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School of Rock: The Musical: Original Cast Recording

The School of Rock

Shows · The School of Rock

Slacker guitarist Dewey Finn is kicked out of his band and, desperate for cash, impersonates his roommate to take a substitute teaching job at a prestigious prep school. When he discovers his uptight students are secretly talented musicians, Dewey transforms them into a rock band and enters them in a Battle of the Bands competition — all behind the back of the school's stern principal. Along the way, the kids learn t…

Opened
2015
Performances
1,309
Type
Musical
Era
Contemporary
Music: Andrew Lloyd WebberLyrics: Glenn SlaterBook: Julian Fellowes

Productions3 on Broadway

2015 Winter Garden Theatre Original. December 6, 2015 · Laurence Connor 1,309 performances
2018 Transfer Theatre not recorded.
2020 Transfer Theatre not recorded. August 21, 2019

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

US Concord Theatricals ALW Collection available

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In the literature5 passages

In 2015 he was working on a musical version of School of Rock for Broadway. book:razzle-dazzle-the-battle-for-broadway-michael-riedel-2015-simon-schuster-limited#p435

But he would not have another Broadway hit until School of Rock in 2015. book:singular-sensation-the-triumph-of-broadway-the-triumph-of-michael-riedel-first-a#p32

School of Rock (2015). Considering that substitute teacher Mr. Finn has his students playing ear-shatteringly loud music, why isn’t the teacher in the next room barging in to complain and put a stop to all that noise? book:the-book-of-broadway-musical-debates-disputes-and-peter-filichia-rowman-littlefi#p109

Because of the good word from the States, School of Rock had a healthy presale in London and business was brisk from the start. It is, as of this writing, still running. book:the-mikado-to-matilda-british-musicals-on-the-new-york-thomas-s-hischak-rowman-l#p337

Finally, in 2015 the screen-to-stage School of Rock brought a little more success back to the composer. book:the-musical-a-concise-history-second-edition-ga-nzl-kurt-findlay-jamie-2-2022010#p456

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