His love of musicals led Karl Hugo to contribute his talents as an arranger, orchestrator, musical director and live musician to numerous official Canadian productions of works such as Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, My Fair Lady, Nine and The Sound of Music.
Building on his new experiences, Karl returned to musical theatre writing, which he had started as a teenager, this time tackling musicals with a large-scale original work: Noémia. He wrote the book and the music and entrusted the creation of the lyrics of the 28 songs to his friend Pier Davi. Since work in progress is the prerogative of musicals, after a workshop de luxe (with costumes and sets) successfully presented in 2008, a new version of Noémia will see the light of day in 2025.