Something Rotten! at Weston Drama Workshop

Friday, July 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, July 23 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, July 24 @ 7:00pm
Thursday, July 28 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, July 30 @ 8:00pm

Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John OFarrell
Music and Lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick
Directed by Chris Brindley
Music Direction by Bethany Aiken
Choreography by Caroline Workman

Two brothers set out to write the world's first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John OFarrell, Something Rotten was lauded by audience members and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years. Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as The Bard. When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the worlds 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.

Produced through special arrangements with Music Theatre International.