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The Bandstand at Paper Mill PlayhouseTony Award nominee Laura Osnes (Cinderella), Corey Cott (Gigi) and Tony winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) star in The Bandstand, a new musical directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton) that officially opened Oct. 18 at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey.
October 20, 2015
Set in 1945, the final year of World War II, the self-described "big-band musical" chronicles the story of a mismatched band of WWII veterans who join together to compete in a radio contest with dreams of stardom. The show has music by Cirque du Soleil’s Richard Oberacker and book and lyrics by Robert Taylor and Oberacker.
Leavel and Osnes took part in a New York City workshop of the musical in September 2014. Performances began Oct. 8 and are scheduled to run through Nov. 8. There has been talk of a future Broadway life for the production, but no theatre or dates have been announced.
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See Laura Osnes and Corey Cott Go 1940s as They Rehearse World Premiere Musical Bandstand!
See Laura Osnes and Corey Cott Go 1940s as They Rehearse World Premiere Musical Bandstand!
Take a sneak peek at Laura Osnes and Corey Cott rehearse for the new musical Bandstand. The musical, directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), will debut at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey.
The piece stars Obie Award winner Jodie Markell as propagandist filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whose work in service of the Nazis defined the visual identity of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
The Broadway alum's golden vocals brought Old Deuteronomy from Cats and the Lion from The Wiz to life, along with Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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