LEADING LADY, with book and lyrics by John Wimbs, and music by Anthony Bastianon, is the legendary backstage story of The Black Crook, an extravagant, long-running musical spectacle that introduced the modern notion of the way audiences think of “Broadway” today.

A once-popular actress transcends her own personal interests and the politics of a dysfunctional theatre company to stop the shutdown of a failing production by inspiring collaboration and innovation, delivering a history-making theatrical event and emerging as a true artist.

An exploratory, development workshop was staged in the fall of 2015 as part of the acclaimed Canadian Musical Theatre Workshop at Sheridan College. Work on this project continues…