HOMEBOUND, ONCE IN A LIFETIME, AGAIN to Premiere at Broadway Bound Fest

Following two weeks of acclaimed new plays, the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival (BBTF) shifts the spotlight to musical theatre as it presents the world premieres of HOMEBOUND and ONCE IN A LIFETIME, AGAIN during Musical Theatre Week, beginning Wednesday, August 5, at AMT Theater in the heart of Manhattan's Theater District. The two original musicals offer audiences distinctly different journeys—one a poignant family drama set during the pandemic, the other a heartfelt and humorous story about love, loss, and second chances.

HOMEBOUND

When a pandemic lockdown traps Jack, a queer musician, in his Tennessee childhood home with his estranged, secretly dying father, a decade of silence finally has an expiration date. Can two people who never learned to speak the same language forgive each other before time runs out?

With book, music, and lyrics by Zach Adam (a multi-Top 20 hitmaker) and directed by Shea Sullivan (Leader of the Pack at Bucks County Playhouse).

The cast features Jim Stanek (Into the Woods, Fun Home, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Lestat), Sarah Dacey Charles (LES MISERABLES on Broadway; Godfather of Harlem, The Blacklist), Wonu Ogunfowora (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and A Bronx Tale, both Original Broadway Casts), and Nathan Quay Thomas (Maggie at Goodspeed Musicals; Violet at Nashville Rep).

PERFORMANCES

• Wednesday, August 5 at 8 p.m.
• Thursday, August 6 at 5 p.m.
• Friday, August 7 at 8 p.m.
• Saturday, August 8 at 2 p.m.*
• Sunday, August 9 at 5 p.m.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME, AGAIN

After his wife's death, Jesse is racked by guilt for choosing career over love. A workplace meltdown forces him into therapy, where songwriting becomes his unexpected doorway to the truth. At 65, armed with hard-won insight and shaky courage, he stumbles into the bewildering world of dating-an often comic, always tender journey to discover whether a second great love is still possible.

With book, music, and lyrics by Stephen Gardner (rhythm guitarist for Not My Problem) and directed by Misti Wills (Brilliant at Theatre Row).

The cast features Cooper Grodin (concerts with the New York Philharmonic, the American Symphony Orchestra, and Broadway Pops International), Thursday Farrar (AIDA Original Chicago and Broadway companies), and Jenny Lee Stern (Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song-Drama Desk Award; Rocky on Broadway).

PERFORMANCES

• Wednesday, August 5 at 5 p.m.
• Thursday, August 6 at 8 p.m.
• Friday, August 7 at 2 p.m.*
• Saturday, August 8 at 8 p.m.
• Sunday, August 9 at 2 p.m.

Performances marked with an asterisk will be followed by a short talkback.

Remaining 2026 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival includes HOMEBOUND book, music and lyrics by Zach Adam, MAN IN MOTION written by Alan Brooks, ONE NIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD written by Thomas Mullen and Maria Messias Mendes, ONCE IN A LIFETIME, AGAIN book, music and lyrics by Stephen Gardner, RECOVERY written by Gary Marlon Gere, and SOCIETY 2.0 written by Eric Pzena. For the full schedule, please visit https://www.broadwayboundfest.com/

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