Something Rotten! stars Brian d'Arcy James (a 2015 Tony nominee for Best Actor in a Musical) and John Cariani as the Bottom brothers, a pair of struggling writers who, with the help of a soothsayer (Brad Oscar, nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical), try to outdo their arch nemesis William Shakespeare (Christian Borle, also nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical) by bringing the world's first musical to the stage.