The Black Suits
OFF SALE
Oct 27 – Nov 24, 2013
World Premiere
Scattered among the drums and guitars are the hopes, dreams, angst, and rebellion of a new generation screaming to be heard.
Joe Iconis made a big Smash when he penned “Broadway Here I Come” for the NBC series. Now this Jonathan Larson Award-winning composer takes us behind the music as four teenage Long Island misfits band together to escape Garden City, to conquer the world, to be “cool and whatever.”
Now if the Black Suits can only win the St. Anne’s Battle of the Bands, their friendship just might survive the perilous transition to adulthood.
The Black Suits celebrates the wannabe rock star in all of us: with a score that sends us out of the theatre singing and longing to be 18 again.
Creative Team
Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis
Book by Joe Iconis, Robert Emmett Maddock
Directed by John Simpkins
Scenic Design Derek McLane
Costume Design Paloma Young
Lighting Design Ben Stanton
Sound Design ACME Sound Partners
Music Direction and Orchestrations by Charlie Rosen
Choreography Jennifer Werner
cast
Starring Norm Lewis
Eugene Lee
Will Adams
Brandon Alvión
Sheldon D. Brown
Malik Esoj Childs
Ja'Quán Cole
William Connell
Charles Everett
Alex Michael Givens
Matthew Goodrich
Chattan Mayes Johnson
Branden Davon Lindsay
Tarik Lowe
Al’Jaleel McGhee
Howard W. Overshown
Alex Ross
OFF SALE
October 27 – November 24, 2013
Kirk Douglas Theatre
Center Theatre Group acknowledges the generous support of Brindell Roberts Gottlieb for this production.
The Black Suits was originally produced Off -Broadway in a developmental presentation at the Summer Play Festival. Developed at Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfi eld, MA Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, and William Finn, Artistic Producer, Musical Theatre Lab