A musical adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar's beloved film of the same name, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is the brainchild of the talented team behind Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Both touching and hilarious, Women on the Verge is a story about women and the men who pursue them... finding them, losing them, needing them and rejecting them. At the center is Pepa, whose friends and lovers are blazing a trail through 1980s Madrid. Along with Pepa, there's her missing (possibly philandering) lover, Ivan; his ex-wife of questionable sanity, Lucia; their son, Carlos; Pepa's friend, Candela and her terrorist boyfriend; a power-suited lawyer; and a taxi driver who dispenses tissues, mints and advice in equal proportion. Mayhem and comic madness abound, balanced by the empathy and heart that are trademarks of Almodóvar's work.
The original Broadway production ran from the Fall of 2010 to early 2011, and was nominated for 3 Tony Awards and 6 Drama Desk Awards. With new direction and production design, the musical transferred to London and opened at the Playhouse Theatre in January 2015, where it received 2 Laurence Olivier Award nominations.
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Ladies of Laughter
Bergen PAC (2/3 - 2/3) | ||
Broadway Through the Ages
Westfield High School Auditorium (12/31 - 1/1) | ||
The Firebird with Xian Zhang
Count Basie Center for the Arts (3/8 - 3/8) | ||
Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (1/31 - 1/31) | ||
Theresa Caputo Live: The Experience
State Theatre New Jersey (2/20 - 2/20) | ||
2025 Lunar New Year Celebration with Xian Zhang
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (1/25 - 1/25) | ||
Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms
Count Basie Center for the Arts (3/22 - 3/22) | ||
SOLOMON plays DYLAN - A solo acoustic tribute to Bob Dylan featuring Gary Solomon of The THE BAND Band
Lizzie Rose Music Room (4/4 - 4/4) | ||
Lift Every Voice: A Letter to the Editor
Pushcart Players (2/3 - 6/30) | ||
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