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Toronto theatre hosts ‘world’s biggest blind date’

WATCH ABOVE: They have to have a love of theatre in common. Mirvish Productions is setting up 1,200 people on blind dates. Cindy Pom reports.

TORONTO — The producers of a musical doing a run in Toronto are hoping to help 1,200 people find love, all on one night.

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More than 5,000 people registered to take part in “the world’s biggest blind date.”

1,200 lucky singles arrived at Ed Mirvish Theatre on Wednesday to meet their match, as pre-determined by a short questionnaire applicants completed. The questions were simple: gender, orientation, age, and their favourite stage musical. The matches were made using a computer program.

The love-seekers attended a performance of the Tony Award-winning musical, Once, where they were introduced to their match before the show.

The love match extravaganza was kicked off by Mirvish Productions seeking participants for a “social experiment.”

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No word yet on how many love connections were made.

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