BWW Flashback: The Final Countdown- ROCK OF AGES Closes on Broadway Tonight!
By: BWW Special Coverage Jan. 18, 2015
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The five-time Tony Award-nominated Rock of Ages plays its final performance on Sunday, January 18, 2015 after 22 preview and 2,328 Broadway performances, solidifying its spot as the 27th longest running show in Broadway history. Below, BroadwayWorld bids adieu to the musical with a special flashback!
In addition to being a bona fide hit on Broadway, Rock of Ages is currently rocking the Las Vegas Strip at The Venetian Resort; the open seas on Norwegian's cruise ship The Breakaway; and the open road on its third U.S. National Tour and first U.K. National Tour. The show was also a runaway success in Toronto, Australia, and London's West End, and has licensed productions in several additional countries, including Mexico, Sweden, Korea, Japan and The Philippines. In 2012, Rock of Ages hit the silver screen as a major motion picture starring Tom Cruise.
The music that ignited a generation is heating up Broadway in the five-time Tony Award-nominated musical Rock of Ages. The hilarious, tongue-in-cheek love story erupts into Broadway's Best Party, all to the sounds of such feel-good, sing-out-loud songs as "I Wanna Know What Love Is", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "Wanted Dead Or Alive," "Here I Go Again", "Don't Stop Believin" and more.
The show opened on Broadway on April 7, 2009:
ROCK OF AGES Opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Amy Spanger and Constantine Maroulis
Amy Spanger and Constantine Maroulis
Amy Spanger and Constantine Maroulis
Amy Spanger and Constantine Maroulis
Amy Spanger and Constantine Maroulis
Amy Spanger and Constantine Maroulis
Mitchell Jarvis and Adam Dannheisser
Adam Dannheisser and Mitchell Jarvis
Adam Dannheisser and Mitchell Jarvis
Wesley Taylor and Constantine Maroulis
Joel Hoekstra and the ROCK OF AGES Band!
Joel Hoekstra and the ROCK OF AGES Band
Katherine Tokarz, Angel Reed, Andre Ward, Savannah Wise and Jeremy Woodard
Wesley Taylor and Michele Mais
James Carpinello and Wesley Taylor
Constantine Maroulis, James Carpinello, Amy Spanger and Adam Dannheisser
Adam Dannheisser, Lauren Molina, Paul Schoeffler, Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger and Wesley Taylor
Paul Schoeffler, Constantine Maroulis, James Carpinello, Amy Spanger, Wesley Taylor and Lauren Molina
Constantine Maroulis, James Carpinello and Amy Spanger
Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger and James Carpinello
Adam Dannheisser, Lauren Molina, Paul Schoeffler, Constantine Maroulis, James Carpinello and Amy Spanger
Constantine Maroulis, James Carpinello and Amy Spanger
Constantine Maroulis, Mitchell Jarvis and Amy Spanger
Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger
Adam Dannheisser, Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger
Adam Dannheisser, Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger
Joel Hoekstra and the ROCK OF AGES Band
Joel Hoekstra and the ROCK OF AGES Band
Adam Dannheisser, Mitchell Jarvis, Constantine Maroulis, Kristin Hanggi, Chris D'Arienzo, Kelly Devine and Amy Spanger
Joel Hoekstra and James Carpinello
The show was nominated for five Tony Awards in 2009, including Best Musical:
In September 2009, Kerry Butler and Tom Lenk joned the cast:
The cast of Rock of Ages
Tom Lenk, Lauren Molina, and Don Stephenson
Constantine Maroulis and Kerry Butler have their first rock bebe
Kerry Butler and Adam Dannheisser
Constantine Maroulis and Kerry Butler
Kerry Butler and the cast of Rock of Ages
Don Stephenson and Michele Mais
Constantine Maroulis and Kerry Butler
Constantine Maroulis and Kerry Butler
Adam Dannheisser gives Tom Lenk a little...pep...talk?
Mitchell Jarvis and Kerry Butler
The musical celebrated one year on Broadway in 2010:
And perfomed at Broadway in Bryant Park:
In Spring 2011, the show moved from the Brooks Atkinson to the Helen Hayes Theatre:
In summer 2011, it celebrated 1000 performances on Broadway:
Rock of Ages celebrates performance number 1000!
The cast of Rock of Ages
MiG Ayesa, Rebecca Faulkenberry, and Dan Domenech
Cody Scott Lancaster, Josephine Rose Roberts, and Mitchell Jarvis (photobomb by Jeremy Woodard)
Jeremy Woodard and Andre Ward
Jeremy Woodard and Mitchell Jarvis
Ericka Hunter, Andre Ward, and Jenifer Foote
Cutting the cake
In Spring 2012, Justin Matthew Sargent and Ashley Spencer joined the cast:
Jeremy Woodard, Ashley Spencer
Ashley Spencer and the cast of ROCK OF AGES
Justin Matthew Sargent, Ashley Spencer
ROCK OF AGES Cast
ROCK OF AGES Cast
Then in 2013, Kate Rockwell, Joey Calveri & Teresa Stanley joined the company:
Kate Rockwell and Justin Matthew Sargent
Cast of Rock of Ages
Kate Rockwell and Justin Matthew Sargent
Joey Calveri and cast
Kate Rockwell and Teresa Stanley
Cast of Rock of Ages
Genson Blimline and Adam Dannheisser
Kate Rockwell and Cast
Kate Rockwell and Justin Matthew Sargent
Cast of Rock of Ages
The musical celebrated five years on Broadway in 2014:
In August 2014, original cast member and Tony nominee Constantine Maorulis returned to play 'Drew':
Chester See, Frankie Grande & Lauren Zakrin joined the company on November 2014:
Cast of Rock of Ages
Cast of Rock of Ages
Constantine Maroulis, Lauren Zakrin
Cast of Rock of Ages
Lauren Zakrin, Constantine Maroulis
Lauren Zakrin, Constantine Maroulis
Lauren Zakrin, Constantine Maroulis
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