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The new American musical Hands on a Hardbody just celebrated opening night last night, March 21, at Broadway's Brooks AtkinsonTheatre (256 West 47th Street). BroadwayWorld was there for the cast's first official Broadway bow and you can check out full coverage from the curtain call below!
Inspired by true events and based on the acclaimed 1997 documentary of the same name that was created by S.R. Bindler and produced by Bindler and Kevin Morris, the musical features a book by Doug Wright (Pulitzer Prize winner, I Am My Own Wife), lyrics by Amanda Green (Bring It On: The Musical), music by Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Amanda Green, direction by Neil Pepe (Broadway's Speed-The-Plow), and musical staging by Sergio Trujillo (Memphis, Jersey Boys).
For ten hard-luck Texans, a new lease on life is so close they can touch it. Under a scorching sun for days on end, armed with nothing but hope, humor and ambition, they'll fight to keep at least one hand on a brand new truck in order to win it. In the hilarious, hard-fought contest that is Hands on a Hardbody only one winner can drive away with the American Dream.
The Broadway production features the full cast from the La Jolla Playhouse engagement: Keith Carradine (Tony Award nominee, The Will Rogers Follies), Allison Case (Hair), Hunter Foster (Tony Award nominee, Little Shop of Horrors), Jay Armstrong Johnson (Catch Me If You Can), David Larsen (American Idiot), Jacob Ming-Trent (Shrek The Musical), Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone (Tales of the City), Mary GorDon Murray (Into The Woods), Jim Newman (Curtains), Connie Ray (Next Fall), Jon Rua (In The Heights), Keala Settle (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Dale Soules (Hair), Scott Wakefield (Ring of Fire), and William Youmans (Wicked).
For more information, visit www.handsonahardbody.com.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
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Mary GorDon Murray, Keala Settle, David Larsen, Hunter Foster, William Youmans, Dale Soules & Jacob Ming-Trent
David Larsen, Hunter Foster, William Youmans, Jacob Ming-Trent & Dale Soules
Playwright Doug Wright
Doug Wright, Amanda Green & Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio & Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone
Doug Wright, Amanda Green, Trey Anastasio, Sergio Trujillo & Company
Jay Armstrong Johnson & Jon Rua
Amanda Green, Trey Anastasio & Sergio Trujillo
Hunter Foster & Company
Hunter Foster, Scott Wakefield & Benny Perkins
Benny Perkins
Benny Perkins
Benny Perkins
Allison Case & Kelli Mangrum
Allison Case & Kelli Mangrum
Trey Anastasio, Allison Case & Kelli Mangrum
Amanda Green, Allison Case & Kelli Mangrum
Kelli Mangrum
Connie Ray & Cindy Barnes
Connie Ray & Cindy Barnes
Connie Ray & Cindy Barnes
Connie Ray & Cindy Barnes
Connie Ray & Cindy Barnes & Dale Soules
Connie Ray & Cindy Barnes
Jacob Ming-Treny
Ronald McCowan & Company
Jacob Ming-Treny & Ronald McCowan
Ronald McCowan
Hunter Foster & Benny Perkins
Keala Settle & Norma Valverde
Keala Settle & Norma Valverde
Sergio Trujillo, Keala Settle & Norma Valverde
Sergio Trujillo, Keala Settle & Norma Valverde
Keala Settle & Norma Valverde
Mary GorDon Murray, Virginia Drew & Scott Wakefield
Mary GorDon Murray, Virginia Drew & Scott Wakefield
Keith Carradine & JD Drew
JD Drew
Keith Carradine & JD Drew
Sergio Trujillo, Keith Carradine & JD Drew
JD Drew
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