BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Premiers at Schuster Center
By: Sally Henry Fuller Oct. 24, 2015
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY features Michael Williams as "David Shayne," Emma Stratton as "Helen Sinclair," Jeff Brooks as "Cheech," Bradley Allan Zarr as "Warner Purcell," Michael Corvino as "Nick Valenti," Hannah Rose DeFlumeri as "Ellen," Rick Grossman as "Julian Marx," Jemma Jane as "Olive Neal" and Rachel Bahler as "Eden Brent."
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY will also feature Blaire Baker, Mary Callahan, Jake Corcoran, Elizabeth Dugas, Carissa Fiorillo, Patrick Graver, Andrew Hendrick, Lainee Hunter, Justin Jutras, Brian Martin, Conor McGiffin, Andrew Metzgar, Corinne Munsch, Kaylee Olson, Joey Ortolani, Kelly Peterson, Lexie Plath, and Ian Saunders.
The tour is helmed by director Jeff Whiting, who worked on the Broadway production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, which was originally directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. Clare Cook will recreate Stroman's dynamic, Tony nominated choreography.
The creative team also includes Jason Ardizzone-West (scenic design), six-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long's original Broadway costumes coordinated by James Halliday, Carolyn Wong (tour lighting design and adaption, based on the original Broadway lighting design by Donald Holder), Shannon Slaton (sound design) and Bernie Ardia (wig and hair design) with Glen Kelly (music arranger, adaption and additional lyrics), Andy Einhorn (vocal arranger), Doug Besterman (orchestrations) and Robbie Cowan (music director and conductor). BULLETS OVER BROADWAY features existing music of the period, including "Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do," "Let's Misbehave," I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" and "Runnin' Wild."
Tickets start at $25 and are on sale now at Ticket Center Stage, located in the Wintergarden of the Schuster Center, by phone (937) 228-3630, toll-free at (888)228-3630 or online at www.ticketcentersage.com,
EXPERIENCE MORE with BACKGROUND ON BROADWAY
Join us Thursday, November 5 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 7 at 1 p.m. to learn about the development, history and artistry of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY. This free event is held in the Schuster Center's 4th Floor Lobby. You must have a ticket to that day's performance.
Following the tours kick-off in Cleveland, Ohio (Playhouse Square) October 6th thru the 18th, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY will travel to over 40 cities in its first season including Los Angeles, CA (Pantages Theatre); Philadelphia, PA (Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts); Seattle, WA (The Paramount Theatre); Nashville, TN (Tennessee Performing Arts Center); St. Paul, MN (The Ordway); Memphis, TN (The Orpheum Theatre); Providence, RI (Providence Performing Arts Center); West Palm Beach, FL (Kravis Center); Dayton, OH (Schuster Center); Dallas, TX (Music Hall at Fair Park); Houston, TX (The Hobby Center) with additional cities to be announced soon. For a complete list of tour engagements, please visit www.BulletsOverBroadway.com.
A playwright who needs someone to back his next show. A mobster who needs some way to please his showgirl girlfriend. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship - or a brand new musical comedy! Loaded with big laughs, colorful characters and the songs that made the 20s roar, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY brings musical comedy back with a bang!
The Cleveland Plain Dealer acclaims that, "BULLETS OVER BROADWAY hits the bullseye with a frothy mix of top-shelf acting, singing and dancing." Hailed by Time Magazine as, "Musical Theatre Gold!" and described as "A Fun Machine from Start to Finish!" by The New Yorker, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY tells the story of an aspiring young playwright newly arrived on Broadway in 1920's New York who is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.
The original production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY premiered on Broadway last season at the St. James Theatre with performances beginning on March 11, 2014 and an official opening on April 10, 2014. The production received six Tony-Award nominations, including Best Book of a Musical and Best Choreography.
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