The Wild Party Off-Broadway

The Wild Party

Opens: April 30, 2025
Closing: May 11, 2025
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Led by Music Director Mary‐Mitchell Campbell, Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, and Creative Producing Director Clint Ramos, the Tony‐honored Encores! series returns in 2025 with a season of musical theater revivals to captivate both seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Closing out the 2025 Encores! series from April 30 through May 11 is The Wild Party. With music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and book by LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe, The Wild Party brings Joseph Moncure March’s notorious poem to life in this vivid musical adaptaƟon. What happens when a night of debauchery leads to a morning of sobering truths? Directed by Saheem Ali with Encores! Music Director Mary‐Mitchell Campbell, this “dangerous, seedy, fantasƟc” (The Observer) gin‐soaked party is full of jazz‐age indulgence and Vaudeville stars leƫng loose off‐the‐clock.


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Sutton Foster Will Lead ONCE UPON A MATTRESS on Broadway Beginning This Summer
by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2024


 ONCE UPON A MATTRESS will open on Broadway this summer at The Hudson Theatre, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster! Foster will lead the Broadway cast, reprising her acclaimed performance as Winnifred the Woebegone.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 15, 2024
by - May 15, 2024


Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 15, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

RAGTIME, THE WILD PARTY, URINETOWN & More Set for NY City Center's 2024/25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 14, 2024


A new season is on the way at New York City Center! The line-up is set to include a star-studded gala performance of Ragtime, in addition to three new Encores! productions, which will include Urinetown, Love Life, and The Wild Party. Check out all of the details here!

Jason Donovan Will Reprise Role as 'Frank 'n' Furter' in the West End and UK Tour of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2024


Singing superstar Jason Donovan joins the cast of Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical the Rocky Horror Show, to star as Frank ‘n’ Furter in the 2024/2025 UK tour.

HOMO ALONE! Comes to The Other Palace Studio This Christmas
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2024


Following on from the highly successful A Very, Very Bad Cinderella last year, Jodie Prenger (Coronation Street, I'd Do Anything), along with Bobby Delaney (Zog and the Flying Doctors; As You Like It), are back writing this year’s The Other Palace Studio Christmas show: Homo Alone! Which will play from 29 November 2024 until 5 January 2025.  

BrightSide Theatre Announces 2024-25 Season SPELLS AND SUPERSTITIONS With Two Musicals And Two Plays
by A.A. Cristi - May 7, 2024


BrightSide Theatre reveals its 2024-25 season, 'Spells and Superstitions,' featuring two plays and two musicals including DRACULA, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and PIPPIN.

CAPITOL FOOLS Comes to the Aronoff Center in 2025
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2024


The Cincinnati Arts Association has announced that the musical political parodies presented by the now defunct comedy troupe the Capitol Steps will continue as the Capitol Fools, a new group created by former members of the Capitol Steps.

Lily Allen Will Lead HEDDA at Theatre Royal Bath Next Summer
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2024


Lily Allen will star as Hedda Gabler, one of theatre’s most irresistible heroines, in a thrilling new version of Ibsen’s masterpiece which will open at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from Friday 25 July – Saturday 23 August 2025. 

Honolulu Theatre For Youth Reveals 70th Season
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2024


Honolulu Theatre for Youth has announced nine original works for its 2024-2025 season. 

Performing Arts Houston Reveals 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2024


Season highlights include a new Global Voices Music Series celebrating traditions from around the world and a limited engagement with illusionist Scott Silven that will transform the Eldorado Ballroom into an immersive Scottish Victorian dinner theater.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld April 30, 2024
by - Apr 30, 2024


Happy Tony Award nominations day, BroadwayWorld! It is April 30, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: 

BING'S BIRTHDAY Will Embark on UK Tour in 2025
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2024


Bing's Birthday will tour to theatres across the UK throughout 2025.  The show will open at The Lowry in Salford on 20 February 2025.

THE LITTLE MERMAID and LITTLE RED Set For Bristol Old Vic's 2024 Christmas Programme
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2024


Bristol Old Vic has announced its Christmas programme for 2024 – two new productions inspired by classic fairy tales. Learn more about both shows here!

Joanna Pickering's One-Woman Show LAUGHING IN THE DARK and New Play Secure Development Deal and Stage Run With Broadway Producers
by Stephi Wild - Apr 23, 2024


Joanna Pickering's brand-new plays have found development success and plans for staged runs commencing in fall 2024 to 2025.

Rachel Zegler & Kit Connor Will Star in Sam Gold-Directed ROMEO + JULIET on Broadway
by Joshua Wright - Apr 16, 2024


Following yesterday's social media tease, BroadwayWorld can confirm Rachel Zegler (Steven Spielberg's West Side Story) and Kit Connor (Netflix's Heartstopper) will star as Juliet and Romeo respectively in a revival of William Shakespeare's most famous play on Broadway this fall.

PEPPA PIG'S FUN DAY OUT! Will Return To London Haymarket Theatre This Festive Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2024


Peppa Pig's Fun Day Out! will return to the West End at London's Haymarket Theatre this festive season from 28 November 2024 – 05 January 2025.

JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING & More Set for Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 28, 2024


Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati has revealed its 2024-2025 season. See full programing and learn how to purchase tickets.

Meet the Cast of PATRIOTS, Beginning Previews Tonight on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Apr 1, 2024


The Almeida Theatre production of Patriots officially begins previews on Broadway tonight, April 1. Meet the cast of Patriots here!

WAITRESS, FAT HAM & More Set for San Francisco Playhouse 2024/25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 25, 2024


San Francisco Playhouse has revealed its 22nd season, to be presented September 2024 to September 2025. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld March 22, 2024
by - Mar 22, 2024


Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 22, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

LEOPOLDSTADT, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, and More Set For the Huntington's 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 19, 2024


Five of the seven titles have been announced for The Huntington’s upcoming 2024/25 season. The season will feature new plays by masterful writers, the first two plays of an ambitious, epic cycle, and a soaring, contemporary classic musical. Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Four New MADE AT CURVE Productions Revealed For 2024
by Stephi Wild - Mar 19, 2024


Leicester’s Curve has announced details of four new Made at Curve productions joining its line-up in 2024. Learn more about the full lineup here!

AN INSPECTOR CALLS Will Embark on UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Mar 18, 2024


Following a sell-out tour in 2022, Stephen Daldry's multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestley's AN INSPECTOR CALLS will embark on a UK Tour for 2024-25.

MAMMA MIA!, SOME LIKE IT HOT, and More Set For Fox Cities P.A.C. 2024-25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 12, 2024


The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has unveiled the 2024-25 Season. Learn more about the full season lineup here!

STRANGER THINGS' Louis McCartney Comments on Rumored Broadway Transfer
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2024


Louis McCartney, the actor who plays Henry Creel in the stage production, recently talked about the possiblity of Stranger Things: The First Shadow coming to Broadway in 2025.

Other Productions of The Wild Party

1999   Waterford, CT (Regional) Reading
Waterford, CT (Regional)
2000   Off-Broadway Original Off-Broadway Production
Off-Broadway
2005   St. Paul, MN (Regional) Regional Revival
St. Paul, MN (Regional)
2015   Off-Broadway City Center Encores Off-Center Production
Off-Broadway
2017   West End West End Revival
West End
2025   Off-Broadway Encores! Concert Revival Production
Off-Broadway

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