Theatre producer Michael Rubinoff poses at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
CBC Entertainment reporter Jackson Weaver talks about whether a show about Tim Hortons, created by Tim Hortons, is worth biting into.Tim Hortons put in an unusual order to celebrate its 60th birthday: they asked for a musical, hiring some big names in the Canadian theatre world to create and star in the production., follows a group of people stuck at a Tim Hortons in Ontario during a snowstorm, and the franchise owner and his employee who try to keep everyone in good spirits.
It ran for 5 nights at Toronto's Elgin Theatre at the end of June, and was produced in association with Michael Rubinoff, an originating producer of the hit Canadian musicallisten and follow Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud on your favourite podcast player.: That is a fantastic question. The reason this musical exists — and we can't beat around the bush — this is an objective ad. Tim Hortons's 60th anniversary of the restaurant existing, wanted to celebrate that somehow.
: Okay, I'm stressed out by just you describing that as the premise for the show, but fine. I have to say, this does feel a little bit like a throwback to the industrial musicals in the 1950s. I feel like GE used to do this, you know? It wasn't even for general audiences as much as it was for employee morale, in a sense.
Theater has not done well after COVID. It's maybe an industry hit the hardest because the performers are in person and the audience is in person. This gives a way for artists to go back to the stage. If more industries do this, then maybe things will be great and sunny for musical artists that are struggling. So there is that.
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