New Musical Leaps Into The St James's. Bring It On!

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 10:43am

Universal Pictures Stage Productions/Glenn Ross, Beacon Communications/Armyan Bernstein and Charlie Lyons and Executive Producers Kristin Caskey and Mike Isaacson announced today that the new musical comedy Bring It On: The Musical' will open on Broadway on Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 at The St. James Theatre, New York, direct from a 13-city National Tour, for a 12-week limited engagement through Sunday, Oct 7th, 2012.
Previews are set to begin Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 8pm.

Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, 'Bring It On:
The Musical' features a libretto by Tony® Award winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), music and lyrics by Tony Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), music by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning composer Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), lyrics by Broadway lyricist Amanda Green (High Fidelity) and music supervision by Tony and Grammy®
Award winner Alex Lacamoire (Wicked).
The production is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler (In the Heights).

'Bring It On: The Musical' tells the story of the challenges and unexpected bonds formed 'through the thrill of extreme competition. With a colorful crew of characters, an exciting fresh sound and explosive dance with aerial stunts, this hilariously universal story is sure to be everything you hoped for and nothing like you expected.

The design team includes scenic design by Drama Desk Award winner David Korins (Pee-Wee Herman Show), costume design by Andrea Lauer (American Idiot), lighting design by Jason Lyons (Rock of Ages), sound design by Tony Award winner Brian Ronan (Book of Mormon), video design by Jeff Sugg (Magic/Bird) and hair design by Charles G. LaPointe (Newsies).

Bring It On: The Musical premiered in a developmental production at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in early 2011 and launched a 13-city tour at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on October 30, 2011, which will wrap up in Toronto on June 3, 2012.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 10:45am

I have my pom poms ready

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 10:46am

Oh dear!

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 10:47am

*drops Pom Poms and walks away crying*

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 10:50am

Mama stomps on SADM2's pom poms and sends the evil child to the attic to practice her telekinetic powers!

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 11:06am

Bleurgh!

Dev just threw up on said pom poms and went to feth knives from the drawer. Up to the attic we go...

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 11:22am

Give me a B
Give me an R
Give me an I
Give me an N
Give me a G

*stops for a cig*

Give me an I
Give me a T

Give me an O
Give me an N

What does that spell?

Commercial cash in.........yeaaaaaaaaaaah OMG yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah OMG

[mallardo]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 11:45am

I saw it on its first tour stop in LA and I have to say it was surprisingly entertaining. The Lin-Manuel Miranda part of the show - basically he takes over when the action shifts to the urban multi-cultural high school - plays and sounds like a teenage "In The Heights" and it's energetic and fun and pretty much irresistable. I saw it with an older subscription-based audience that had no interest in cheerleading and they went wild for it.

Broadway is another story of course. But it has done well everywhere it has played. Don't be too quick to write it off.

Updated On: 5/16/12 at 11:45 AM

[bob8rich]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 12:08pm

Really hope this extends until November so I can catch it when I plan to go to New York! Tom Kitt AND Lin-Manuel Miranda! Wow! Salivating at the prospect of that score.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 1:38pm

As much as im joking around i have to say i have heard the whole score and some of it is quite fun

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 5/16/12 at 2:13pm

The poor St James.
What abad run its had recently, first it was Lupone then 'Leap Of Faith' and now this.