LOUISE PITRE

Award-winning singer and actress Louise Pitre starred in Mamma Mia! in Toronto, across North America and on Broadway.  Louise also starred in Piaf, Jacque Brel, Annie Get Your Gun, Blood Brothers and Sweeney Todd with the Calgary Symphony, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance, and many others.  In New York, Louise was nominated for a Tony Award as well as winning the National Broadway Touring Award, a New York Theatre World Award, and the San Francisco Theatre Critics Circle Award.  In Canada, Louise has won 3 Dora Awards, and she has just been nominated for her 4th for her performance in Toxic Avenger. Louise is currently the host of 'STAR PORTRAITS' which begins airing on Bravo! September 2009.

Louise has released 4 CD’s to date: “Songs My Mother Taught Me”; “All of My Life Has Led to This”; “Shattered” – produced by the famed Fred Mollin and featuring the great Jimmy Webb on piano and “Could You Wait?” – the original cast recording of the show she co-wrote with husband W. Joe Matheson and friend and accompanist, Diane Leah.

CONCERTS:

FROM BROADWAY TO PARIS… LOUISE PITRE & her Café Orchestra

Tony Award nominee for her role in Broadway’s MAMMA MIA! and three-time Dora Mavor Moore Award winner Louise Pitre lights up the stage as she takes you on a journey through the hit musicals that have made her a Canadian icon.  Backed by an 11-piece café orchestra, Louise performs selections from MAMMA MIA, LES MISERABLES, PIAF, GYPSY, JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL as well as original songs and personal favourites.  Show-stopping songs, lots of laughter and disarmingly personal banter culminate in an unforgettable evening with the Canadian Grande Dame of musical theatre!

 

HEART & SOUL: Starring LOUISE PITRE & JACKIE RICHARDSON

Two of Canadian musical theatre’s most beloved talents, LOUISE PITRE and JACKIE RICHARDSON, unite for a thrilling evening of music guaranteed to light up any stage.  Award-winning Pitre is well known for her Broadway stint in MAMMA MIA!, her breathtaking performance as PIAF and her world-class studio albums, while Richardson – one of the country’s foremost singers of blues, jazz and gospel - became a superstar with COOKIN’ AT THE COOKERY and went on to even greater heights in AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’.  Louise and Jackie are two dynamic divas performing in perfect harmony as they sing a collection of passionate hits and personal favourites.

 

 

FOR POPS CONCERTS WITH ORCHESTRAS

BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS : SING OUT LOUISE!!!!!! LOUISE PITRE SINGING SOME OF THE GREATEST SONGS FROM THE MUSICAL THEATRE STAGE: AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME (OLIVER), THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL (MAMMA MIA), I DREAMED A DREAM (LES MISERABLES), MARIEKE (JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS), DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE (FUNNY GIRL) PLUS A FEW EDITH PIAF GEMS!!
ENOUGH HEART TO FILL SYMPHONY HALL!

 

FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

"HOW I GOT TO THE TOP OF THE MUSICAL THEATRE CHAIN WHILE KEEPING A CHILDLIKE OPTIMISM"HOW DO YOU START LIFE IN SMOOTH ROCK FALLS, ONT., SPEAKING ONLY FRENCH, GET A UNIVERSITY DEGREE TO TEACH MUSIC IN HIGH SCHOOL, CHANGE YOUR MIND, GO INTO SINGING AND ACTING, TAKE 20 NOs FOR EVERY YES  - AND LAND IN A STARRING ROLE ON BROADWAY?