PhotosPHOTO SPECIAL: Cast Members Share Rehearsal, Candid and Behind-the-Scenes Shots From the New Musical If/ThenIf/Then, the new musical by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal writers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, began its pre-Broadway world-premiere engagement Nov. 5 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. Through Twitter, the marketing team and cast members shared these early shots of rehearsal, travel, tech, photo shoots and downtime.
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PHOTO SPECIAL: Cast Members Share Rehearsal, Candid and Behind-the-Scenes Shots From the New Musical If/Then
PHOTO SPECIAL: Cast Members Share Rehearsal, Candid and Behind-the-Scenes Shots From the New Musical If/Then
If/Then, the new musical by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal writers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, began its pre-Broadway world-premiere engagement Nov. 5 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. Through Twitter, the marketing team and cast members shared these early shots of rehearsal, travel, tech, photo shoots and downtime.
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Ryann Redmond instagramming on her lunch break.
Some of the ladies of the show: Jenn Colella, LaChanze, Ann Sanders, Ryann Redmond
Idina Menzel & some of the ladies
Some festive props.
Tom Kitt & James Snyder chatting about -- what else -- a song.
About to start the first read/sing through
Ladies and gentlemen, the lovely & talented Jason Tam
Asst Music Director Marco Paguia, MD Carmel Dean and vocal arranger Annmarie Milazzo prepping for rehearsal.
First official selfie of the process. Idina Menzel & her men Anthony Rapp and James Snyder
Here is Tamika Lawrence
Is Anthony Rapp working on his script? Nah, he's playing Rayman Legends on his Vita during his lunch break.
Here's LaChanze saying Peace Out.
End of the week dinner with the gang.
Selfie w/ Jenn Colella & Anthony Rapp
Snack time for La Chanze
James Snyder: @lachanze takes very good care of her @gibsonguitar during @IfThenMusical rehearsal.
October just got real! Miguel Cervantes and Joe Aaron Reid chowing down Halloween style at rehearsal.
Here's Jenn Colella rocking Fedora Friday chatting with La Chanze
Who knows what goes through the vaguely insane mind of Ryann Redmond on any given day?
Here are @JasonWTam & @joeaaronreid & @mmcerveza
The lovely and talented and very funny Ann Sanders
James Snyder catching up on some reading
Here's James Snyder working hard in rehearsal as always.
Tamika Lawrence rocking a felt crown today
Here we go! The cast is on their way to DC
"First day at the theater! The IF/THEN cast has ARRIVED!"
The fellas! @jerrydixonnyc @TylerMcgee82 @mmcerveza @JoeCassidyNYC
Next to Normal and Rent director Michael Greif directs the production that will play the National Theatre through Dec. 8. It officially opens in Washington, D.C., Nov. 24.
Following the out-of-town premiere, If/Then will begin Broadway previews March 5, 2014, towards a March 27 opening night at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The musical has music by Kitt, with book and lyrics by Yorkey. The writers earned the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for penning Next to Normal. It has musical direction by Carmel Dean and orchestrations by Tony Award winner Michael Starobin, who previously collaborated with Kitt on Next to Normal.
The cast boasts Menzel (Wicked, Rent), LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once on This Island), Anthony Rapp (Rent), James Snyder (Cry-Baby), Jerry Dixon (tick, tick…Boom!, Once on This Island), Jenn Colella (Chaplin, High Fidelity), Jason Tam (A Chorus Line, Lysistrata Jones) and Tamika Lawrence (Matilda).
Also featured are Joe Cassidy (Working), Miguel Cervantes (American Idiot, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Curtis Holbrook (West Side Story, Xanadu), Stephanie Klemons (In The Heights), Tyler McGee (Ghost), Ryann Redmond (Bring It On), Joe Aaron Reid (Catch Me If You Can) and Ann Sanders (Leap of Faith).
The cast also includes Jackie Burns, Marc de la Cruz, Charles Hagerty, Janet Krupin and Pearl Sun.
David Stone, who also produced Wicked and Next to Normal, is shepherding the project about a woman on the cusp of 40, who returns to New York City to start fresh.
If/Then has choreography by Larry Keigwin, set design by Tony Award nominee Mark Wendland (Next to Normal, The Merchant of Venice), costume design by Emily Rebholz (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), lighting design by Tony Award winner Kenneth Posner (Kinky Boots, Wicked) and sound design by Tony Award winner Brian Ronan (Next To Normal, The Book of Mormon).
According to the creators, "If/Then is an original musical set at the intersection of choice and chance, where the road you takes meets the road you didn't. Tony Award winner Menzel makes her much-anticipated return to the stage in this contemporary new musical as Elizabeth, a woman rebuilding her life in New York, a city of infinite possibilities."
After nine months of patiently waiting for a moment that could have never come, this standby is now enjoying his first week of performances as Bobby Darin.
