Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#1Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/25/24 at 11:06am
MILLIONS
MAY 10 - JUN 15, 2025
A million dollars is a windfall. A family is a fortune.
Inspired by Frank Cottrell Boyce’s beloved novel and film, MILLIONS is a hilarious and heartwarming new musical about two brothers, their newly-widowed father, a train robber, and (possibly) a miracle.
Damien and Anthony are dealing with the loss of their mother in very different ways. So, when a duffel bag of cash falls out of the sky, Damien thinks it’s a miracle from his mom, sent to test their goodness. But Anthony knows the truth.
Created by a team of Tony Award winners, MILLIONS is an imaginative and unpredictable adventure with a book by Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone, The Prom) and an extraordinary score by Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins, The Light in the Piazza, Days of Wine and Roses), with direction by Bartlett Sher (South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, To Kill a Mockingbird).
With soaring music and a story full of surprises, MILLIONS is a modern-day fable that will enchant and entertain the entire family.
This has been in development for years with different producers attached at various points, though currently Sonia Friedman and Jeffrey Richards are the commercial producers behind it. Sonia is also behind Zora Howard & Lileana Blain-Cruz's BUST, which was also announced for Alliance's season as a co-production with the Goodman.
steve.sometime
Stand-by Joined: 12/11/22
#2Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/25/24 at 11:10am
Omg I've listened to that bootleg concert recording of Saint Who for so many times. FINALLY!
Updated On: 2/26/25 at 11:10 AM
#3Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/25/24 at 12:05pm
As long as they keep the talking trash can.
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
Signed,
Theater Workers for a Ceasefire
https://theaterworkersforaceasefire.com/statement
TimeToDither
Chorus Member Joined: 4/21/24
#4Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/26/24 at 7:22am
Can’t wait to hear this score—I absolutely love the number Audra recorded on the orchestral album.
Falsettolands
Leading Actor Joined: 11/18/13
#5Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/26/24 at 8:22am
Bob Martin and Adam Guettel is not a collaboration I would have ever guessed would happen! Very interested in this.
halfhourcheckwithmerman
Stand-by Joined: 9/25/22
#6Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/26/24 at 11:31am
steve.sometime said: "OMG!!!!!!!! I've listened to that bootleg concert recording of Saint Who for so many times. FINALLY!!!!"
Could you maybe point me in the direction of this bootleg concert recording?
Many thanks :) no worries if not
"I feel safe with you, and complete with you / I'm always finding money in the street with you."
-Sheldon Harnick
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#7Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/26/24 at 12:10pm
Falsettolands said: "Bob Martin and Adam Guettel is not a collaboration I would have ever guessed would happen! Very interested in this."
Totally agree. It’s an odd pairing since their shows tend to be so different in style. But I’m excited!
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#8Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/26/24 at 12:31pm
Based on the tone of the movie, this seems like something that could benefit from a more whimsical director than Sher, whose work often feels self-serious. Someone like Jessica Stone or Tina Landau or John Tiffany or Sam Pinkleton or even James Lapine.
The plot description makes it sound like the setting has been switched from Britain to America, which makes sense considering the creative team, though less grounded in history (the film occurs in a fictional world where Britain is transitioning from the Pound to the Euro and everyone needs to exchange their cash).
steve.sometime
Stand-by Joined: 12/11/22
#9Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/26/24 at 12:44pm
halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "steve.sometime said: "OMG!!!!!!!! I've listened to that bootleg concert recording of Saint Who for so many times. FINALLY!!!!"
Could you maybe point me in the direction of this bootleg concert recording?
Many thanks :) no worries if not"
There's more than one. In 2013 he did a concert at 54 Below, with guests Steven Pasquale and Whitney Bashor. He sang 4 songs from Millions: Find Me, Feel for This, Saint Who, Millions. And There Go I from Days of Wine and Roses. Later the same year in Melbourne, he sang Saint Who, Find Me, Millions and There Go I from DOWAR. I'm sure if you look hard enough, you will find it somewhere or it may resurface.
halfhourcheckwithmerman
Stand-by Joined: 9/25/22
#10Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/26/24 at 12:56pmthank you!!!!
"I feel safe with you, and complete with you / I'm always finding money in the street with you."
-Sheldon Harnick
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/20
#12Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 4/25/25 at 8:44am
I'm going to the special preview event tonight.
7:30 PM // ON THE COCA-COLA STAGE
Join us for a special preview event for Millions – a heartwarming new musical about two brothers, their newly widowed father, a train robber, and (possibly) a miracle, inspired by Frank Cottrell Boyce’s beloved novel and film. Featuring a discussion between Artistic Director Christopher Moses and creative team Adam Guettel, Bob Martin, and Bartlett Sher, plus a sneak peek performance from the cast, ticket discounts, and much more!
halfhourcheckwithmerman
Stand-by Joined: 9/25/22
#13Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 5/2/25 at 1:11pm
"St Who" performed at the preview event.
And a handful of demos on Guettel's website.
That overture! Crazy!
"I feel safe with you, and complete with you / I'm always finding money in the street with you."
-Sheldon Harnick
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#14Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 5/2/25 at 1:45pm
Woah! Indeed a crazy overture.
Going by the digital program, looks like Guettel orchestrated the show himself alongside Jamie Lawrence (his DAYS OF WINE & ROSES collaborator) and Billy Jay Stein did the electronic music programming.
The show has a 9 piece orchestra + conductor:
- Keyboard
- Drums
- Basses
- Guitars
- Horn
- Trumpet/Flugel
- Trombone
- Reed 1
- Reed 2
#15Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 5/2/25 at 1:50pm
Stunning tracks released, as expected. Guettel is really on a whole different level from everyone else working today.
#16Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 5/2/25 at 1:52pm
Love it. Adam is one of the best we have!
#17Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 5/2/25 at 2:35pm
Wow, one listen of that Overture and that is a genuinely new and groundbreaking sound for a Broadway musical.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#18Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 5/2/25 at 3:56pm
He really is one of the best we have. I can't wait to travel to Atlanta to see Steven and Ruthie sing this score. Tickets are very reasonable and the theater looks gorgeous.
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CoffeeBreak
Broadway Star Joined: 3/30/17
#19Adam Guettel & Bob Martin's MILLIONS will premiere at Alliance Theatre in Spring 2025, directed by Bartlett Sher
Posted: 5/2/25 at 5:13pm
OooooO! This is exciting!
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