Sing Street (musical)

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Sing Street
Music Gary Clark
John Carney
LyricsGary Clark
John Carney
Book Enda Walsh
Basis Sing Street
by John Carney
Simon Carmody
Productions2019 Off-Broadway
2022 Boston

Sing Street is a musical with music and lyrics by Gary Clark and John Carney and a book by Enda Walsh. The musical is based on Carney's 2016 film of the same name. The stage adaptation was originally presented at New York Theatre Workshop. Directed by Rebecca Taichman and produced by Barbara Broccoli, Brian Carmody, Patrick Milling-Smith, Michael Wilson, Orin Wolf, and Frederick Zollo, the musical was initially set to premiere on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in previews on March 26, 2020 and officially on April 19 with the same cast, but was ultimately delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] Nevertheless, a cast recording featuring the original Broadway cast was released on April 22, 2020. [3] The show was presented by the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston in the fall of 2022, with plans to move to Broadway. [4]

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Overview

The musical takes place in 1982, in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

Productions

Off-Broadway (2019) and cancelled Broadway production (2020)

Sing Street, like Carney's film Once , was adapted for the stage as a musical, also called Sing Street. The screenplay was adapted by Enda Walsh (who also wrote the book for the musical Once ) and the production was directed by Rebecca Taichman. The show opened at New York Theatre Workshop on December 16, 2019 after extensive workshops and three weeks of preview performances. The production closed on January 26, 2020, with initial plans to transfer to the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway in the following March with the cast intact. [5] [6] However, the production was postponed due to the shutdown of Broadway theaters. [1] Although this iteration of the production never opened on Broadway, an original Broadway cast recording was released.

Boston (2022)

A second production ran at Boston's Calderwood Pavilion, presented by The Huntington Theatre in association with Sing Street Broadway LLC. The run, which began on August 26 and concluded on October 9, 2022, once again has direction by Rebecca Taichman, choreography by Sonya Tayeh, and set design by Bob Crowley. Costume design was by Crowley and Lisa Zinni, lighting design was by Natasha Katz, sound design was by Peter Hylenski, video design were by Luke Halls and Brad Peterson, Wigs/Hair and Makeup are by Tommy Kurzman. [4] [7]

London (2025)

On October 8, 2024, producer Barbara Broccoli announced that Sing Street would play the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in London in Summer 2025, with hopes for an eventual West End transfer. Taichman will once again direct, joined by much of the team from the Huntington production including choreographer Tayeh. [8]

Characters and original cast

CharacterWorkshopOff-BroadwayBoston [7]
20192022
Darren MulveyMax BartosDiego Lucano
GaryBrendan C. CallahanMichael Lepore
Robert LalorBilly Carter
Raphina Zara Devlin Courtnee Carter
Brendan LalorGus Halper Dónal Finn
LarryJakeim HartElijah Lyons
Brother Baxter Martin Moran Armand Schultz
Sandra Anne L. Nathan
BarryJohnny NewcombJack DiFalco
Conor Lalor Brenock O'Connor Adam Bregman
KevinGian Perez
EamonSam PoonBen Wang
Declan [9] Anthony Genovesi
Anne LalorSkyler VolpeAlexa Xioufaridou Moster
Penny Lalor Julia Murney Amy Warren Dee Roscioli

Musical numbers

New York Theatre Workshop

Boston

All songs are taken from the original film, except "Just Can't Get Enough", "Faith of Our Fathers", and "Dream for You".

Awards and nominations

Original Off-Broadway production

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2020 Lucille Lortel Awards [10] Outstanding Featured Actor in a MusicalGus HalperNominated
Drama League Awards [11] Outstanding Production of a MusicalNominated
Distinguished Performance AwardBrenock O'ConnorNominated
Off-Broadway Alliance Awards [12] Best New MusicalNominated

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