NPH to do Tick...Tick...Boom! in London

This is hot.... Neil Patrick Harris will open Tick Tick Boom! in London!

LONDON -- "tick, tick ... BOOM!," the three-character Jonathan Larson musical that went through several casts Off Broadway, will open at a fringe London venue at the end of May. American thesp Neil Patrick Harris will star.
Scott SchwartzScott Schwartz will direct the production at the Menier Chocolate Factory, previously home to the popular one-man play "Fully Committed," starring Mark Setlock, which transferred to the Arts Theater for a commercial run.

Show starts perfs May 31, opens June 9 and is skedded for a 14-week run through Sept. 3. Production will have an all-British creative team, aside from Schwartz and leading man Harris, whose New York theater credits include "Cabaret," "Proof" and "Assassins." (Raul Esparza originated the role Off Broadway.) The inhouse production team at the Menier in southeast London pegged the capitalization at $130,000.

The success of Larson's show, which was produced in New York after the "Rent" composer's death, will be something of a test case for Off Broadway tuners in London, a town that can be unfriendly to contempo American musicals.

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Thanks. Thats excellent news. Too bad its in over London and I'm here.

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I wish I was in London. I told my mom that Les Miz was still playing in London (am I right?) but i dont think we are going in the 14 weeks its playing.

*goes to London*

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm DEAD! I'm SO in London! Why did I leave London and move to NYC.... London, it's time I returned for a visit.

QM

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Updated On: 4/10/05 at 09:02 PM

*puts Emcee in her pocket and start packing suitcases*

QM

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TheNPH, what's the source of your article?

QM

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Thank you very much. I'm really going, I need to catch up on a few shows anyway and now I have the perfect excuse. I'm 100% going.

QM

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Have any extra pockets, QM?

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*pokes bank statement, hoping it will grow*

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BUMP

Just have to rub into everyone's face that I bought my first ticket for this... and YES, I'm going to London!

QM

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I'm wondering about how well this will do there, considering that RENT wasn't really as much of a success in London as people had hoped it would be, apparently. I mean, I'm assuming TTB did well in New York because of familiarith with Larson, so I wonder if it will attract attention even if a lot of people there don't know that much about him.... or do they?

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Emcee, it's going to be playing at a very small venue. I assume that it might get a good, loyal following and that's all they need.
Rent had a loyal following too but just not quite enough to fill that huge theatre.

And Amasis, you love me really. Nia, I wish you could come.

QM

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