived with particular kinds of losses and the skills they build up around them.

[captivecamera]

Sousatzka Musical World Premiere | Elgin Theatre | Toronto Performing Arts Photography

March 23, 2017 (Toronto, ON)

Toronto welcomed the world premiere of the musical Sousatzka on March 23, 2017 at the Elgin and Winter Theatre.

Based on the novel Madame Sousatzka by Bernice Rubens, and set in London, England in 1982, SOUSATZKA tells the story of a young musical prodigy torn between two powerful women from vastly different worlds: his mother, a political refugee, and his piano teacher, a brilliant eccentric with a shattered past. These two proud, iconoclastic women must ultimately cross cultural and racial divides to find common ground, or else put the boy’s destiny in jeopardy.

SOUSATZKA features a compelling fusion of South African, Eastern European, Classical, Jazz and Contemporary music. It is emotional, humorous, exhilarating and full of hope, and deals with some of the mostprofound social and political issues confronting our lives today.

GARTH DRABINSKY‘s production of SOUSATZKA is a new musical by three-time Tony Award® nominee CRAIG LUCAS (Book) and the legendary composing team of Tony Award winner RICHARD MALTBY, JR. (Lyrics) and Academy Award® winner DAVID SHIRE (Music). The show is choreographed by ten-time Tony Award nominee GRACIELA DANIELE and directed by ADRIAN NOBLE. SOUSATZKA stars Tony Award winner VICTORIA CLARK, Tony Award nominee MONTEGO GLOVER, Tony Award winner JUDY KAYE, and features the Broadway debut of JORDAN BARROW.

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[onesingularsensation]

ok so I saw sousatzka today (currently in toronto on its out-of-town tryout) and my basic thoughts are a) cannot believe i experience victoria clark's voice IRL today what the fuck b) the show has potential but a LOT of issues. it needs some serious work. but it could be great.

[vincentteetsov]

Pre-Broadway matinée showing of #Sousatzka at the Elgin Theatre today- I can't even begin to imagine how much work went into all that music, visuals, acting, and dancing! A really well done show #theatre #musical #toronto (at Toronto Elgin Theatre Toronto Canada)

[starrynight-over-thepast]

Sousatzka is so good! If you happen to be in TO right now you should totally go watch it!!!

[wordbirds]

SOUSATZKA

(N.) soo-'zot-ska An inspiring person who helps others excel and succeed, but who cannot achieve his or her own ambitions. (Named for the character Madame Sousatzka from fiction and film). Usage: Rick's life was shaped by sousatzkas—from the basketball coach who pushed him until his court skills won him a full college scholarship, to the journalism professor who'd never worked for a major paper but helped RIck land a job at the Tribune, to his film-school-dropout roommate, who gave Rick crucial help on his screenplay, then became a CPA. When he won his first Oscar, Rick thanked them all.

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