West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 10:21am
Join us for a one-night-only concert featuring the music from Rufus Wainwright's musical Opening Night, based on John Cassavetes' iconic film, featuring incredible guest performances by Sara Bareilles, Laura Benanti, Darren Criss, Patti LuPone, and Elizabeth Teeter.
The show will take place at The Town Hall in NYC on September 15th, in celebration of the original West End live cast recording releasing on September 12th. A minimum of $30 per ticket sold will be donated to the ACLU's LGBTQ and HIV Project.
Pre-sale begins tomorrow at 9am ET. General on-sale starts Friday at 9am ET.
The live album features Wainwright’s songs written for the original London West End production performed by the cast including Sheridan Smith, Nicola Hughes, and Benjamin Walker recorded over the last 4 performances of the play at London’s Gielgud Theater.
Release Date: September 12, 2025
#2West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 10:39am
Oh hell yes.
#3West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 11:10am
It says presale starts tomorrow but i dont see anywhere to sign up for a code. Am I just not seeing it?
#4West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 11:12am
Sign up https://www.rufuswainwright.com/
presale code:
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#5West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 11:12amUpdated On: 5/13/25 at 11:12 AM
#6West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 11:17am
Thank you so much!
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#7West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 5:07pm
This was the worst musical I’ve ever seen in London. Don’t waste your money New York.
Not one single good song in it, not even this cast can make this worthwhile
#8West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 5:43pm
I walked out at intermission and I think it’s the only time I’ve done it. I couldn’t bare to sit through more of it. Maybe they’ll find something in the score. I must admit, I’m pretty shocked by this announcement it sounds like an April fools joke.
When my goodbye post was removed: “but I had a great dramatic finish!!!!”
Georgeanddot2
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/20
#9West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/13/25 at 7:16pm
The film is one of my favorites and it honestly seems like material that would make for a good musical, but I've heard this has worst of all time potential.
CoffeeBreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
#10West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/14/25 at 12:21am
The reviews were terrible. Sheridan Smith came out fine but the material and music are not good. It closed two months early.
#11West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/14/25 at 7:41am
binau said: "I walked out at intermission and I think it’s the only time I’ve done it. I couldn’t bare to sit through more of it. Maybe they’ll find something in the score. I must admit, I’m pretty shocked by this announcement it sounds like an April fools joke."
Sounds about right for a Rufus Wainwright project. Didn’t he blame the marketing for its early closing?
I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.
Updated On: 5/14/25 at 07:41 AM
#12West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 5/14/25 at 9:11am
Prices are pretty decent for this. Awful musical but either way this cast I’m looking forward to it.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#14West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 6/6/25 at 12:59pm
GiantsInTheSky2 said: "binau said: "I walked out at intermission and I think it’s the only time I’ve done it. I couldn’t bare to sit through more of it. Maybe they’ll find something in the score. I must admit, I’m pretty shocked by this announcement it sounds like an April fools joke."
Sounds about right for a Rufus Wainwrightproject. Didn’t he blame the marketing for its early closing?"
Even worse, I think he suggested that audiences weren’t sophisticated enough for innovative new material.
What I hated about it is it would be the artistic equivalent of someone getting the best in the business to act and sing the phone book in a monotonous drone. That is what it felt like. It was so bad that you couldn’t even really laugh at it or find anything so bad to excitedly gossip about. It was so boring and just a waste of time in every way.
I’m ALMOST angry thinking about it but I did walk out so at least I could escape.
When my goodbye post was removed: “but I had a great dramatic finish!!!!”
threecustom
Swing Joined: 11/13/12
#15West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 6/6/25 at 5:04pm
I also bolted at intermission. OY. What. a mess. Made me dislike Rufus even more than I already did!
Deena Jones
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#16West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 6/7/25 at 3:36am
Dolly80 said: "This was the worst musical I’ve ever seen in London. Don’t waste your money New York.
Not one single good song in it, not even this cast can make this worthwhile"
That's putting it kindly. It was atrocious.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#17West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 6/7/25 at 3:37am
CoffeeBreak said: "The reviews were terrible. Sheridan Smith came out finebut the material and music are not good. It closed two months early."
I disagree about Smith. That was no good. I still want my money back.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
BoringBoredBoard40
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
#18West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 6/7/25 at 4:04am
the fact no one from the west end run is doing this concert says so much
#19West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 9/16/25 at 1:15pm
Revisiting this score via the album confirms my intial impression, which is that most of Wainwright's music is really beautiful, and that the lyrics are almost universally eye-wateringly bad.
#20West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 9/16/25 at 1:19pm
The performers last night are truly the best in the business. Patti always thrills, but wow, what voices on everyone else.
#21West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 9/16/25 at 1:36pm
Was a fun night. Sitting up close watching Patti’s face while Betsy Wolfe and Elizabeth Teeter sang was great, you could clearly see just how impressed she was with their voices. But her voice is just as perfect as ever, too.
#22West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 9/16/25 at 1:42pm
I truly think Sara Bareilles could have had a successful career as a standup comedian. She is always effortlessly hilarious.
#23West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 9/16/25 at 2:03pm
I kept hoping she’d drop a hint about her new show when she kept talking about the two of them writing musicals.
#24West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 9/17/25 at 2:21am
Jordan Catalano said: "I kept hoping she’d drop a hint about her new show when she kept talking about the two of them writing musicals."
"Waitress composer Sara Bareilles and Pulitzer finalist playwright Sarah Ruhl are teaming up on a stage musical adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling 2013 novel The Interestings."
Song from the show "Enough"
#25West End musical OPENING NIGHT will receive a cast album and Town Hall concert featuring Benanti, Bareilles, Criss, LuPone, and more
Posted: 9/17/25 at 7:31am
Charley Kringas Inc said: "Revisiting this score via the album confirms my intial impression, which is that most of Wainwright's music is really beautiful, and that the lyrics are almost universally eye-wateringly bad."
I had a similar experience listening to it live in concert for the first time. Still a fun evening. Sara Bareilles’s voice is transcendent and I’m always blown away by how good Patti Lupone still sounds.
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