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.
Year | Category | |
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2015 | Best Musical |
Videos
Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical
Paramount Theatre (10/30 - 1/19) | ||
Revival Brothers Band: Tribute to Allman Brothers Band
Raue Center For The Arts (1/31 - 1/31) | ||
Fool for Love
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (1/30 - 3/16) | ||
Downtown Chicago TV & Movie Sites Tour
Roosevelt University Auditorium Building (11/19 - 1/10) | ||
The Antiquities
Goodman Theatre - Owen Theatre (5/17 - 6/15) | ||
Kodo One Earth Tour 2025
Chicago Symphony Center (2/23 - 2/23) | ||
The Doo Wop Project
McAninch Arts Center (4/19 - 4/19) | ||
Radius: The Songs We Wish We Wrote
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (2/15 - 2/15) | ||
Comedy with Cathy Ladman
ECC Arts Center (3/22 - 3/22) | ||
Symphonic Stanzas: Music in the World
Raue Center For The Arts (1/26 - 1/26) | ||
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