THE NEW MUSICAL COMEDY FOR ANYONE WHO DREAMS OF A SECOND SHOT AT THEIR FIRST LOVE.
The Tony Award®-winning director of Urinetown returns to Broadway with Gettin’ The Band Back Together, a hilarious new musical comedy that The New York Times calls, “A feel-good class act! A playful, irreverent, and genuinely funny musical.”
Mitch Papadopoulos always dreamed about being the next Bruce Springsteen, but he chose security over stardom and left those daydreams behind for a day job. For a while he thought he had everything – the high paying job, the high-rise apartment – until his 40th birthday when he got handed a pink slip and had to move back in with his Mom in Sayreville, New Jersey.
And when his high school arch nemesis (with a 20-year-old grudge and a tangerine spray tan) threatens to foreclose on their house, this big-shot banker must save his small-town home the only way he can… by winning The Battle of the Bands.
So he dusts off his guitar, gathers his old gang (the math teacher who isn’t good at math, the Irish cop who dreams about being on Broadway, the dermatologist who can’t get a date, and a 16-year-old Jewish rapper who makes Vanilla Ice look cool), and sets out to win the battle… and maybe even win back the high school sweetheart he left behind… proving it’s never too late to give your dreams one last shot.
Gettin’ The Band Back Together
First Preview Jul 19, 2018
Opening Night Aug 13, 2018
Closed Sept 16, 2018
After 30 Previews and 40 Performances
Belasco Theatre Broadway
Cast
Mitchell Jarvis – Mitch Papadopolous
Kelli Barrett – Dani
Marilu Henner – Sharon Papadopolous / Mitch’s Mom
Jay Klaitz – Bart Vickers
Becca Kötte – Broadway debut – Tawney
Garth Kravits – Ritchie
Tamika Lawrence – Roxanne Velasco
Manu Narayan – Dr. Rummesh ‘Robbie’ Patel
Sawyer Nunes – Ricky ‘Bling’ Goldstein
Noa Solorio – Broadway debut – Billie
Paul Whitty – Michael ‘Sully’ Sullivan
Brandon Williams – Tygen Billows
Creative
Produced by Ken Davenport, Hunter Arnold, Carl Daikeler, H. Richard Hopper, Roy Putrino and Richard Roth; Associate Producer: Kayla Greenspan, Valerie Novakoff and Brian Cromwell Smith
World premiere in 2013 at George Street Playhouse (David Saint, Artistic Director)
Book by Ken Davenport and Grundleshotz
Music by Mark Allen
Lyrics by Mark Allen
Additional material: Sarah Saltzberg
Directed by John Rando
Choreographed by Chris Bailey
Scenic Design by Derek McLane
Costume Design by Emily Rebholz
Lighting Design by Ken Billington
Sound Design by John Shivers
| The Belasco Theatre is a Broadway theatre opened in 1907 at 111 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan. Originally known as the Stuyvesant Theatre, it was designed by architect George Keister for impresario David Belasco. The interior featured Tiffany lighting and ceiling panels, rich woodwork and expansive murals by American artist Everett Shinn. |
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| Address |
| 111 W 44th St (between 6th Ave & 7th Ave) New York, NY 10036 |
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| Transport |
| Subway: N, Q, R, 42nd St S, 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd St–Times Sq; B, D, F, M to 47–50th Sts–Rockefeller Ctr |
| Phone |
| (212) 239-6200 |
| Box Office |
| Monday : Phone |
| Access Information |
| Theatre is not completely wheelchair accessible. There are 2 steps to box office/lobby. The side entrance has no steps. Please be advised that where there are steps either into or within the theatre, they are unable to provide assistance. |
| Seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. There are no steps to the designated wheelchair seating location. |
| Wheelchair accessible restroom available |
