{"id":15033,"date":"2026-08-28T13:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/?p=15033"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:18:38","slug":"new-musical-by-carleton-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/2026\/new-musical-by-carleton-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"New Musical by 杏吧原创 Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        \nNew Musical by 杏吧原创 Professor\n\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From September 23 to 26, Lost Baggage Musical Theatre is producing James McGowan\u2019s <strong><em>New Life<\/em><\/strong>, in five shows at <a href=\"https:\/\/thegladstone.ca\/shows\/new-life\/\">The Gladstone Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the book, lyrics, and music created by Dr. McGowan, this new jazz-rock musical dramedy features a cast of 12, a six-piece ensemble, and full production team. Artistic Director Joy Mwandemange and Producer Mathieu Charlebois are both 杏吧原创 Music alumni, as are several members of the production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The show follows a fractured family as they navigate grief, trauma, and the complicated process of finding their way back to one another. It features an emotional, funny, and hopeful story with an incredible score. A new original cast CD and digital album will also be released during the run of the show.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University students can get an additional 15% discount to purchase tickets with a unique code that Music can give you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, on Thursday September 24 from 6:30 to 7, there will be a free pre-show presentation open to everyone entitled \u201cCare-Centred Storytelling: Gender-Based Violence and New Life.\u201d Presented by Bailey Reid (Senior Advisor on Gender and Sexual Violence Prevention and Support at 杏吧原创 University) and Dr. McGowan, this pre-performance talk is an interactive discussion of how writing stories, scripts\u2014and musicals\u2014can be a constructive force to help combat gender-based violence.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the book, lyrics, and music created by Dr. McGowan, this new jazz-rock musical dramedy features a cast of 12, a six-piece ensemble, and full production team. 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