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Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 2016

Ages: 6+
Opened: July 28, 2016
Closing: July 30, 2016

Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - 2016 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

New York City Center
131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York, NY 10019

The 1979 musical tells the story of Eliot Rosewater (Santino Fontana), a millionaire who drunkenly decides to blow his fortune on the inhabitants of an impoverished town after being inspired by the utopian vision of novelist Kilgore Trout (James Earl Jones). But there are forces who want to put the kibosh on Eliot's philanthropy-like Norman Mushari (Skylar Astin), a lawyer plotting to have Eliot declared insane. With an irresistible crazy-quilt score that volleys between pop, ragtime, Gilbert & Sullivan, and proto-Disney ballads, Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater deserves to be part of our world again. The Encores! Off-Center production will feature orchestrations by Danny Troob, which will be heard for the first time. Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater will run for five performances at City Center from July 27-30.


Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - 2016 - Off-Broadway Cast

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TV: Watch Highlights from Encores! GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER
by Nicole Rosky - July 27, 2016


Next up at Encores! Off-Center is Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. The first musical written by the blockbuster team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the Off-Center production will star Skylar Astin, Derrick Baskin, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Nick Choksi, Eddie Cooper, Kevin Del Aguila, Santino Fontana, Clark Johnson, James Earl Jones, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kevin Ligon, Marla Louissaint, Liz McCartney, Bonnie Milligan, Brynn O'Malley, and Kate Wetherhead. Check out a sneak peek of the cast in action below!

TV: Next Up at Encores! Off-Center... Preview Menken & Ashman's First Musical, GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER
by Nicole Rosky - July 20, 2016


Next up at Encores! Off-Center is Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. The first musical written by the blockbuster team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the Off-Center production will star Skylar Astin, Derrick Baskin, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Nick Choksi, Eddie Cooper, Kevin Del Aguila, Santino Fontana, Clark Johnson, James Earl Jones, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Eddie Korbich, Marla Louissaint, Liz McCartney, Bonnie Milligan, Brynn O'Malley, and Kate Wetherhead.

Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are the songs in Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and what's the order?
The Rosewater Foundation
Dear Ophelia
Thank God for the Volunteer Fire Brigade
Mushari's Waltz
Thirty Miles from the Banks of the Ohio
Look Who's Here
Cheese Nips
Since You Came to This Town
A Poem by William Blake
Rhode Island Tango
Eliot...Sylvia
Plain, Clean, Average Americans
A Firestorm Consuming Indianapolis
I, Eliot Rosewater
I'll Build a Statue

Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater History

Other Productions of Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

1979   Off-Off-Broadway Original Off-Off-Broadway Production
Off-Off-Broadway
1979   Off-Broadway Off-Broadway Transfer
Off-Broadway
1979   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
2005   Off-Broadway Musicals in Mufti Concert
Off-Broadway
2016   Off-Broadway New York City Center Encores Off-Center Production
Off-Broadway

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