Manhattan Theatre Club will present the upcoming world premiere of ROMANTIC POETRY, a new musical by John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger.
The show will star Jeb Brown (Grease, Ring of Fire), Jerry Dixon (tick, tick… BOOM!; Once On This Island), Ivan Hernandez (Zhivago, The Fantasticks), Mark Linn-Baker (Almost An Evening, "Perfect Strangers"), Patina Renea Miller (Hair, "All My Children"), and Emily Swallow (High Fidelity, The Black Eyed).ROMANTIC POETRY will feature book and lyrics by John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck), music by Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls), and direction by Shanley.ROMANTIC POETRY will begin performances at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street) on Tuesday, September 30. The limited engagement will open Tuesday, October 28.From the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Doubt and the two-time Tony Award-nominated composer of Dreamgirls comes this crackpot musical romance.Connie of Woodmere has just married Fred of Newark, but her exes are back in the picture and not sure they approve of the union. Mary of Greenpoint climbs Frankie of Little Italy's fire escape with amorous erotic intent - but things go awry as she reaches for her dream.
Jeb Brown, Mark Linn-Baker, Emily Swallow, Ivan Hernandez, Patina Renea Miller and and Jerry Dixon
Jeb Brown, Mark Linn-Baker, Emily Swallow, Ivan Hernandez, Patina Renea Miller and and Jerry Dixon
Mark Linn-Baker, Ivan Hernandez, Emily Swallow, John Patrick Shanley, Henry Krieger, Patina Renea Miller, Jerry Dixon and Jeb Brown
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