{"id":343,"date":"2010-02-05T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.61\/~twisithe\/?p=343"},"modified":"2023-07-13T12:52:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:52:59","slug":"alabanza-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"Alabanza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_T3kh_qPyRZY\/S2vGxTgS1iI\/AAAAAAAAAwE\/RbWfL90PVZs\/s1600-h\/lindsayt.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" kt=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_T3kh_qPyRZY\/S2vGxTgS1iI\/AAAAAAAAAwE\/RbWfL90PVZs\/s320\/lindsayt.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">lindsay thomas<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been a sad day for the Canadian Theatre Community as so many of us mourn the passing of a dear friend, a colleague and a ray of sunshine who has touched so many lives across the country and in New York. Lindsay Thomas passed away Wednesday of lung cancer at the age of 31. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta where she danced for 18 years with local dance studios, was a member of Edmonton Musical Theatre and Dance Nouveau. She moved to Toronto in 2001 to pursue a career on the stage. Here is a beautiful statement from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratffordfestival.ca\/\">The Stratford Festival<\/a>: \u201cIt was with great sadness that staff and artists at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival learned of the death of Lindsay Thomas. She was beloved by her fellow company members and all who came in contact with her at the Festival for her vivacious spirit, infectious smile and tremendous talent. Lindsay died Wednesday of cancer, at the age of 31. Audiences will remember Lindsay as the diminutive powerhouse who portrayed Ado Annie in the 2007 production of <em>Oklahoma!<\/em> That same year, she donned her tap shoes and danced up a storm, playing Anchovie in <em>My One and Only<\/em>. In 2008, Lindsay played Gracie Shinn in <em>The Music Man<\/em> and gave a moving performance as Jacinta in <em>Fuente Ovejuna<\/em>. Lindsay made her Stratford debut in 2006, appearing in <em>Oliver!<\/em> and <em>Don Juan<\/em>. \u201cThis is very sad news for the Festival family,\u201d said General Director Antoni Cimolino. \u201cLindsay had so many friends and they stayed close to her throughout her illness. \u201cShe had a vibrant talent. In addition to being a gifted dancer and singer, Lindsay was an outstanding comedienne with both energy and wit. Her performance as Ado Annie in <em>Oklahoma!<\/em> drew not only great laughter but warmth and affection from the audience. She will be missed by all who knew her.\u201d Lindsay\u2019s career took her throughout Canada and to Broadway, where she appeared in the original production of <em>Hairspray<\/em> in 2002. She was a member of <em>Hairspray<\/em>\u2019s original Canadian company, as well as the first U.S. tour. Lindsay also played Francine in the original Toronto production of <em>Jersey Boys<\/em>, directed by Stratford Artistic Director Des McAnuff. \u201cI became friends with Lindsay at the Stratford Festival,\u201d said Mr. McAnuff. \u201cI was thrilled to hire her for the original Canadian <em>Jersey Boys<\/em> company in Toronto, in which she excelled as an electrifying performer. \u201cLindsay had more than simply abundant talent; she had a huge heart. Everyone that she came in contact with benefitted from her generous spirit. She will be greatly missed by both companies and many, many others.\u201d Lindsay performed in <em>Anne of Green Gables<\/em> and <em>Somewhere in the World<\/em> at the Charlottetown Festival; in <em>Grease<\/em> at Edmonton\u2019s Citadel Theatre; in <em>Aladdin<\/em> at the Stirling Festival; and in <em>The Boy Friend<\/em>, <em>City of Angels<\/em> and <em>The Crucible<\/em> at Theatre Sheridan. She was a graduate of Sheridan\u2019s music theatre performance program. Lindsay is survived by her partner, actor Gareth Potter, her parents, Marilyn and Derek Thomas, and her brother, Gareth Thomas.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A memorial service will be held at Parkview United Church, 470 Ontario Street, Stratford, on Monday, February 8. Visitation at the church begins at 2 p.m. The service will begin at 3 p.m. Friends and family will gather afterwards at the Paul D. Fleck Marquee in the Festival Theatre, 55 Queen Street.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was once written that Lindsay \u201clooks like the happiest person in the Festival Theatre.\u201d That is how we will remember her.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rest in peace, sweet angel. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lindsay thomas It has been a sad day for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4673],"tags":[5867,4565,6857,6889,4261],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-antoni-cimolino","tag-des-mcanuff","tag-lindsay-thomas","tag-parkview-united-church","tag-stratford-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alabanza - The Way I See It Theatre &amp; 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