SCHOOL OF ROCK is a brand new musical based on the famous Paramount film written by Mike White which starred Jack Black.
The musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. Completely disinterested in academic work, Dewey decides to create his own curriculum, turning his class into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band.
The stage musical is produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber who has composed 12 new songs to create a score which also features all the favorite songs from the movie. SCHOOL OF ROCK, with its sensational live kids' rock band, is a loving testimony to the transforming power of music.
May the spirit of rock be with you!
Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest effort 'School of Rock: The Musical' will win no prizes for originality. A faithful-bordering-on-slavish adaptation of the 2003 Richard Linklater comedy, this big, noisy musical transposes virtually every scene from the film onto the stage... Lloyd Webber's music and Glenn Slater's lyrics are a forgettable pastiche of contemporary Top 40 pop-rock, as if Creed, One Republic and Train all turned up to perform at a junior high school mixer.
For his much-anticipated return to Broadway, and the very theater where his ubiquitous kitties pawed and warbled their way through a different era, the ever-savvy Andrew Lloyd Webber has kept himself and his ditties more in the background. He has pushed to the fore a group of rockin'-out U.S. youngsters so capable, charming, vulnerable and aspirational, their open hearts surely will fell any and all resistance... You keep waiting for a really great rock number that never quite arrives, a sticky but repetitive ditty called 'Stick it to the Man' notwithstanding. But with the help of lyrics by Glenn Slater, the score more than does its job theatrically.
2015 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2016 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
2017 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Glenn Slater |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | School of Rock |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Mick Potter |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Alex Brightman |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | School of Rock |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Alex Brightman |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Julian Fellowes |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | School of Rock-The Musical |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Glenn Slater |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alex Brightman |
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