Tickets to [title of show] -- the original musical about the making of an original musical that kicks off the new season on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre (149 W. 45 St.) -- will go on-sale Monday, April 21 at 10 a.m. Already-ardent fans and certain-to-become fans of [title of show] can purchase tickets by calling Telecharge at 212 239 6200 or by going online at Telecharge.com. The Lyceum box office will open for window sales to [title of show] on Saturday, June 14.
[title of show] opens the 2008-09 theatre season with its own brand of fireworks and hilarity, starting previews on Saturday, July 5 prior to its official opening night on July 17.
[title of show] is produced on Broadway by
Kevin McCollum and
Jeffrey Seller (AVENUE Q,
In The Heights, RENT), Laura Camien,
Roy Miller,
Kris Stewart and The Vineyard Theatre, where [title of show] had its Off-Broadway debut.
[title of show] is written by
Jeff Bowen and
Hunter Bell and is directed by
Michael Berresse. [title of show] on Broadway will star the musical's original cast --
Jeff Bowen,
Hunter Bell,
Susan Blackwell,
Heidi Blickenstaff and musical director
Larry Pressgrove.
[title of show] takes a thoroughly unique and comical look at the pleasures and perils of the artistic process as two struggling writers and two struggling actresses take on the seemingly impossible task of creating a new musical about creating a new musical. Now with Broadway as their destination, the quartet's saga continues anew as they face mounting pressures and deadlines, and are nearly thrown off-track by disagreements, day jobs and insecurities in this funny and unforgettable look at the birth of a musical as it finally comes to life on the Great White Way.
Mr. McCollum, who as producer of RENT, AVENUE Q, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE and
In The Heights is certainly no stranger to the unbridled hopes and raw nerve depicted in [title of show] says, "I fell in love with [title of show] because it shamelessly and fearlessly explores the vagaries and inner workings of how to get a musical produced. The exuberant way it captures the insanity of the creative process is full of surprises and truth, and that its journey now comes full circle by kicking off the Broadway season seems only natural."
The indomitable spirit depicted by both the play and its players has demonstrated broad appeal to theater goers of all ages and stripes since [title of show] debuted in 2004 at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, followed by its Off-Broadway debut in 2006 at the Vineyard Theatre.
Jeff Bowen,
Hunter Bell, and
Michael Berresse each won a 2006 Obie Award for their work on [title of show].
Those who have already seen [title of show] and the thousands of others who have enjoyed its wildly popular internet series "The [title of show] Show" will be delighted by its arrival on Broadway. (To view episodes on "The [title of show] Show," log on to www.titleofshow.com/toscasts.htm) Thus far in eight riotous episodes that echo the unbridled originality and humor of the musical itself, "The [title of show] Show" has chronicled the anticipation and angst the creators/cast have experienced while plotting the show's path to Broadway. About "The [title of show] Show," New York Magazine wrote last year, "The funniest show of the season is now playing on the internet".
An Original Cast Recording of [title of show] is available on Ghostlight Records. The Broadway recording of [title of show] is presently being planned.
This Broadway transfer of [title of show] reunites the original Off-Broadway creative team including
Neil Patel (set design); Chase Tyler (costume design); Ken Billington and Jason Kantrowitz (lighting design) and ACME Sound Partners (sound design).
[title of show] will perform Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00pm; Saturdays at 3:00pm & 8:00pm; and Sundays at 3:00pm & 7:00pm (Wednesdays are dark) at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street) on Broadway. Tickets are priced $101.50 - $51.50 - 26.50 to all performances, excluding Saturday matinee and evening performances which are priced $111.50 - $61.50 - 36.50, and until the Lyceum box office opens on June 14th can be purchased exclusively through Tele-charge at 212-239-6200, or on-line at
www.telecharge.com.
For additional information, log on to the web site:
www.titleofshow.com.
