Screen Actors Guild Foundation and BroadwayWorld.com have partnered for a filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. Please join us for a career Conversations with Something Rotten! 2015 Tony nominees Christian Borle, Brian D'Arcy James, and Brad Oscar and moderated by BroadwayWorld.com's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!"
Synopsis:
From the director of Aladdin and co-director of The Book of Mormon – and the producer of Avenue Q and In the Heights – comes something original... something fresh... Something Rotten!, a world-premiere musical comedy about the musical comedy that started it all.
Welcome to the ‘90s — the 1590s — long before the dawn of premium tickets, star casting and reminders to turn off your cell phones. Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rockstar known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre 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... and all that jazz.
With its heart on its ruffled sleeve and sequins in its soul, Something Rotten! (Nominated for 10 Tonys including Best Musical) is an uproarious dose of pure Broadway fun and an irresistible ode to musicals — those dazzling creations that entertain us, inspire us and remind us that everything’s better with an exclamation point!
Praise About the Show
Nominated for 10 Tonys including Best Musical:
"5 stars! Broadway's FUNNIEST, SPLASHIEST musical comedy
in at least 400 YEARS!" -Time Out NY
"Fresh, Irreverent and Hysterical! Easily the funniest thing
to arrive on Broadway since The Book of Mormon!" -AP
"Yep, This is a Blockbuster!
A deliriously entertaining new musical comedy
that brings down the house!" -THE NEW YORK POST
Panelist Bios
CHRISTIAN BORLE (Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical)
Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award®), Spamalot,Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mary Poppins, Amour, Footloose, JesusChrist Superstar. Off-Broadway:Sweeney Todd (PBS’ Live atLincoln Center), Angels in America (Signature Theatre),Elegies:A Song Cycle (Lincoln Center), On The Town and LittleMe (City Center Encores!). Television: Smash, Masters of Sex, TheGood Wife, Sofia The First, Lucky Duck,The Sound of Music Live!, PeterPan Live! Film: The Bounty Hunter, Blackhat.
BRIAN D’ARCY JAMES (Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical)
Broadway: Macbeth, Nextto Normal, Time Stands Still, Shrek The Musical (Tonynom., Drama Desk Award), Apple Tree, Dirty RottenScoundrels, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Sweet Smell ofSuccess (Tony nom.), Titanic, Carousel, BloodBrothers. Select Off-Broadway: Originating King George III inPublic Theater's Hamilton, Giant, The Good Thief (Obie), PortAuthority, The Wild Party. Stars in the upcoming feature film Spotlight oppositeMichael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo and will appear in Sisters with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Select TV/Film: starred on NBC’s Smash, HBO’s Game Change, Friends with Kids, Admission,and Ghost Town.
BRAD OSCAR (Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical)
Broadway: Big Fish, NiceWork..., The Producers, (Tony Award® nomination),The Addams Family, Spamalot, Jekyll & Hyde, Aspectsof Love. National Tour: The Phantom of the Opera,YoungFrankenstein, Jekyll & Hyde. West End: The Producers.Off Broadway: Forbidden Broadway, The Body Beautiful,Encores! Bells Are Ringing and Do Re Mi. Regional: Fiddleron the Roof (Barrington Stage), Barnum (AsoloRep/Maltz Jupiter- Carbonell Award, Best Actor in a Musical), TheMystery of Irma Vep, Cabaret and Damn Yankees (ArenaStage), The First Wives Club (Old Globe). Film: Ghost Town,The Producers. Television: Smash, The Good Wife and three Law & Orders.
