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
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RENT in Concert
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Segerstrom Hall (3/15 - 3/15) | |
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A Fabulous 50th: Chicago and A Chorus Line!
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (4/18 - 4/18) | |
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Porn Rock: The Obscenity Trial of Jello Biafra
Eastwood PAC (3/1 - 3/23) | |
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Gustav and Alma
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/6 - 3/9) | |
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C A B A R E T
Jaxx Theatre (3/13 - 3/29) | |
RHINESTONE COWBOYS
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (3/22 - 3/23) | ||
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Tchaikovsky & Schubert
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/14 - 3/16) | |
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Some Like It Hot
Pantages Theatre (7/29 - 8/17) | |
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Le Concert d’Astrée The Triumph of Time and Disillusion
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/27 - 3/27) | |
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UNCONDITIONAL, A Musical Memoir
Skylight Theatre (2/13 - 3/9) | |
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Binge Free Festival
Santa Monica Playhouse (2/25 - 3/30) | |
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The Staircase
South Coast Repertory's Julianne Argyros Stage (4/27 - 5/18) | |
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