If/Then takes a Jan. 27-Feb. 1 hiatus while Menzel travels and prepares to perform The National Anthem at Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix, AZ, on Feb. 1.
Individuals with tickets for the canceled performances will be rescheduled for another date. As previously reported, If/Then will end its Broadway run March 22.
Menzel is having a record-breaking year with If/Then, having returned to Broadway for the first time since her Tony Award-winning run in , in addition to voicing the Disney hit "Frozen" (and the break-out Oscar-winning song "Let It Go") and releasing her solo holiday album "Holiday Wishes." She is also set to embark on a worldwide tour following If/Then on Broadway.
If/Then was 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. Next to Normal and Rent director helms the production.
If/Then arrived on Broadway March 5, 2013, and officially opened March 30. Upon closing, If/Then will have played 29 previews and 401 performances. The $10 million musical recouped a portion of its investment.
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).
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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