Briefly

The Pink Floyd tribute show Brit Floyd returns to the Sony Centre on April 5 with a special 40th anniversary retrospective of the band’s legendary rock opera The Wall. Tickets go on sale Friday at sonycentre.ca.

Sheridan College grad Camille Eanga-Selenge, who was part of the Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon, will star as Dorothy in Ross Petty Productions’ The Wizard of Oz — A Toto-ly Twisted Family Musical, onstage Nov. 30. Musical theatre vet Sara-Jeanne Hosie will play the Wicked Witch of the West. See rosspetty.com for more casting.

Quebec video artist and set designer Stephanie Jasmin has won the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for her “beautiful and highly original visions.” The 38-year-old gets $75,000 and her protégé, emerging set designer MaxOtto Fauteux, gets $25,000.

Other finalists included Montreal-based sound designer and musician Alexander MacSween; Toronto-based designer Camellia Koo; and Itai Erdal, the artistic director of the Vancouver’s Elbow Theatre.

Ariana Grande is Billboard’s 2018 Woman of the Year. The 25-year-old will receive the award at Billboard’s13th annual Women in Music event on Dec. 6 in New York City.

Idris Elba may not be the next James Bond, but he is your “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2018. Elba, 46, whose breakthrough role was drug kingpin “Stringer” Bell on HBO’s The Wire, is the 33rd man to receive the People magazine honour.