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: EW stage review
8 / 10
School of Rock isn't perfect. But if, as the musical suggests, perfection is less the point than trying hard and having fun doing so, then it succeeds. There's a bit in it, repeated from the movie, in which Dewey tries to convince the other teachers that he has an educational philosophy by lifting some lines from Whitney Houston. And if the children are in fact our future, School of Rock suggests we're in pretty good hands. B+
'School of Rock' on Broadway: The kids are better than all right
8 / 10
For his much-anticipated return to Broadway, and the very theater where his ubiquitous kitties pawed and warbled their way through a different era, the ever-savvy Andrew Lloyd Webber has kept himself and his ditties more in the background. He has pushed to the fore a group of rockin'-out U.S. youngsters so capable, charming, vulnerable and aspirational, their open hearts surely will fell any and all resistance... You keep waiting for a really great rock number that never quite arrives, a sticky but repetitive ditty called 'Stick it to the Man' notwithstanding. But with the help of lyrics by Glenn Slater, the score more than does its job theatrically.
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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