Promises, Promises Revival 2010
Run Time:
2 hours and 40 minutes, with one intermission
Opened: April 25, 20102 hours and 40 minutes, with one intermission
Closing: January 02, 2011
Promises, Promises - 2010 - Broadway History , Info & More
Broadway Theatre (Broadway)
1681 Broadway New York, NY
It’s Manhattan. It’s the '60s. And the city is back in full swing, in Broadway’s first-ever revival of Promises, Promises - starring Emmy® Award winner Sean Hayes (Will and Grace) as the enterprising associate on the way up, and Tony Award® winner Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked) as the cafeteria waitress whose romantic troubles have got her down. Don’t miss this smart and sexy musical based on the Oscar®-winning Billy Wilder film, The Apartment.
The creative team is a perfect cocktail: a splashy score by the Academy Award®-winning team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, including such songs as "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" and the straight-up swinging title tune… Add a book that takes turns tickling your funny bone and breaking your heart, courtesy of the legendary Neil Simon… Top it all off with a sparkling blend of direction and choreography by Tony Award® winner Rob Ashford—and you’ve got an intoxicating evening of Broadway magic.
Promises, Promises - 2010 - Broadway Cast
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Promises, Promises
4 / 10
Rob Ashford’s direction prizes yuks over truth, symbolized by a period chair in Sheldrake’s office that exists solely for a visual joke requiring utterly unbelievable behavior from Sheldrake, while Ashford's busy choreography can’t erase memories of Michael Bennett’s delightfully simple “She Likes Basketball” or orgiastic “Turkey Lurkey Time.” Set designer Scott Pask imprisons the show in a wraparound cyclorama reminiscent of the Berlin Wall.
Retro Without Irony
8 / 10
T hanks to Mad Men fever, the time is right for a revival of Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach, and Hal David's 1968 musical Promises, Promises, itself based on Billy Wilder's 1960 film The Apartment. But there's nothing opportunistic about this production, directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford: He and his cast revel in the show's modest but potent charms instead of attacking the material with superior everything-was-so-corny-back-then winks and nudges. It treats Bacharach’s melodies as the buoyant, intricate structures that they are, not just weird curios from another age. Set in 1962 Manhattan, the show is pleasingly retro without being a kitsch comic book: Even its Eames-a-go-go sets (by Scott Pask), as colorful and fun as they are, speak more of cocktail-cabinet sophistication than yard-sale tackiness.
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Promises, Promises FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of Promises, Promises have there been?
Promises, Promises has had 8 productions including Broadway which opened in 1968, Broadway which opened in 1968, West End which opened in 1969, US Tour which opened in 1970, Off-Broadway which opened in 1997, Broadway which opened in 2010, West End which opened in 2017 and Off-Broadway which opened in 2018.
What Tony Awards has Promises, Promises been nominated for?
Best Choreography for Rob Ashford and Best Orchestrations for Jonathan Tunick.
What awards has Promises, Promises been nominated for?
Promises, Promises has been nominated for several awards. It was nominated for Outstanding Revival of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards. Brian Ronan was nominated for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards. Rob Ashford was nominated for Outstanding Choreography at the Outer Critics Circle Awards. Additionally, Promises, Promises was nominated for Outstanding Revival of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
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