Stereophonic officially opened on Broadway at the Golden Theatre April 19, and the reviews are rolling in. The Broadway production is a transfer from the 2023 Off-Broadway world premiere via Playwrights Horizons. The David Adjmi-penned play began previews April 2.
The play, which features original songs by former Arcade Fire member Will Butler, will release its digital recording May 10, with a physical release available June 14. The album is available for preorder now.
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Featuring Will Brill, Andrew R. Butler, Juliana Canfield, Eli Gelb, Tom Pecinka, Sarah Pidgeon, and Chris Stack, the work invites audiences to be a fly on the wall in a 1976 music studio as an up-and-coming rock band records a new album that could catapult them to superstar status.
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As Adjmi told Playbill in a previous interview: “I definitely knew from the beginning that I wanted it to feel very granular. I wanted them to talk about very mundane things, because that is what a collaborative process is like. And even though people look really glamorous and really blown out on stage, I can channel this profound energy of when they're living their lives—doing laundry and frying an egg. I'm really interested in that duality. And I just didn't want to do a boilerplate depiction of rock stars.”
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The full Off-Broadway cast reprises their performances from the premiere, including Brill as Reg, Butler as Charlie, Canfield as Holly, Gelb as Grover, Pecinka as Peter, Pidgeon as Diana, and Stack as Simon.
The production is supported by understudies Cornelius McMoyler, Benjamin Anthony Anderson, Sofia Deler, and Lily Ganser. Casting is by Alaine Alldaffer and Taylor Williams.
Also back from the Off-Broadway premiere: director Daniel Aukin and his entire creative team, including costume designer Enver Chakartash, lighting designer Jiyoun Chang, sound designer Ryan Rumery, and music director Justin Craig.
The Broadway run is produced by Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Seaview, Sonia Friedman Productions, Linden Productions, and Ashley Melone & Nick Mills.
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Andrew R. Butler and Eli Gelb in Stereophonic
Juliana Canfield in Stereophonic
Sarah Pidgeon in Stereophonic
Sarah Pidgeon, Juliana Canfield, and Tom Pecinka in Stereophonic
Chris Stack and Will Brill in Stereophonic
Juliana Canfield in Stereophonic
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Company of Stereophonic
Tom Pecinka and Sarah Pidgeon in Stereophonic
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