Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Something Rotten was lauded by audience members and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years".
Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard." 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.
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2015 | Best Musical |
Videos
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BEASTLY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FEMINIST FOLK TALE
Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre (2/28 - 3/2) | |
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The Recursion of a Moth
Boston Playwrights' Theatre (2/27 - 3/9) | |
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The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn
Boston Playwrights' Theatre (2/20 - 3/9) | |
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Ada and the Engine
Castle Hill Productions (2/27 - 3/9) | |
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Daddy's Little Girl
The Chester H. Hawrylciw Theater, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill. MA (2/21 - 3/2) | |
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“An Evening With Liz Callaway”
JM Productions at The Church of Presidents (2/22 - 2/22) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN | |
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The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
Boston Center for the Arts (2/13 - 2/22) | |
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A NightMARE with Casey Sherman
Wilbur Theatre (3/26 - 3/26) | |
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My Dinner With André
Boston Center for the Arts (3/13 - 3/30)
PHOTOS
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ART
Lyric Stage Boston (2/21 - 3/16) | |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
Boston Opera House (4/22 - 4/27) | |
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