Kira Josephson

Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Court Theatre

Something Rotten! premiered on Broadway in 2015 and was nominated for ten Tony Awards. It is the story of the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who strive for success in the theatrical world as they compete with their incredibly popular competitor, one William Shakespeare. Desperate to out-Bard the Bard, Nick consults a soothsayer and learns that the next big thing in theatre will be a MUSICAL—a play where 'an actor is saying his lines, and out of nowhere he just starts singing.'

Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Court Theatre

What did our critic think of SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Court Theatre? The Bottom brothers set out to write the world’s very first musical, while caught in a bitter battle with Shakespeare (or should we call him Snakespeare?), with hilarious results.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Comes to the Court Theatre This Month

Let Ara Institute of Canterbury’s National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) transport you back to the heady Prohibition days of late 1920s America in this loving send-up of the era’s frivolous musicals. A story within a story, The Drowsy Chaperone pokes fun at the many common tropes of old-fashioned musicals.

CHICAGO Brings Murder, Fame, and All That Jazz to the Court Theatre

Welcome to a world where celebrity is everything, sex sells and you can get away with murder if you razzle-dazzle the media. The Court Theatre's Chicago holds a dark mirror up to society in this razor-sharp satire.

The Court Theatre Presents LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL

Audiences are bound to be awestruck by The Court Theatre's summer musical, Legally Blonde the Musical. The award-winning Broadway sensation, based on the Amanda Brown novel and hit 2001 film of the same name, is a musical comedy that smashes stereotypes and absolutely explodes on stage.

Photo Flash: First Look at Libby Servais, Christopher Carl and More in LEGALLY BLONDE at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse

'Legally Blonde: The Musical' opens at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse as part of the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival on June 26 in Auburn, N.Y. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production shots below!