It's finally proven too hard to be the Bard. Something Rotten!, the world premiere musical comedy about the musical comedy that started it all, is set to shutter on January 1, 2017. At time of closing, the production, starring Rob McClure, Will Chase, Josh Grisetti and more, will have played 742 performances at Broadway's St. James Theatre. Something Rotten! officially opened on April 22, 2015.
As previously reported, a first class US national tour will officially launch on January 17 at the Boston Opera House.
Directed by Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten! features a score by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell. Set in the 1590s, the show follows brothers Nick (McClure) and Nigel (Grisetti) Bottom, who are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rockstar known as “The Bard" (Chase). When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theater involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self ...