PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL announces the hit musical will pay homage to legendary recording artist Roy Orbison by bringing the world-renowned masterpiece “Oh,PrettyWoman”,penned by Roy Orbison & Bill Dees, into the show in celebration of the 55th Anniversary of the venerable track. Released as a single on August 1, 1964, “Oh, Pretty Woman” has sold over seven million copies, is synonymous with the late Roy Orbison, and became iconic as the title song of Garry Marshall’s film. The movie soundtrack which featured Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” has been certified triple platinum. “Oh, Pretty Woman” will be featured in the Broadway, National Tour, Hamburg and London productions.
PRETTY WOMAN the movie was an international smash hit when it was release in 1990, and was the fourth highest- grossing film in North America that year, and the third highest-grossing film worldwide. The movie still holds the record for selling the highest number of ticket in the US for a romantic comedy.
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, now in its twelfth month on Broadway, has broken the box office record a total of four times at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre, and is a three time Audience Choice Award winner. Julia Roberts attended the August 2, 2018 performance of the record-breaking musical. Click here for coverage.
Atlantic Records’ PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) is produced by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and is now available on all DSP’s and on Vinyl and CD in stores nationwide.
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL has scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by
Kenneth Posner& Philip S. Rosenberg, sound design by JohnShivers, hair design by Josh Marquette, and music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Will Van Dyke.
PRETTYWOMAN: THE MUSICAL had its world premiere at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre in March2018, with Chris Jones of The Chicago Tribune raving, “A shrewd and savvy retooling of the blockbuster by maestro Jerry Mitchell.”
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL on Broadway currently stars Samantha Barks as ‘Vivian’ opposite three-time Tony Award nominee and Laurence Olivier Award and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Andy Karl (Groundhog Day, Rocky) as ‘Edward,’ with Tony Award nominee Orfeh (Legally Blonde) as ‘Kit,’ Eric Anderson (Waitress) as ‘Mr. Thompson,’ Charlie Pollock (Violet) as ‘Philip Stuckey,’ and Kingsley Leggs (Sister Act) as ‘James Morse’ in a company of 25 that includes Allison Blackwell, Brian Calì, Robby Clater, Jessica Crouch, Nico DeJesus, Anna Eilinsfeld, Matt Farcher, Lauren Lim Jackson, Renée Marino, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Jillian Mueller, Jake Odmark, Jennifer Sanchez, Sam Seferian, Matthew Stocke, Alex Michael Stoll, Alan Wiggins, Jesse Wildman Foster and Darius Wright.
Tickets for PRETTYWOMAN: THE MUSICAL on Broadway are on sale at the Nederlander Theatre box office..The playing schedule for PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL is: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday at 7pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 7:30pm, with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. For the full schedule and pricing please go to www.PrettyWomanTheMusical.com.
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL on Broadway is produced by Paula Wagner, Nice Productions, LPO, New Regency Productions, Caiola Productions & Co., James L. Nederlander, Roy Furman, Hunter Arnold, Graham Burke, Edward Walson, deRoy Kierstead, Michael Cassel Group, Stage Entertainment, Ambassador Theatre Group and John Gore Organization. Wendy Orshan and Jeff Wilson are the Executive Producers and 101 Productions, Ltd is the General Manager.
Samantha Barks is appearing with the support of Actors' Equity Association. For more information visit: PrettyWomanTheMusical.com
