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!
Led by the hilarious Alex Brightman in a star-making performance that genuflects to Jack Black in the movie while putting his own anarchic stamp on the role of Dewey Finn, the show knows full well that its prime asset is the cast of ridiculously talented kids, ranging in age from nine to 13. They supply a joyous blast of defiant analog vitality in a manufactured digital world... It might sound lame to suggest that School of Rock works in large part because of the charms of a bunch of adorable kids.
Alex Brightman takes over for Black in the new musical version of 'School of Rock,' which opened Sunday at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre...When he wipes his sweaty torso with a towel and then throws it into a girl's face or spews a mouthful of soda on another teacher (again, a female), he's just a big boorish thug. Missing completely is that anarchic edge of comedy...'School of Rock' is no movie classic, but worth watching because of Black. What the musical most needs is a complete overhaul for the stage; instead it gets Julian Fellowes' faithful-to-a-fault adaptation.
2015 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2016 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
2017 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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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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