Once Upon a One More Time – Musical
Once Upon a One More Time – Musical Once Upon a One More Time is a jukebox musical based on songs popularized by Britney Spears. Set in a fantasy storybook realm, the plot follows numerous fairy-tale characters transformed by a feminist awakening. Following a 2021 try-out in Washington, D.C., the Broadway production opened at the Marquis Theatre on June 22, 2023. Work on a musical based around Britney Spears songs…
Here Lies Love – Musical
Here Lies Love – Musical Here Lies Love is a musical with music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, and lyrics by Byrne. The biographical musical is based on Byrne’s and Slim’s concept music album based, in turn, on Byrne’s research on the life of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos. The musical’s score is described as “disco pop.” The production began previews at…
The Cottage – Play
The Cottage – Play Broadway’s brand-new, side-splitting romp is an outrageous tale of sex, betrayal, and desire as one woman decides to expose her latest affair to both her husband — and to her lover’s wife. The true meaning of fate and faith, identity and infidelity, love and marriage are all called into question as…
Back to the Future – Musical
Back to the Future – Musical Back to the Future: The Musical is a musical with music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard and a book by Bob Gale. It is adapted from the 1985 film Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis and Gale. The show features original music, as well as songs featured in the film, such as “The Power of Love” and…
Shucked – Musical
Shucked is a musical comedy with a book by Robert Horn and music and lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. Shucked was partially derived from one of Horn’s earlier projects, 2015’s Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical. Sources seem to differ on whether Shucked should be considered an evolution of or completely separate from Moonshine, as the only elements remaining from the 2015 show are two songs and that…
& Juliet – Musical
& Juliet – 1st Preview & Juliet is a 2019 coming-of-age stage musical featuring the music of Swedish pop songwriter Max Martin, with a book by David West Read. The story focuses on a “what if” scenario, where Juliet does not die at the end of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Opening to critical acclaim in London’s West End in 2019, the show was nominated for nine Laurence Olivier Awards in…
Sweeney Todd – Returns to Broadway
Sweeney Todd – Returns to Broadway Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1973 play of the same name by Christopher Bond. Sweeney Todd opened…
Good Night Oscar
Good Night Oscar A New play by Doug Wright, Doug is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2004 for his play I Am My Own Wife. Plot It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favourite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for…
A Beautiful Noise
A Beautiful Noise Titled for Diamond’s 1976 album of the same name, A Beautiful Noise was written by Anthony McCarten. Its producers are Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio. Will Swenson portrays Diamond (then); Diamond (now) is played by Mark Jacoby. Robyn Hurder plays Diamond’s second wife, Marcia, and Linda Powell portrays The Doctor. Broadhurst Theatre Broadway FIRST PREVIEW 02 Nov, 2022 OPENING…
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot is an upcoming Broadway musical based on the film Some Like It Hot, with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman & Shaiman, and a book by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin. The musical, like the film, follows the story of jazz age musicians struggling during Prohibition. The Broadway engagement, directed by Casey Nicholaw, will feature Christian Borle,…
Pass Over
By Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu In PASS OVER, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s “powerful and provocative” (Arifa Akbar, The Guardian) new play, Moses and Kitch talk smack, pass the time, and hope that maybe today will be different. As they dream of their promised land, a stranger wanders into their space and disrupts their plans. Evoking heartbreak, hope,…
Six the Musical
Six is a British musical with book, music and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss.The musical is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII presented as a pop concert, as the wives take turns singing and telling their story to see who suffered the most due…
Hadestown the Musical
Hadestown the Myth, the Musical by Anais Mitchell HADESTOWN is the acclaimed new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and visionary director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) that reimagines a sweeping ancient tale as a timeless allegory for our world. HADESTOWN follows two intertwining love stories — that…
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Moulin Rouge! The Musical Moulin Rouge! is a jukebox musical with a book by John Logan. The musical is based on the 2001 film of the same name directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. The musical premiered on July 10, 2018 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston. Moulin…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway The critically acclaimed play recently became the most awarded West End production in the history of the Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards including Best New Play and Best Director. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter…
Hamilton
Krystal Joy Brown – Miguel Cervantes – Euan Morton – Hamilton is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It is inspired by the biography Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in February 2015, where its engagement was sold out.It has now transferred to Broadway It won the 2015…
Wicked
Wicked Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. The story is loosely based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, a parallel novel of the 1939 film of L. Frank Baum’s classic…
Chicago
Chicago Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice, and the concept of the celebrity criminal. The musical is based…
