Blythe Wilson
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Blythe Wilson is a Canadian actress who has been part of the Stratford Festival company since 2003, playing lead roles as Nancy in Oliver!
in 2006 and Laurey in Oklahoma!
in 2007.
She has also acted at the Shaw Festival
as well as the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
and a number of other festivals and theatres in Canada and the United States. Born in Vancouver, she attended the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre School.
From October 3, 2008 to January 11, 2009 she performed the role of Baroness Schraeder in Andrew Lloyd Webber
's Canadian revival of The Sound of Music
, on stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre
in Toronto, Ontario. She also performed in the musical Napoleon
.
Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
in 2006 and Laurey in Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance...
in 2007.
She has also acted at the Shaw Festival
Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America...
as well as the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago Shakespeare Theater is a non-profit, professional theater company located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. Its more than six hundred annual performances performed 48 weeks of the year include its critically acclaimed Shakespeare series, its World's Stage touring productions, and youth...
and a number of other festivals and theatres in Canada and the United States. Born in Vancouver, she attended the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre School.
From October 3, 2008 to January 11, 2009 she performed the role of Baroness Schraeder in Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
's Canadian revival of The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
, on stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre
Princess of Wales Theatre
The Princess of Wales Theatre is a 2000-seat theatre located at 300 King Street West in the heart of Toronto's Entertainment District in the downtown area...
in Toronto, Ontario. She also performed in the musical Napoleon
Napoleon (musical)
Napoleon, The Musical is a musical by Canadians Andrew Sabiston and Timothy Williams . It premiered at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto on 23 March 1994 with Jérôme Pradon in the title role and Aline Mowat as leading lady Josephine. Directed by John Wood and orchestrated by David Cullen, it was the...
.