School of Rock - 2015 Broadway History , Info & More
Winter Garden Theatre (Broadway)
1634 Broadway New York, NY 10019
SCHOOL OF ROCK is a brand new musical based on the famous Paramount film written by Mike White which starred Jack Black.
The musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. Completely disinterested in academic work, Dewey decides to create his own curriculum, turning his class into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band.
The stage musical is produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber who has composed 12 new songs to create a score which also features all the favorite songs from the movie. SCHOOL OF ROCK, with its sensational live kids' rock band, is a loving testimony to the transforming power of music.
May the spirit of rock be with you!
School of Rock - 2015 - Broadway Cast
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'School of Rock' rolls over to Broadway
7 / 10
How could you possibly resist them, these fresh, sunny faces and sweet pre-pubescent voices that dominate the cast of School of Rock -- The Musical(*** out of four stars)? Did I mention that some of the kids also play musical instruments, live? For the uninitiated, the show, which opened Sunday at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre, is an adaptation of the beloved 2003 Jack Black movie. The film casts Black as Dewey Finn, a would-be rocker who, after getting fired from his band, borrows his house mate's identity to land a gig as substitute teacher at an elite private school.
Broadway Review: ‘School of Rock,’ The Musical
8 / 10
While paying his respects to that manic role model, Alex Brightman maintains his own appealing brand of scruffy charm as Dewey Finn, amiably ceding the spotlight to a cast of super-talented kids who rock out on the kind of songs you always wished had been in the movie...Thankfully, nothing savage has been done to the original film story - except to lay on the energetic rock songs that people tend to remember as having been in the movie.
School of Rock History
Other Productions of School of Rock
| 2015 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2016 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
| 2017 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
School of Rock - 2015 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Glenn Slater |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | School of Rock |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Mick Potter |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Alex Brightman |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | School of Rock |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Alex Brightman |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Julian Fellowes |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | School of Rock-The Musical |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Glenn Slater |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alex Brightman |
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