Are you ready to be a teacher's pet?! Tickets are now available for Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock—The Musical, starring Alex Brightman and Sierra Boggess. Directed by Les Miz's Laurence Connor, the production will begin sticking it to the man on November 9 and officially open on December 6 at the Winter Garden Theatre.
The tuner features music from the hit 2003 movie, as well as new music written by Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater, with a book by Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes. The film was penned by Mike White, directed by Richard Linklater and starred Jack Black as wannabe rock star Dewey Finn, who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. When he discovers his students’ musical talents, he enlists his fifth-graders to form a rock group and conquer the Battle of the Bands.
No word yet on additional Broadway casting, but the company joining Brightman in the tuner's recent tryout included Leslie Kritzer as Patty (Ned's mean girlfriend) and Andrew Durand as Ned (Dewey's bestie). The students included Taylor Caldwell as Shonelle, Evie Dolan as Katie, Aaron Fig as James, Carly Gendell as Marcy, Shayan Hooshmand as Mason, Bobbi Mackenzie as Tomika, Dante Melucci as Freddy, Brandon Niederauer as Zack, Luca Padovan as Billy, Jared Parker as Lawrence, Isabella Russo as Summer, Malachi Samedy as Leonard, Mikayla White as Madison and Corinne Wilson as Sophia.
Check out Broadway.com's interview with Brightman, the students and the creative team below!