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STAGE TUBE: SOMETHING ROTTEN! Invites Students to Show 'Will Power' in New Sweepstakes

By: Jan. 11, 2016
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Listen up students, grades 6-12! You could win tickets for your whole class to see Broadway's Something Rotten!, and all you have to do is show them your "Will Power". The musical just announced the new sweepstakes with the help of star Christian Borle. See what he had to say in the video!

THE RULES (click here for the official regulations):

1. Gather a group of sure-footed classmates -- the more the merrier -- and get ready to cut a Renaissance rug.

2. Master the steps to SOMETHING ROTTEN!'s show-stopping rock n' roll number, "Will Power."

3. Add as much Shakespearean flair as you can muster!

4. With your teacher's help, record your performance and upload it to YouTube. Then, email the link to rottenwillpower@gmail.com before February 12, 2016.

For more about the contest, follow this link.

The completely original new musical SOMETHING ROTTEN!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award and Tony Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Tony Award nominees Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell, is playing on Broadway at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44 Street).

SOMETHING ROTTEN! currently stars three-time Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek), two-time Tony Award winner Christian Borle (Peter and the Starcatcher), Tony Award nominee John Cariani (Fiddler on the Roof), Heidi Blickenstaff ([title of show]), two-time Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar (The Producers), Kate Reinders (Wicked), Tony Award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me), Edward Hibbert (It Shoulda Been You, The Drowsy Chaperone, "Frasier"), Gerry Vichi (The Drowsy Chaperone) and Michael James Scott (The Book of Mormon).

Welcome to the '90s -- the 1590s -- long before the dawn of premium tickets, star casting and reminders to turn off your cell phones. Brothers Nick (d'Arcy James) and Nigel Bottom (Cariani) are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rockstar known as "The Bard" (Borle). When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world's very first MUSICAL! But amidst the scandalous excitement of Opening Night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self... and all that jazz. With its heart on its ruffled sleeve and sequins in its soul, Something Rotten! is an uproarious dose of pure Broadway fun and an irresistible ode to musicals -- those dazzling creations that entertain us, inspire us, and remind us that everything's better with an exclamation point!




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