Front Row Productions is developing a new musical for Broadway!
Set against the lush and jubilant backdrop of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro,
BLACK ORPHEUS tells a universal story of young love as it unfolds to the rich music of bossa nova kings Vinícius de Moraes and Antônio Carlos Jobim, spectacular samba dance, the martial art of Capoeira, and the rituals of the Candomblé Afro-Brazilian religion. Based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and the play Orfeu da Conceição by the great Brazilian poet and playwright Vinícius de Moraes, the 1959 film was an international blockbuster, winning the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or; then the Academy Award® and Golden Globe® for Best Foreign Language Film.
The cultural phenomenon comes to the stage in a thrilling new musical adaptation that is a groundbreaking, spirit-shaking celebration of life and a powerful call to live passionately, love deeply and never look back. @blackorpheusbwy
Booth Theater
Performances October 6, 2018 - January 27, 2019
Opening Night: November 4, 2018
by Christopher Demos-Brown
Directed by Kenny Leon
Starring:
Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale,
Eugene Lee, and Jeremy Jordan
Stage 42
Performances from July 8, 2018
Opening Night: July 22, 2018
Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Music supervision by Sonny Paladino
Orchestrations by Steve Margoshes and Sonny Paladino
Original Vocal Arrangements by Chapman Roberts
Conceived by Stephen Helper and Tom Viertel
Directed and Choreographed by Joshua Bergasse
2018 Pre-Broadway Tour
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
June 19-July 22, 2018
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
August 21-September 30, 2018
Princess of Wales, Toronto, ON
October 11-November 17, 2018
Now on Broadway!
Book by Dominique Morisseau
Music and lyrics from The Motown Catalog
Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo
Directed by Des McAnuff
Samuel J. Bernard Theatre
Opening Night: March 6, 2016
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by George C. Wolfe
Starring:
Denzel Washington, David Morse,
Colm Meaney, Pascale Armand,
Akosua Busia
**EIGHT Tony® Award Nominations**
Lyric Theatre
Opening Night: May 25, 2016
Music by Bob & Bill
Co-Composed by Andreas Carlsson
Lyrics by Andreas Carlsson
Musical Direction by Seth Stachowski
Creative Direction by Jean-François Bouchard
Conceived and Directed by Philippe Decouflé
John Golden Theatre
Opening Night: March 6, 2016
by Danai Gurira
Directed by Liesl Tommy
Starring:
Lupita Nyong'o, Saycon Sengbloh,
Zainab Jah, Pascale Armand,
Akosua Busia
**SIX Tony® Award Nominations**
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Opening Night: September 19, 2013
by William Shakespeare
Directed by David Leveaux
Starring:
Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad,
Chuck Cooper, Jane Houdeshell,
Christian Camargo, Justin Guarini
Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Opening Night: April 23, 2013
by Horton C. Foote
Directed by Michael Wilson
Starring:
Cicely Tyson (Tony® Award, Best Actress in a Play),
Cuba Gooding Jr, Vanessa Williams,
Condola Rashad, Tom Wopat
Broadhurst Theatre
Opening Night: April 22, 2012
by Tennessee Williams
Original Music by Terence Blanchard
Directed by Emily Mann
Starring:
Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker,
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Wood Harris
London's West End. Novello Theatre
Opening Night: December 1, 2009
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Debbie Allen
Starring:
James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad,
Adrian Lester, Sanaa Lathan
**2010 OLIVIER AWARD for Best Revival of a Play**
Broadhurst Theatre
Opening Night: March 6, 2008
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Debbie Allen
Starring:
James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Terrence Howard, Anika Noni Rose