Discovered on the streets of Europe, Stomp would incredibly evolve to become a global phenomenon, entertaining audiences from London to Las Vegas with its idiosyncratic combination of athleticism and physical comedy. For anyone who's never experienced Stomp firsthand, this performance offers the next best thing to being there. The production and its cast have appeared on episodes of children’s shows Reading Rainbow and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, then later on the comedy Mad About You it’s been parodied by Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons and appeared as an answer on Jeopardy!.One of the most successful stage productions of all time comes home to Brighton, England, in this release featuring a Summer 2008 performance of the show that's entertained more than fifteen million people across forty-two countries. The show, which sees both household and industrial objects - dustbins, lighters, shopping carts, radiator hoses, boots, hubcaps and brooms - used as musical instruments by a band of body percussionists, has been a recognizable staple in pop culture for nearly three decades. The show held engagements across the globe, including in Abu Dhabi, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Palestine, Russia, Singapore and South Africa. Since its opening, Stomp has launched not just North American and European tours, but South and Central American tours, with an equally long-running West End production and additional sit-down productions in San Francisco, Boston and Las Vegas. “While we’re sad to see it close at The Orpheum Theatre, we couldn’t be prouder of the impact that Stomp has had - and will continue to have - as the tours run both here and in Europe.” We could not have imagined the remarkable success it would enjoy, becoming part of popular culture, touring for years, and making an unmistakable imprint on the theatre landscape here and all over the world,” the show’s producers said in a statement. “We fell in love with Stomp when we first saw it in Europe and when we brought this hard-to-describe show here, we imagined that it would find an audience. Stern, Gallin/Sandler, Markley/Manocherian and the late Gary McAvay and Morton Wolkowitz serve as the show’s producers.
Richard Frankel, Marc Routh, Alan Schuster, Aldo Scrofani, Bang! Theatricals, Harriet Newman Leve, James D. The production team includes McNicholas Mike Roberts, who helms technical supervision rehearsal director Fiona Wilkes production stage manager Paul Botchis general manager FGTM/Roberta Roberts and associate producer Fred Bracken.
The show’s current New York City cast is Alan Asuncion, Micah Cowher, John Gavin, Desmond Howard, Jayme Overton, Tamii Sakurai, Emmanuel “Manny” Scott and Reggie Talley. The show has won a number of awards, including the Olivier for best choreography, an OBIE award, a Drama Desk award for unique theatre experience, and a Legend of Off-Broadway award. Stomp’s closing will mark a total of 13 preview performances and 11,472 regular performances at the theater it initially opened in on Feb. The musical, which is Broadway’s longest-running show, with a run of more than 30 years, is scheduled to close in April (the original closing date was delayed due to demand). Phantom of the Opera is another notable example. The closing, after a run of 29 years, joins many other live theatrical productions impacted by lower than usual tourism numbers, particularly among international visitors, who lag behind domestic in terms of a rebound, as well as rising costs related to inflation as well as COVID-19 testing and coverage. 'Awards Chatter' Podcast - Brian d'Arcy James ('Into the Woods' & 'Days of Wine and Roses')
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