Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: SOMETHING ROTTEN! To Play Final Broadway Performance January 1st, National Tour to Follow

The 10-time Tony Award nominated hit musical comedy Something Rotten!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award and Tony Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Tony Award nominees Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell will conclude its critically acclaimed engagement on Broadway on January 1, 2017 following 742 performances.

A first class US national tour will officially launch January 17, 2017 at The Boston Opera House.

"On behalf of all the producers, we are so grateful to an exceptional company and crew for a wonderful run," producer Kevin McCollum said, "It has been rewarding to have the opportunity to bring this completely original musical to the stage with Casey Nicholaw's vision and to introduce new voices in the musical theater with Karey Kirkpatrick, John O'Farrell and Wayne Kirkpatrick. And we are thrilled to announce our campaign to make America laugh again with our national tour."

Something Rotten! began performances March 23, 2015 and officially opened on April 22 at The St. James Theatre (246 West 44 Street) on Broadway.

Something Rotten! stars Tony Award nominee Rob McClure as "Nick Bottom," Tony Award nominee Will Chase as "Shakespeare," Theatre World Award winner Josh Grisetti as "Nigel Bottom," Lortel Award winner Leslie Kritzer as "Bea," two-time Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar as "Nostradamus," Catherine Brunell as "Portia," David Beach as "Brother Jeremiah," Edward Hibbert as "Lord Clapham/Master of the Justice," Gerry Vichi as "Shylock," and André Ward as "Minstrel."

Something Rotten! features Matt Allen (Honeymoon in Vegas, The Wedding Singer), Callie Carter (Tuck Everlasting, Rock of Ages), Max Clayton (On The Town, Gigi), Elizabeth Earley (Mary Poppins tour), Eric Giancola (The Book of Mormon), David Hibbard (Elf), Jenny Hill (Spamalot), Leah Hofmann (War Horse, Big Fish), Stacey Todd Holt (Rocky), Aaron Kaburick (Motown The Musical), Tari Kelly (Anything Goes), Beth Johnson Nicely (Bullets Over Broadway), Brian Ogilvie (Gigi, Mary Poppins), Aleks Pevec (Aladdin), Hayley Podschun (Wicked, Chaplin), Eric Sciotto (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Brian Shepard (Young Frankenstein), Ryan VanDenBoom (Annie), Matt Wall (Annie) and Marisha Wallace (Aladdin).

The award-winning design team of Broadway veterans includes Scott Pask (scenic design), Gregg Barnes (costume design), Jeff Croiter (lighting design), Peter Hylenski (sound design), Josh Marquette (hair design), Phil Reno (music direction / conductor), Glen Kelly (arrangements), Larry Hochman (orchestrations) and casting by Telsey + Company/Bethany Knox, CSA.

From the co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Avenue Q comes something original... something fresh... Something Rotten!, a world-premiere musical comedy about the musical comedy that started it all.

Welcome to the '90s - the 1590s - long before the dawn of premium tickets, star casting and reminders to turn off your cell phones. Brothers Nick (McClure) and Nigel Bottom (Grisetti) are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance
rockstar known as "The Bard" (Chase). When a local soothsayer (Oscar) foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world's very first MUSICAL! But amidst the scandalous excitement of Opening Night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self... and all that jazz.

With its heart on its ruffled sleeve and sequins in its soul, Something Rotten! is an uproarious dose of pure Broadway fun and an irresistible ode to musicals - those dazzling creations that entertain us, inspire us, and remind us that everything's better with an
exclamation point!

Something Rotten! is produced by Kevin McCollum, Broadway Global Ventures, CMC, Mastro/Goodman, Jerry and Ronald Frankel, Morris Berchard, Kyodo Tokyo Inc., Wendy Federman, Barbara Freitag, LAMS Productions, Winkler/DeSimone, Timothy Laczynski, Dan Markley, Harris/Karmazin, JAM Theatricals, Robert Greenblatt, and Jujamcyn
Theaters.