Conceived for the stage by Tony and Grammy Award nominee Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden, the four time Tony Award Nominated musical JEKYLL & HYDE features a book & lyrics by two-time Oscar winner, Emmy winner and four-time Tony Award Nominee Leslie Bricusse, music by Frank Wildhorn, and will be directed and choreographed by Tony Award Nominee Jeff Calhoun.
After four thrilling, chilling years on Broadway and multiple world-wide tours, this dark and dangerous love story will return in a new production that includes all the classic songs (This is the Moment, A New Life, Someone Like You) that first 'grabbed audiences by the throat' and transformed JEKYLL & HYDE into a theatrical phenomenon.
The musical is based on the acclaimed novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, about a London doctor who accidentally unleashes his evil alternate personality in his quest to cure his father�s mental illness.
Additional cities will be announced shortly. Following this tour, EKYLL & HYDE will return to Broadway in Spring 2013.
Repertory Philippines' current 45th theater season reaches fever pitch with the premiere of composer Frank Wildhorn and book writer and lyricist Leslie Bricusse's overtly melodramatic, pop rock-laden Broadway musical JEKYLL AND HYDE. However, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, director for JEKYLL AND HYDE, along with her team, seems to have been rising above the original Broadway production's bad reputation since the local production opened last weekend. Whereas American critics find Wildhorn's body of work as "gallumphing, dunderheaded musicals that make everything by Andrew Lloyd Webber seems like great art," says Linda Winer of 'Newsday'; Filipino critics find Repertory Philippines' stripped-down incarnation of Wildhorn's most popular undertaking as nothing short of a miracle. "By doing away with the stage spectacle [without the high-tech gimmickry that marked its Broadway run], the focus was redirected to the actors - and rightly so," says Vladimir Bunoan of ABS-CBNNews.com.
In the 200th ANNIVERSARY YEAR of Charles Dickens' birth, Aria Entertainment in association with The Landor Theatre are pleased to present the London revival of Rupert Holmes' Broadway musical THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at The Landor Theatre, London in April/May 2012.
The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will present Jekyll & Hyde, described as 'an evocative tale of the epic battle between good and evil, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story,The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart. Convinced the cure for his father's mental illness lies in the separation of Man's evil nature from his good, Dr. Henry Jekyll unwittingly unleashes his own dark side, wreaking havoc in the streets of late 19th century London as the savage, maniacal Edward Hyde.'
The DOMA Theatre Company has announced its first-ever season - a line up of six Broadway-style musicals sure to 'disturb and delightz': The Who's Tommy (March 23-April 15); Songs For A New World (May 11-June 3); Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical (July 6-29); Xanadu (Aug. 17-Sept. 9); Once On This Island (Sept. 21-Oct. 14), and a surprise, Tony Award-winning musical to be revealed at a later date (Nov. 2-Dec. 9).
Shea's Performing Arts Center has just announced their 2012-13 season. Celebrating 25 years of Broadway in Buffalo, BILLY ELLIOT, JEKYLL AND HYDE, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, THE BOOK OF MORMON, and more are set to run throughout the season!
The Bay Area premiere of San Jose Rep's God of Carnage begins previews tonight. This winner of the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Play was written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton. The production runs from March 22 to April 15, 2012, with Opening Night on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 pm.
Broadway's best new shows will be on stage in Charlotte next season in the 2012-2013 Duke Energy Broadway Lights Series.
NETworks Presentations, LLC and Blue Man Productions have announced a new theatrical touring production will stop in Calgary March 20 to 25, 2012.
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As BroadwayWord previously reported, JEKYLL & HYDE will return to Broadway following a 25-week National Tour starring Tony Award Nominee Constantine Maroulis in the dual title role of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. The tour will launch at San Diego's Civic Theatre in San Diego, California on October 2, 2012. Now, as revealed in a casting notice, the show is aiming to open on Broadway in April 2013.
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Theo Ubique's 'Piazza,' 'Motherhood,' Team StarKid's latest, tribute concerts at Ravinia and Mayne Stage, Ramin Karimloo's arrival, plus Loop musicals and more....
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has been a part of literary culture and legend since Robert Louis Stevenson first published his novella in 1886. The work was an instant success and is one of Stevenson's bestselling titles.
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, presents Ten Chimneys by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Artistic Director BJ Jones. The production runsMarch 9 - April 15, 2012 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd. The press opening is on Friday, March 16, 2012.
The Kimmel Center and The Shubert Organization today announced the line-up of Broadway's most popular touring stage musicals coming to Philadelphia for the 2012/13 Broadway Season. The Broadway Season is presented by The Kimmel Center and The Shubert Organization with productions at the Academy of Music, Forrest Theatre and Merriam Theater.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced its 2012-2013 theater season. Reaching hundreds of thousands of audience members annually, the theater season features a new Kennedy Center produced production of Ferenc Molnár's The Guardsman; touring productions of The Book of Mormon, War Horse, Anything Goes, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Jekyll & Hyde, and Million Dollar Quartet; and five top-notch Theater Productions from Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as part of Nordic Cool 2013.
Check out a surprise appearance from War Horse below!
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced its 2012-2013 theater season.
Broadway/L.A. today reveals the remainder of its lineup for the 2012-2013 PANTAGES SEASON, a seven-show package that includes the previously-announced West Coast Premiere engagement of THE BOOK OF MORMON.
Today Broadway/L.A. announced its 2012-2013 season at the Pantages Theatre, and Dorothy Lucey spread the news today on Good Day L.A. Included in the upcoming season are: THE BOOK OF MORMON, DONNY & MARIE - Christmas in Los Angeles, Cathy Rigby in PETER PAN, Constantine Maroulis in JEKYLL & HYDE, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, SISTER ACT, CHICAGO starring Christie Brinkley, WEST SIDE STORY, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and RAIN - A Tribute to the Beatles.
In the 200th ANNIVERSARY YEAR of Charles Dickens' birth, Aria Entertainment in association with The Landor Theatre are pleased to present the London revival of Rupert Holmes' Broadway musical THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at The Landor Theatre, London in April/May 2012.
The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will present Jekyll & Hyde, described as 'an evocative tale of the epic battle between good and evil, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story,The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart. Convinced the cure for his father's mental illness lies in the separation of Man's evil nature from his good, Dr. Henry Jekyll unwittingly unleashes his own dark side, wreaking havoc in the streets of late 19th century London as the savage, maniacal Edward Hyde.'
Off-Broadway's Gotham Stage Company presented their 3rd annual performance gala, A NIGHT IN GOTHAM III on Monday February 27th, 2012 at Ars Nova (511 W 54th Street, NYC).
The 2012 Human Race Theatre Company Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Scholarships have been awarded to Erin Ulman and Zachary Jordan Steele.
Off-Broadway's Gotham Stage Company will present their 3rd annual performance gala, A NIGHT IN GOTHAM III on Monday February 27th, 2012 at Ars Nova (511 W 54th Street, NYC).
The most successful touring Broadway concert in America returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Neil Berg's 104 Years of Broadway is described as 'a dazzling, all-new show, features some of Broadway's finest stars performing songs from the best and most beloved Broadway musicals of the past 104 years! It's a magical evening you'll always remember,' Sat. Mar. 17, 2012 @ 8 PM.
Feinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its Winter/Spring 2012 season with the return of Linda Eder in her new show "Songbirds," which pays tribute to the great ladies of music including Lena Horne, Etta James, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Eva Cassidy and more. The engagement will run from March 13 to March 17 at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).
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