Rick Elice News

The upcoming Broadway production of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS has dropped the first original song from the show’s composers, PigPen Theatre Co. The songwriting team of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS performs “Anywhere” in this new music video.  

What did our critic think of ADDAMS FAMILY THE MUSICAL at Murry's Dinner Playhouse?

The original Grammy, Tony and Olivier award-winning smash-hit musical, Jersey Boys, will close at the Trafalgar Theatre on 4 January 2024 after three hugely successful years in London’s West End.

Birmingham Village Players (BVP) with the support of our Red Carpet Sponsor of the Season, Ameritax Plus of Berkley, will present the Metro Detroit Community Theatre Premiere of Jersey Boys the Musical from October 27 to November 12. Get all the details here!

Broadway Education Alliance Inc. has announced that registration is open for the 2023-2024 Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance. Find out how to register here!

Rhino Records and Arts Music announce the release of Jersey Boys: Original Broadway Cast Recording on vinyl. The special vinyl edition and exclusive red vinyl will be available on November 17, with the red vinyl edition only at Barnes & Noble. Pre-order now!

 Education @ the Warner’s Creative Crew will present The Addams Family, Saturday, December 2 at 2 pm and 7 pm and Sunday, December 3 at 2 pm in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre. Learn more about the musical here!

Valley Youth Theatre has something for every ghoul and little pumpkin this October as it celebrates spooky season with two different musicals: The Addams Family and Spookley the Square Pumpkin: The Musical. Learn more about the upcoming performances here!

Tony nominees Robyn Hurder and Kerry Butler will lead industry readings of the stage musical adaptation of the TV show Smash. Find out who else is in the cast, and everything else we know.

The Addams Family is the current production at the Metropolis Performing Arts Center in Arlington Heights and runs through October 8. The musical, written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, is the first time the familiar characters created by Charles Addams appeared on stage.

Make sure to catch this spirited seasonal offering while you can, since much like pumpkin spice there is a limited run. Firehouse’s The Addams Family delivers much heart and haunted humor for a ghoulish good time.

Check out photos of the new marquee for Water for Elephants, coming to Broadway in 2024!

Engaging, authentic, and selling out fast.

Opening the 2023 – 2024 Season at Metropolis is the ghastly fun family comedy The Addams Family: The Musical. Former Interim Artistic Director and Stella Adler Studio of Acting Director of Musical Theatre Robbie Simpson directs this macabre musical hit. Check out production photos here!

Water for Elephants is coming to Broadway! The Broadway premiere of the new musical WATER FOR ELEPHANTS will begin previews on Saturday, February 24, 2024, and open Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). What do you need to know until then?

What did our critic think of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at The Royal Theatre?

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is making its Broadway premiere next year! The Broadway premiere of the new musical WATER FOR ELEPHANTS will begin previews on Saturday, February 24, 2024, and open Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Imperial Theatre. Learn more about the new musical and how to get tickets here!

“Oh, What a Night” when 3-D THEATRICALS in association with LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT present to our subscribers and audiences the Southern California regional theatre premiere of the Tony, Olivier & Grammy award-winning smash-hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS

Peter And The Starcatcher by Rick Elice comes to the Delaware Theatre Company in December. Performances run December 6–24.

Don't miss out on the Tony Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS at Mercury Theater Chicago. Get all the details on show dates and ticket information here.