SILENCE! THE MUSICAL ended its triumphant two-year run yesterday, July 7th, 2013, at the Elektra Theatre. The production played a total of 529 performances and eight previews.BroadwayWorld was there for closing night and you can check out photos from the festivities below!
Winner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, Silence! The Musical is the unauthorized parody of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, with book by Hunter Bell, music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction & choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli. After opening initially at Theatre 80 on July 9, 2011, the show immediately became a sold-out phenomenon and was selected by Time Magazine as one of the year's Top 5 Musicals on or Off-Broadway.
With Sean McDermott (star of Broadway's MISS SAIGON, GREASE, FALSETTOS, and STARLIGHT EXPRESS) as Hannibal Lecter, the cast of Silence! The Musical also features Laura Jordan (as Clarice Starling), David Ayers, Howard Kaye, Tyler Maynard, Sarah O'Gleby, Ronica V. Reddick, Kevin Spirtas, Kimberly Stern, Charlie Williams, Natalie Joy Johnson, and Kevin Zak.
Set design for Silence! The Musical is by three-time Tony winner Scott Pask, with costume design by David Kaley, lighting design by Tony winner Jeff Croiter, sound design by Carl Casella, and orchestrations by Brian J. Nash.
Created by Jon and Al Kaplan in 2002, Silence! The Musical began as a collection of songs on the internet which immediately attracted a staggering number of fans. The Kaplans' subsequent screenplay Silence! The Musical was adapted by Hunter Bell into a live stage show, which also featured newly composed songs by the brothers. Fueled by a rabid cult following, SILENCE! shattered every box office record at the 2005 FringeNYC Festival, winning the award for Best Musical. SILENCE! met with further success in London and Los Angeles, where the production received three L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Theatre Marquee for 'SILENCE! The Musical'
Ensemble Cast: 1st row: Charlie Williams, Tyler Maynard, 2nd row: Sarah O'Gleby, Kimberly Stern, Kevin Spirtas, Laura Jordan, Howard Kaye, Sean McDermott, 3rd row: Ronica V. Reddick and Kevin Zak
Ensemble Cast: 1st row: Charlie Williams, Tyler Maynard, 2nd row: Sarah O'Gleby, Kimberly Stern, Kevin Spirtas, Laura Jordan, Howard Kaye, Sean McDermott, 3rd row: Ronica V. Reddick and Kevin Zak
Ensemble cast from past productions
L to R: Dustin Clayton, Callan Bergmann, Ashlee Dupre, Mark Myars, Sarah O'Gleby and Charlie Williams
L to R: Dustin Clayton, Callan Bergmann, Ashlee Dupre, Mark Myars, Sarah O'Gleby and Charlie Williams
Kevin Zak
Kevin Zak
Kevin Zak
Kevin Zak, Stephen Bienskie
Kevin Zak, Stephen Bienskie
Laura Jordan, Stephen Bienskie
Theatre Marquee for 'SILENCE! The Musical'
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