Contact: Polk & Co.
Matt Polk, Tom D’Ambrosio, Frances White, Sasha Pensanti
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TO PLAY FINAL PERFORMANCE SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014
AT BROADWAY’S WINTER GARDEN THEATRE
ROCKY will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on Sunday, August 17th, having played 28 previews and 188 regular performances. Tickets for the final five weeks of performances can be purchased at the Winter Garden box office (1634 Broadway), by visiting Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200. Stage Entertainment is currently exploring future productions across the U.S. as well as internationally.
ROCKY received its world premiere in fall 2012 in Hamburg, Germany, where it continues to play to packed houses. The musical opened on Broadway on March, 13, 2014 at the historic Winter Garden theatre. Richard Zoglin of TIME reports ROCKY “turns an unlikely film property into a Broadway musical with both spectacle and heart.” Terry Teachout from The Wall Street Journal hails ROCKY as “an unpretentious slice of honest entertainment whose rock-‘em-sock-‘em finale will set the snobbiest of theatergoers to cheering in spite of themselves.” David Cote from Time Out NY exclaims “ROCKY send us staggering into the night punch-drunk, love-struck and begging for more.” Thom Geier from Entertainment Weekly says it “Delivers edge-of-your-seat thrills!” And Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune exclaims ROCKY is “a massive theatrical spectacle! There will be no questions in theatergoers’ minds that they have experienced the thrill of the fight.”
ROCKY features an original score by the Tony Award-winning team Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Once on This Island), with a book by multiple Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (The Producers, Hairspray, Annie) and Sylvester Stallone, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1976 Oscar-winning Best Picture, Rocky. The production is directed by Tony nominee Alex Timbers (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson), and features choreography by Tony nominees Steven Hoggett (Once) and Kelly Devine (Rock of Ages).
The ROCKY cast features Tony nominee Andy Karl (Rocky), Margo Seibert (Adrian), Terence Archie (Apollo Creed), Dakin Matthews (Mickey) Danny Mastrogiorgio (Paulie), Jennifer Mudge (Gloria)and ensemble members Adrian Aguilar, Eric Anderson, Michelle Aravena, James Brown III, Sam J. Cahn, Vincent Corazza, Kevin Del Aguila, Ned Eisenberg, Bradley Gibson, Stacey Todd Holt, Sasha Hutchings, David Andrew Macdonald, Vasthy Mompoint, Vince Oddo, Okieriete Onaodowan, Adam Perry, Kristin Piro, Luis Salgado, John Schiappa, Samantha Shafer, Wallace Smith, Jenny Lee Stern, Dan’yelle Williamson and Mark Zimmerman.
ROCKY features set design by Tony Award-winner Chris Barreca (Marie Christine), costume design by Tony nominee David Zinn (Picnic, Other Desert Cities), lighting design by Tony Award-winner Christopher Akerlind (Light in the Piazza), sound design by Tony nominee Peter Hylenski (Motown, Rock of Ages), video design by Dan Scully and Pablo N. Molina, orchestrations by Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Tony award-winner Doug Besterman (The Producers) with music supervision by David Holcenberg (Matilda).
ROCKY brings to life the iconic and inspiring story of struggling small time Philly boxer, Rocky Balboa, who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to go the distance against heavyweight champ Apollo Creed. Both an adrenaline-infused spectacle and a surprising story of blossoming romance between two lonely outsiders, ROCKY is a heart-stopping and viscerally theatrical new musical for everyone brave enough to follow their dream.
Tickets can be purchased at the Winter Garden box office (1634 Broadway), by visiting Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200. Please visit ROCKYBROADWAY.com for more information. The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 7pm.
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