--- title: Rob Ford Musical to Be Produced by Second City description: Producers are holding a casting call in Toronto canonical: https://time.com/2861790/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-rob-ford-the-musical/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-12T01:07:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:22:06.001Z article:section: World og:title: Rob Ford Musical to Be Produced by Second City og:description: Producers are holding a casting call in Toronto og:url: https://time.com/2861790/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-rob-ford-the-musical/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b707299226a07fb/69868da5f983e75b5904da15/2014-05-01t020320z_788899831_tb3ea4i00.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reacts on the podium during his campaign launch party in Toronto og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rob Ford Musical to Be Produced by Second City twitter:description: Producers are holding a casting call in Toronto twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b707299226a07fb/69868da5f983e75b5904da15/2014-05-01t020320z_788899831_tb3ea4i00.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Everything You Need to Know About _Rob Ford The Musical_ > Sponsored content. 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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reacts on the podium during his campaign launch party in Toronto in this file photo taken April 17, 2014.Mark Blinch —Reuters  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 12, 2014 1:07 AM CUT Call it _Crack Rock of Ages,_ perhaps. _Rob Ford the Musical: The Birth of a Ford Nation,_ about the inebriate Canadian politician, is holding an open casting call in Toronto next Monday, according to the production’s [website](http://robfordthemusical.com/ "undefined"). Toronto’s mayor earned notoriety after he admitted to smoking crack cocaine last fall, with the somewhat self-defeating explanation, “Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine… Probably in one of my drunken stupors.” Ford is currently taking a leave of absence, and [has checked into rehab](http://time.com/91328/rob-ford-rehab-is-like-football-camp/ "undefined"), but still plans to run for a second term as mayor. In other words: His life story is crying out to be paired with song and dance. Brett McCaig, P. Joseph Regan and Anthony Bastianon penned the book and lyrics. Bastianon has [worked as a composer in Canada previously](http://ttdb.ca/people/anthony-bastianon/ "undefined"), and McCaig penned [_Nursery School Musical_](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2008/07/07/fringe%5Ffestival%5Freview%5Fnursery%5Fschool%5Fmusical.html "undefined"), though [according to his LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/brett-mccaig/67/9a1/1a8 "undefined"), he is also in real estate. The auditions are being held at the resident performance space of famed comedy group Second City in Toronto, but a spokesperson for Second City told TIME that the improv group has nothing to do with the play—they are just renting out the audition space. According to the casting call, the auditions will be “color blind,” so no resemblance to the robust mayor is necessary. The producers will cast the parts of Rob Ford, the mayor’s brother Doug Ford, as well as a character called “Tranny.” (Rob Ford once made [offensive comments about transgender people](http://gawker.com/5978975/the-best-of-torontos-insane-terrible-mayor-rob-ford-an-introduction-for-americans "undefined").) The audition announcement boasts, “The media, the police chief and the city itself are not off limits.” The musical is slated to open at Toronto’s Factory Theater on Sept. 16. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2861790/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-rob-ford-the-musical/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2861790/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-rob-ford-the-musical/"},"headline":"Here's Everything You Need to Know About Rob Ford The Musical","datePublished":"2014-06-12T01:07:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:22:06.001Z","description":"Producers are holding a casting call in Toronto","url":"https://time.com/2861790/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-rob-ford-the-musical/","keywords":["Canada","Rob Ford"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b707299226a07fb/69868da5f983e75b5904da15/2014-05-01t020320z_788899831_tb3ea4i00.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b707299226a07fb/69868da5f983e75b5904da15/2014-05-01t020320z_788899831_tb3ea4i00.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reacts on the podium during his campaign launch party in Toronto","caption":"Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reacts on the podium during his campaign launch party in Toronto","creditText":"Mark Blinch —Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2861790/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-rob-ford-the-musical/","name":"Here's Everything You Need to Know About Rob Ford The Musical"}}]}] ```