![]() ![]() The musical opened on Broadway, produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, at Studio 54 on October 6, 2016, and closed on January 15, 2017. And the Muny is the biggest stage around." Murin noted of the new venue: "he Goodspeed is notoriously tiny, a postage stamp. Directed by Greenberg, the cast featured Murin, Racey and Rutigliano returning as Linda, Ted and Danny, with Nancy Opel as Louise, Colin Donnell as Jim and Holly Ann Butler as Lila. Louis, from July 6 through July 12, 2015. The cast featured Noah Racey and then Gavin Lee as Ted, Patti Murin as Linda, Susan Mosher as Louise, Tally Sessions as Jim, Danny Rutigliano as Danny and Haley Podschun as Lila. The show was directed by Gordon Greenberg with choreography by Denis Jones. ![]() The musical premiered at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, running from September 19 to December 28, 2014. (It's been less than three years since Holiday Inn transformed from an idea in a conference room to a Broadway bow.) Having tested the waters in a small house (Goodspeed) and in a huge amphitheater (MUNY), the show finds its middle ground on the Main Stem." Bryce Pinkham said that "We’re doing it because it's a new version, it's been adapted by our contemporaries, and we are providing audiences the chance to reflect on how far we’ve come-considering the style and manners in which the original was made and the differences we’ve chosen to make in ours." Playbill reported that "so many people felt the need for this on Broadway that the show was fast-tracked. The creators also requested songs from the Irving Berlin catalog. The musical opened on Broadway in 2016 after premiering at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2014.Ĭhris Herzberger, executive at Live Theatricals at Universal Stage Productions, who developed the musical, said that, "I ask, 'Is it a great story, one that will move me, make me laugh or cry? And will it benefit from what is unique about theater, which is the live experience?'" Much of the film score was kept, with several songs omitted, including the minstrel number performed in blackface. The libretto is by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. He was born and raised in Oregon, lived in Los Angeles for quite a long time and now calls New York City his home.Holiday Inn (also known as Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical) is a musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1942 film of the same name. Break out the balloons because stars Corbin Bleu, Bryce Pinkham, Lora Lee Gayer, Lee Wilkof, Megan Sikora, Megan Lawrence and Morgan Gao are dancing across this wonderful caricature!ī wishes the vibrant cast of Holiday Inn, the New Irving Berlin Musical a happy opening, a wonderful stay on the Main Stem, Christmas presents, Easter treats and fireworks galore.Ībout the Artist: With a desire to celebrate the magic of live theater and those who create it, and with a deep reverence for such touchstones as the work of Al Hirschfeld and the wall at Sardi’s, Squigs is happy and grateful to be among those carrying on the traditions where theater and caricature meet. To celebrate the new Irving Berlin musical's Great White Way bow (and Christmas and the Fourth of July and Easter), Resident Artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson created a kaleidoscopic, colorful sketch of the dazzling cast. Based off of the Oscar-winning 1942 film that starred Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, the Gordon Greenberg-helmed tuner has already been extended through January 15, 2017. It's a lovely day today! The rainbow bright Broadway musical Holiday Inn opens officially on October 6 at Studio 54. ![]()
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