News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Picking Up Speed show poster

Picking Up Speed at Royal Family Performing Arts

Dates: (12/6/2023 - 12/11/2023 )

Theatre:

Royal Family Performing Arts


145 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
10036,NY

Tickets: $29 - $99

Limited Tickets Remain New Musical
  1. View All Off-Off-Broadway Shows
  2.  > 
  3. Picking Up Speed


Described as a cross between a full book musical, a concert, and a storytelling event, Picking Up Speed is a humorous and affecting account of someone who loses themselves in a narcissistic relationship. It’s performed as a musical story-hour (at seventy-five minutes long) with a narrative through-line and fourteen original songs performed with a full band. Written and performed by Wyse, the musical will be directed by Marlo Hunter (Ever After, American Reject, Mystic Christmas.)

Picking Up Speed at Royal Family Performing Arts Schedule

Wednesday, December 6 – 7pm Friday, December 8 – 7 pm Saturday, December 9 – 7 pm Monday, December 11 – 7 pm

Cast and Creative team for Picking Up Speed at Royal Family Performing Arts

Cast

Alex Wyse

all
Alex Wyse (Writer/Performer) has appeared on Broadway in Good Night Oscar, Waitress, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, and Lysistrata Jones, on tour in Wicked, and off-Broadway in Ride the Cyclone, Bare, and Triassic Parq. His TV credits include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "The Other Two," "Iron Fist," "Masters of Sex," "NCIS: LA," “The Bold and the Beautiful," "Switched at Birth," "Modern Family," "Agent X," "A to Z," "Bad Judge," and "Bored to Death.” As a creator, he was the co-writer and star of off-Broadway’s A Commercial Jingle For Regina Comet, he co-wrote, directed, and starred in the Emmy nominated and Indie Series Award winning "Indoor Boys," now streaming on Here TV, and he co-wrote/directed the feature film Summoning Sylvia, which was recently seen in theaters and is now streaming on Starz.


Creative Team

Marlo Hunter

Director
Marlo Hunter (Director) is a theatre, film. TV director and choreographer who was recently honored as a “2022 Woman to Watch on Broadway”. Her feature film directorial debut, American Reject, is available on Amazon and Apple+. The film debuted at festivals in fall 2020 where it garnered multiple honors. Marlo recently directed and choreographed the Off-Broadway World Premiere of Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical for TheaterWorksUSA, which was hailed as a New York Times Critic’s Pick and launched its national tour in Fall 2023. Earlier this year she directed Mystic Christmas for Hallmark, which is now airing. Marlo is currently helming the Ever After musical, produced by Tony Award-winner, Kevin McCollum, with Music by Zina Goldrich, Lyrics by Marcy Heisler, and Book by Kate Wetherhead.




Videos


A Christmas Carol in Off-Off-Broadway A Christmas Carol
Stag & Lion Theatre (12/18 - 12/22) Tracker
Rejects Anonymous in Off-Off-Broadway Rejects Anonymous
Caveat (12/30 - 12/30)

COMEDY Tracker
Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show in Off-Off-Broadway Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show
Sid Gold’s Request Room (7/2 - 12/30) Tracker
Ice Queen in Off-Off-Broadway Ice Queen
The 92nd Street Y, New York (2/8 - 2/23)
Le tour de France in Off-Off-Broadway Le tour de France
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center (2/26 - 2/26)
Sallie Bieterman Plays Herself in Off-Off-Broadway Sallie Bieterman Plays Herself
Don't Tell Mama (1/16 - 1/17)
5BMF Presents TOOMAI STRING QUINTET in Off-Off-Broadway 5BMF Presents TOOMAI STRING QUINTET
Bronx Music Hall (4/27 - 4/27)
Bill Posley's The Day I Accidentally Went to War in Off-Off-Broadway Bill Posley's The Day I Accidentally Went to War
SoHo Playhouse (1/15 - 1/26)
Comedy and Confusion: The Globe's Brilliant Rendition of The Comedy of Errors
Comedy and Confusion: The Globe's Brilliant Rendition of The Comedy of Errors (10/21 - 10/21)
PHOTOS
 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Lillie P. Bliss and the Birth of the Modern NOVEMBER 17, 2024 – MARCH 29, 2025 in Off-Off-Broadway THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Lillie P. Bliss and the Birth of the Modern NOVEMBER 17, 2024 – MARCH 29, 2025
The Museum of Modern Art (11/17 - 3/29)
VIEW SHOWS  ADD A SHOW  

Recommended For You