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Andrea Martin’s Final Days! Everything Must Go!! Comes to North Toronto – Win Tickets!

Legendary Emmy- and Tony-Award winning actress and comedienne Andrea Martin is bringing her hilarious new one-woman show, Final Days! Everything Must Go!! to Newmarket on Thursday, February 10th!

See your favourite SCTV characters, hear your favourite Broadway tunes and listen as Martin reveals way too much about her life, her career and her famous Hollywood friends.

The mom of two boys are now grown men Jack, 29, and Joe, 27, and work in music and entertainment.

Martin introduced her kids to music early on. One of her son’s chose to play saxophone while the other learned the piano. “It was a great gift. Intuitively I knew and wanted them to express themselves creatively and have an outlet.”

Her love for music paid off. “We grew up in Toronto and I used to take them to the Toronto Symphony… to this day, they get their own subscription to the L.A. symphony and opera.”

Martin recently turned 64 and recalls what her sons did for her. “On my birthday they both called me and said in 15 minutes, go on your computer and check your email.” She did, and found a link to YouTube where her sons were in they were Jack’s Los Angeles apartment and they played the sax and piano to “When you’re 64” by the Beatles.

Martin also taught her children about giving back early on. “We had a charity box and every time they had an allowance they put box money and at the end of the year, they would decide what charity to donate to.”

One of Martin’s fondest memories on SCTV was when she did a parody of the Lynn Redgrave sitcom on CBS, House Calls, which she had asserted she was forced off because she wants to breast-feed her 5-week-old daughter, on the set.

“I did a parody of show… we called it “Wet Nurse”. I had huge breasts, where John Candy played my baby but he was 5 feet long and wide. So I had my child on my breasts and he grew up into John Candy.” Watch the funny video below.

When asked if she had any advice about raising kids, Martin said that if she could turn back time, she would enjoy being in the moment more.

“I wish that I wasn’t so anxious about things when my kids were young and wish that I had enjoyed the present moment. Somebody told me when my kids were little, “be careful not to wish their life away”. We tend to spend too much time in the future.”

CONGRATULATIONS to STEPHEN NICHOLS of Tottenham who won a pair of tickets to the show in Newmarket at the Newmarket Theatre for Thursday February 10th!

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Also enter to win tickets at http://toronto.broadwayworld.com! Click here: http://bit.ly/hlbWlp

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Love, Loss and What I Wore – Tickets Giveaway

LLaWIW — Maria aka amotherworld at Love Loss and What I Wore

Love, Loss and What I Wore enjoyed its Canadian Premiere in Toronto this July.

A collection of intimate stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, the show uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell stories all women can relate to.

The Toronto production I had the pleasure of attending had an amazing cast: Andrea Martin, Mary Walsh, Louise Pitre, Sharron Matthews and Paula Brancati.

I wasn’t sure what to expect and was surprised by the evening presented as a staged reading, with the five talented actresses lined up on stage. They sat with scripts on stands while sharing a few dozen vignettes.

The entire quintet were lovely but of course for me, the wonderful Andrea Martin made me laugh out loud. As did Mary Walsh who blew me away with one of her climactic monologues.

A light and fun show with inside jokes that only a woman would understand, this is the type of evening you’d want to spend with your mom or girlfriends.

amotherworld has teamed up with Love, Loss and What I Wore Toronto to offer our readers another chance to win a pair of tickets to see the show in Toronto!

Enter to win!

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For additional entries, you may enter via Twitter by following amotherworld and re-tweeting the following message: I want to win tickets from @amotherworld to see #LoveLossandWhatIWore in Toronto @LoveLossCanada

You may also enter through Facebook by “liking/becoming a member” of Love, Loss, and What I Wore Toronto fanpage and amotherworld group. Post this status message on your personal account (that when done properly, will link to L,LaWiWT page and show up on its wall):

I love reading @amotherworld and I want to get dressed up to go see @Love, Loss, and What I Wore Toronto

The lucky winner from all entries will be chosen in 7 days. Good luck!

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Love Loss and What I Wore Giveaway

Love, Loss and What I Wore is already a smash hit in NYC and is having its Canadian Premiere in Toronto this Summer!

A collection of intimate stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, the show has been described as “The Vagina Monologues without the vaginas” and uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell stories all women can relate to. The NYC production won the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience.

The Toronto production features an all star cast including Andrea Martin, Louise Pitre and Cynthia Dale.

amotherworld has teamed up with Love, Loss and What I Wore Toronto to offer our readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to see the show in Toronto! The show opens on July 16th and will play at Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre through September 4th, 2010.

Enter to win! Here’s how:

To enter via TWITTER:

1) You must be a follower of @amotherworld

2) You will need to re-tweet the following message:

RT and Follow @LoveLossCanada and @amotherworld to win tickets to http://lovelossonstage.ca in Toronto! Time to dress up! #LLaWiW

3) Make sure you are a follower of @LoveLossCanada, it’s the final step for your chance to win!

To enter via FACEBOOK:

1) You must “Like”/Be a member of Love, Loss, and What I Wore Toronto fanpage and amotherworld group on FB

2) Post this status message on your personal account (that when done properly, will link to L,LaWiWT page and show up on its wall):

I love reading @amotherworld and I want to get dressed up to go see @Love, Loss, and What I Wore Toronto

1 lucky winner from all entries will be chosen in 8 days! (you may enter both ways to increase your chances).

Contest Closes July 2, 2010. Good luck!

Winner will be chosen at random from all qualified entries. Tickets will be held at Will Call for the winners. Prize includes 2 tickets to the show, dates (from July 16-24th 2010). Prize does not include transportation to the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto. Prize has no cash value. The winner must answer a skill testing question correctly. Winners must be over the age of consent as per province or have parental/guardian consent.