Lake, who stars as Guy, has performed at Stratford in such classics as , Othello, Elektra, Cymbeline, The Homecoming, Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale, As You Like It, Bartholomew Fair, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Caesar & Cleopatra and Love's Labour's Lost.
Lindstr枚m, who plays Girl, was recently seen at the Stratford Festival as Alice in Alice Through the Looking-Glass and as Titania/Hermia in Peter Sellars' A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Chamber Play. Other Stratford highlights include The Tempest, Cabaret and The Miracle Worker.
presents the production, which is on sale through May 31. Previews began Feb. 10.
The cast also includes Stephanie Cadman as Ex-Girlfriend, Nathan Carrol as Andrej, Emily Lukasik as Reza, Jon-Alex MacFarlane as Bank Manager, as Svec, Stephen Guy-McGrath as Billy, Laurie Murdoch as Da, Brendan Wall as Eamon and Jeremy Walmsley as Emcee with Ben Camenzuli, Gabi Epstein, Justin Raisebeck, Alicia Toner and Seana-Lee Wood. Set in modern-day Dublin, Once, according to press notes, "tells the story of Guy, an Irish musician who has given up on his music 鈥� and his love 鈥� and Girl, a Czech immigrant who inspires him to dream again. Over the course of one fateful week, their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful but complicated romance, heightened by the raw emotion of the songs they create together."
Once is based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film of the same name. The stage adaptation is brought to life by book writer , director and movement director . Music supervision and orchestrations are by , with set and costume design by , lighting design by and sound design by .
The production won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
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