{"id":51575,"date":"2022-11-21T18:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/?p=51575"},"modified":"2023-01-05T03:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T08:38:34","slug":"petty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/2022\/11\/petty\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Interview: Ross Petty on his Final Panto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 2nd is the beginning of the end for one of Toronto&#8217;s most cherished holiday traditions. I don&#8217;t remember a time before the Ross Petty Pantomime was a part of my Christmas season but with <em>Peter Pan&#8217;s Final Flight<\/em> the iconic villain\/impresario is exiting the scene once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I got the chance to chat with Petty about the panto&#8217;s historic run, some of its most legendary guest stars, and how he feels about hitting the stage to be booed one last time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5936\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51575-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petty.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petty.mp3\">https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petty.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petty.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/?powerpress_pinw=51575-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petty.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Petty.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/my-entertainment-world\/id1110905002?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myentertainmentworld.ca%2F%3Fp%3D51575\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2nd is the beginning of the end for one of Toronto&#8217;s most cherished holiday traditions. I don&#8217;t remember a time before the Ross Petty Pantomime was a part of my Christmas season but with Peter Pan&#8217;s Final Flight the iconic villain\/impresario is exiting the scene once and for all. &nbsp; I got the chance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2262,3],"tags":[2307,648,15,17,381,1446],"coauthors":[1858],"class_list":["post-51575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-podcast","category-theatre","tag-actor-interviews","tag-exclusive-interviews","tag-interviews","tag-musical-theatre","tag-pantomime","tag-producers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Collage-Maker-21-Nov-2022-06.05-PM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49587,"url":"https:\/\/www.myentertainmentworld.ca\/2021\/12\/family-fun-in-winterland\/","url_meta":{"origin":51575,"position":0},"title":"Family Fun in Winterland!","author":"Alexander Franks","date":"19 December 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"(This review will contain reviews for the movie and choose your own adventure version) \u00a0 Christmas time in Toronto always has several staples, from the Christmas Market in the Distillery District to the utter chaos of Eaton Centre a week before Christmas. 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