BROOKLYNITE

Book by Michael Mayer and Peter Lerman
Music and Lyrics by Peter Lerman
Based on characters created by Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman
Choreography by Steven Hoggett
Directed by Michael Mayer
WITH ANDREW CALL, GERARD CANONICO, MAX CHERNIN, NICK CHOKSI, NICK CORDERO, MATT DOYLE, CARLA DUREN, ANN HARADA, JOHN-MICHAEL LYLES, GRACE MCLEAN, TOM ALAN ROBBINS, NICOLETTE ROBINSON, REMY ZAKEN

This electrifying world-premiere musical helmed by director Michael Mayer (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, SPRING AWAKENING), with music and lyrics by Peter Lerman (winner of the Jonathan Larson Award), book by Peter Lerman and Michael Mayer, and choreography by Steven Hoggett (ONCE, AMERICAN IDIOT) will be a must-see theatrical event. In BROOKLYNITE, Trey Swieskowski is an idealistic hardware store clerk who dreams of becoming a superhero. Astrolass, Brooklyn’s most celebrated superhero, is determined to throw in the cape and live like a normal Brooklynite. When they meet they hatch a plan that will change their lives forever.  But can they save Brooklyn when it suddenly teeters on the brink of disaster? BROOKLYNITE is inspired by the real Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company located in Park Slope, with characters created by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.

 

Artists

Andrew Call

Broadway: ROCK OF AGES, AMERICAN IDIOT, GLORY DAYS, CRY-BABY, HIGH FIDELITY. Off-Broadway: FOUND THE MUSICAL, ALTAR BOYZ.