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The Wild Party

Closing: May 11, 2025
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New York City Center
131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York, NY 10019
Run Type Limited Run
Market Off-Broadway
Previews April 30, 2025
Led by Music Director Mary‐Mitchell Campbell, Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, and Creative Producing Director Clint Ramos, the Tony‐honored Encores! series returns in 2025 with a season of musical theater revivals to captivate both seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Closing out the 2025 Encores! series from April 30 through May 11 is The Wild Party. With music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and book by LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe, The Wild Party brings Joseph Moncure March’s notorious poem to life in this vivid musical adaptaƟon. What happens when a night of debauchery leads to a morning of sobering truths? Directed by Saheem Ali with Encores! Music Director Mary‐Mitchell Campbell, this “dangerous, seedy, fantasƟc” (The Observer) gin‐soaked party is full of jazz‐age indulgence and Vaudeville stars leƫng loose off‐the‐clock.

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by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2026


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2026 Tony Awards- The Nominees React
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Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 17, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Wild Party FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are the songs in The Wild Party and what's the order?
Queenie Was a Blonde Marie Is Tricky Wild Party Dry Welcome to My Party Like Sally Breezin' Through Another Day Uptown Eddie and Mae Gold and Goldberg Moving Uptown Black Bottom Best Friend A Little M-M-M Tabu Taking Care of the Ladies Wouldn't It Be Nice Lowdown-Down Gin Wild Need Black Is a Moocher People Like Us After Midnight Dies Golden Boy The Movin' Uptown Blues The Lights of Broadway More Love Ain't Nothin Welcome to Her Party What I Need How Many Women in the World? When It Ends This Is What It Is Finale

The Wild Party History

Other Productions of The Wild Party

2000   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
2003   London Fringe London Revival
London Fringe
2005   Los Angeles Los Angeles Revival
Los Angeles
2026   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway

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