A Musical About Star Wars, which was forced to close in 2020 due to the pandemic, reopens Off-Broadway December 17 for a two-week run at The American Theatre of Actors.
The return engagement of the musical comedy celebrating the blockbuster films features its original stars: Taylor Crousore, Scott Richard Foster, and Emily McNamara.
In the show, Taylor (Crousore) and Scott (Foster) find themselves bonding in a Staten Island Blockbuster Video over their love of the sci-fi franchise. Together, the self-proclaimed “Millennial Falcon” and “Gen-X Winger” create a musical that celebrates the magic, the fandom, and the legacy of all things Star Wars.
Created by Tom D’Angora and written by D’Angora, Crousore, and Foster, the musical features an original score and lyrics by Billy Recce. Tom and Michael D’Angora direct with choreography by Alex Ringler, production design by Brendan McCann, costumes by McCann and William Bailey, lighting design by Erik Petersen, music direction by Ed Goldscheider, and stage management by Brent Jones.
The show opened May 4, 2019, at Theatre Row and subsequently transferred to the larger St. Luke’s Theatre. The original cast album is available through Broadway Records. For more information, visit AMusicalAboutStarWars.com.
The Broadway production of the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton has canceled its 8 PM December 15 performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre due to breakthrough cases of COVID-19 in the company, according to the production’s social media postings.
All ticket holders will be refunded at their point of purchase. Additional information about upcoming performances will be announced.
The Broadway staging of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical resumed performances September 14 following the coronavirus shutdown.
The current cast includes Miguel Cervantes as Alexander Hamilton, Krystal Joy Brown as Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, Jin Ha as Aaron Burr, Mandy Gonzalez as Angelica Schuyler, Kyle Scatliffe as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, Tamar Greene as George Washington, Euan Morton as King George, Fergie L. Philippe as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison, Aubin Wise as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds, and Daniel Yearwood as John Laurens and Phillip Hamilton.
Hamilton is directed by Thomas Kail and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler. The production features a set by David Korins, costumes by Paul Tazewell, lighting by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, casting by The Telsey Office’s Bethany Knox, and general management by Baseline Theatrical. The musical is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman, and The Public Theater.
A string of Broadway shows—including Wicked, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Ain’t Too Proud, Mrs. Doubtfire, Chicago, and Freestyle Love Supreme—have had to cancel performances day-of as COVID infections swell once again, with many citing breakthrough cases directly.
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History won’t behappening in Manhattan tonight, as the Broadway production ofHamiltonhas cancelled tonight’s performance at theRichard Rodgers Theatre due to breakthrough Covid-19 cases.
The Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jug Band is playing 42nd Street…rather, the stage adaptation of Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas is now in previews at New Victory Theater. It officially opens on December 17 and runs through January 2, 2022.
The show, based on the book by Russell and Lillian Hoban and Jim Henson’s popular 1977 holiday special, features a mix of costumed performers and puppets from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
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Christopher Gattelli, the Tony-winning choreographer of Newsies, directs and choreographs the stage adaptation about Emmet and Ma Otter as they enter a Christmas Eve talent contest hoping to win prize money to buy each other holiday gifts. The show has a book by iTheatrics’ Timothy Allen McDonald and Gattelli and a score by Oscar winner (and frequent Muppets collaborator) Paul Williams.
The cast includes Colin Trudell as Emmet Otter, Jordan Brownlee puppeteering Tiny Squirrel/Doc Bullfrog, Kevin Covert as Mayor Fox, LaVon Fisher-Wilson (Newsies) as Mrs. Mink/Hetty Muskrat, Matt Furtado puppeteering Skippy Squirrel/Yancy Woodchuck/Stan Weasel, Jakeim Hart as Harvey, Steven Huynh as Wendell/Weasel, Maggie Lakis as Mrs. Fox, Anney Ozar puppeteering Nutella Squirrel/Old Lady Possum, J. Antonio Rodriguez as Charlie/Will Possum, James Silson puppeteering Jiffy Squirrel/Fred Lizard, and Cass Morgan (Memphis) as Ma Otter.
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas features scenic design by Anna Louizos, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Jennifer Schriever, sound design by Matt Kraus, make-up design by Melissa Munn, puppet supervision by John Tartaglia, music direction by Larry Pressgrove, orchestrations by Dan DeLange, arrangements by Pressgrove and DeLange, and casting by Calleri Jensen Davis. Ray DeMattis serves as associate director.
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas is produced by Timothy Allen McDonald, iTheatrics, Writers’ Cage, Cheryl Henson, and Heather Henson, with Alex Robertson serving as associate producer.
The production will also be available to stream on-demand as part of the New Victory Theater’s virtual season December 17–January 2.
Patti LuPone was a guest on last night’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, which she shared some of her memories working with Stephen Sondheim, and more.
1925 Birthday of actor Dick Van Dyke, who appears on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie and The Girls Against the Boys, and creates memorable TV and film roles in The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
1959A Clean Kill written by Michael Gilbert, starring Peter Copley and Rachel Roberts, details the unnerving possibility of a pharmacist planning a murder. Directed by Alastair Sim, the thriller runs at London’s Criterion Theatre for 142 performances.
1979Oklahoma! comes back to Broadway at the Palace Theatre, starring Laurence Guittard as Curly, Christine Andreas as Laurey, Christine Ebersole as Ado Annie, and Mary Wickes as Aunt Eller.
1990 Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby opens her first Broadway production ofPeter Pan at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, returning to the title role for the first time since a regional production in 1974. Rigby will go on to tour in the role through 2015, with a live performance filmed to air on TV’s A&E in 2000.
1998Nicole Kidman makes her Broadway debut at the Cort Theatre in David Hare‘s The Blue Room, a transfer from London’s Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Sam Mendes, the two-hander adaptation of La Ronde co-stars Iain Glenn.
2018 A new stage adaptation of Harper Lee‘s To Kill a Mockingbird, with a script by Aaron Sorkin, opens at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre. Jeff Daniels takes on the central role of Atticus Finch in the staging, which frames the Alabama-set story as a memory play as Scout (Celia Keenan-Bolger) recalls the 1930s trial in which her father defended a black man accused of raping a white girl. Keenan-Bolger wins a Tony Award for her performance.
