Based on the 1992 Castle Rock Entertainment film of the same name, Honeymoon in Vegas opened on Broadway Jan. 15 following previews that began Nov. 18, 2014. The musical had previously played an engagement at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse in the fall of 201.
Honeymoon in Vegas played its final performance at Broadway's Nederlander Theater April 5. As of closing, it had played 66 previews and 93 regular performances for a total of 159 shows for a New York audience.
The musical was praised by critics, but failed to catch on at the box office. The production grossed $371,576.00 for the week ending March 29. Read reviews here.
Along with Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Danza, the cast was led by Tony nominee Rob McClure, Brynn O'Malley and with David Josefsberg, Tony Award nominee Nancy Opel and Matthew Saldivar. The Broadway premiere reunited all six principal actors who appeared in the world premiere at Paper Mill.
O'Malley was recently part of Playbill.com's Diva Talk column. Read it here. Joining the six artists were Matt Allen, Tracee Beazer, Grady McLeod Bowman, Barry Busby, Leslie Donna Flesner, Gaelen Gilliland, Albert Guerzon, Raymond J. Lee, George Merrick, Jessica Naimy, Zachary Prince, Catherine Ricafort, Jonalyn Saxer, Brendon Stimson, Erica Sweany, Cary Tedder and Katie Webber.
In addition to director Gary Griffin and choreographer Denis Jones, the creative team also featured three-time Tony Award nominee Anna Louizos (scenic design); Emmy Award winner Brian C. Hemesath (costume design); Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (lighting design); Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer and Drama Desk Award winner Drew Levy (sound design); Tony and Grammy Award winner Don Sebesky, Larry Blank, Jason Robert Brown and Charlie Rosen (orchestrations); Tom Murray (music director); Charles G. LaPointe (hair and wig design); and Kathy Fabian/Propstar (props).
Honeymoon in Vegas has a book by "Blazing Saddles" and "Fletch" writer Andrew Bergman and a score by three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown. The musical, according to press notes, "tells the story of Jack Singer (Rob McClure), a regular guy with an extreme fear of marriage, who finally gets up the nerve to ask his girlfriend Betsy (Brynn O'Malley) to marry him. But when they head to Las Vegas to get hitched, smooth talking gambler Tommy Korman (Tony Danza), looking for a second chance at love, falls head over heels for Betsy. What happens next is anybody's bet!"
The Broadway musical was produced by Dena Hammerstein, Roy Gabay, Rich Entertainment Group, Dan Farah, Metro Card, King's Leaves, Dan Frishwasser, Leslie Greif/Thom Beers, Suzi Dietz & Lenny Beer, Howard Hoffman/Anna Czekaj, Important Musicals, Sharon Karmazin, L.G. Scott, Martin Markinson in association with Ken Greiner/Ruth Hendel, Krauss Freitag/Boyle Koenigsberg, Rick Steiner/Bell-Staton Group and Paper Mill Playhouse.
The original cast recording is available from Universal Music Enterprises. The recording is produced by composer and three-time Tony Award winner Brown and Emmy Award winner Jeffrey Lesser.
Additional casting, dates and venues for the 2016 tour will be announced at a later date.
