Menzel stars as a woman starting her life over in New York City in the original musical created by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers (music) and (score). The writers earned the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for penning Next to Normal.
If/Then arrived on Broadway March 5, 2014, and officially opened March 30. The pop-driven musical, which was met with enthusiastic audiences, received a mixed critical reception.
Upon closing, If/Then played 29 previews and 401 performances. The $10 million musical recouped a portion of its investment.
"Working on If/Then over the past several years has been one of the most professionally satisfying and personally fulfilling experiences of my career," said producer in a statement. "I am extremely proud of this musical, the entire creative team and cast and the remarkable work they have done in bringing this story to life."
Next to Normal and Rent director helms the production that played a pre-Broadway out-of-town tryout at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. in fall 2013.
The show earned Tony Award nominations for Best Actress (Menzel) and Best Original Score (Kitt and Yorkey).
. In her first Broadway outing since winning the Tony Award for , Menzel found If/Then's themes struck a personal chord in a year of highs and lows, which included the Disney hit "Frozen" and her divorce from actor Taye Diggs. Following If/Then, Menzel is set to embark on a worldwide concert tour.
If/Then has musical direction by and orchestrations by Tony Award winner , who previously collaborated with Kitt on Next to Normal.
The cast of If/Then also includes Tony Award winner (The Color Purple, Once on This Island), (Rent), (Cry-Baby), (tick, tick鈥oom!, Once on This Island), (Chaplin, ), (A Chorus Line, Lysistrata Jones), (Matilda) and (Wicked).
"Art is literally imitating life for me," Menzel said when she first began the If/Then journey.
Also featured are (Working), (American Idiot, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), (West Side Story, Xanadu), (In The Heights), Tyler McGee (Ghost), (Bring It On), (Catch Me If You Can), (Leap of Faith), Jackie Burns (Hair, Wicked), (Allegiance), (Wicked), (Hands on a Hardbody) and (Next to Normal).
If/Then has choreography by , set design by Tony Award nominee (Next to Normal, The Merchant of Venice), costume design by Emily Rebholz (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), lighting design by Tony Award winner (Kinky Boots, Wicked) and sound design by Tony Award winner (Next To Normal, The Book of Mormon). Casting is by Telsey + Co, Craig Burns CSA.
According to the creators, "If/Then is a contemporary new musical that follows two distinct storylines in the life of Elizabeth, a city planner who moves back to New York to restart her life in this city of infinite possibilities. When her carefully designed plans collide with the whims of fate, Elizabeth鈥檚 life splits into two parallel paths. If/Then follows both stories simultaneously as this modern woman faces the intersection of choice and chance."
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