From the CBC archives: Keanu's excellent adventure in Winnipeg
CBC News | Posted: February 4, 2015 1:00 PM | Last Updated: February 4, 2015
Keanu Reeves starred in Manitoba Theatre Centre's performance of Hamlet
On this day in 1995, Winnipeggers and others lined up for blocks to see Keanu Reeves star in the Manitoba Theatre Centre's production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The Hollywood actor, made famous thanks to roles in movies like Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, My Own Private Idaho and Speed, played to sold-out shows every night in Winnipeg.
Fans from around the world converged upon the Manitoba capital to see Reeves take to the stage in the title role.
In this report from Feb. 4, 1995, CBC reporter Rod Carleton looks at what the Hamlet performance meant to Reeves, to MTC and to Winnipeg's arts community as a whole.
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