With only two exceptions (Martin Guerre and The Drowsy Chaperone), the few attempts at creating big musicals in the Great White North over the decades have generally flopped or fizzled. Says Martin Guerre‘s author, “Musical theatre is not a Canadian art form. It’s a Broadway art form or it’s … a British tradition.” (Canadians may lack the brashness the form requires.) But there are a few theatres trying to change that.