Confirmed: Andy Karl Will Star in GROUNDHOG DAY on Broadway; Tickets Now Available!

Tickets are now on sale for GROUNDHOG DAY, the new musical with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Danny Rubin, directed by Matthew Warchus.

GROUNDHOG DAY will begin previews on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street) and open, as previously announced, on Monday, April 17.

The producers of GROUNDHOG DAY confirmed today that Andy Karl will star as Phil Connors in the Broadway production, following his celebrated performance in the show's well-received London's production at The Old Vic this summer. Additional Broadway casting will be announced shortly.

Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com or by telephone at (800) 745-3000.

American Express® Card Members can get advance access to tickets beginning today.

Audience Rewards members can purchase tickets starting October 26 at 10 AM.

General on sale begins November 2 at 10 AM.

GROUNDHOG DAY is produced by Whistle Pig and Columbia Live Stage.

Director Matthew Warchus, composer and lyricist Tim Minchin, choreographer Peter Darling, set and costume designer Rob Howell, orchestrator and musical supervisor Christopher Nightingale, lighting designer Hugh Vanstone and Sound Designer Simon Baker, seven of the creators of the international sensation Matilda The Musical, have joined forces with writer Danny Rubin to collaborate on this new stage musical of the hit 1993 film based on Rubin's story.

GROUNDHOG DAY is the story of Phil Connors, a cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman who is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, PA, when he finds himself caught in a time loop, forced to repeat the same day again and again...and again. As each day plays out exactly the same as before Phil becomes increasingly despondent, but is there a lesson to be learned through his experiences, will he ever unlock the secret and break the cycle?

The 1993 Columbia Pictures film, with a screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, based on a story by Rubin, and directed by Ramis, starred Bill Murray. Now widely regarded as a contemporary classic,GROUNDHOG DAY was cited by the Writers Guild of America as one of the 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written and in 2000 was voted by readers of Total Film as one of the ten best comedies of all time.

GROUNDHOG DAY was first performed at The Old Vic in London on Wednesday July 20 2016.