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Deluxe package containing a full color booklet with lyrics, show photos, a show synopsis, and an essay from renowned theater critic David Cote. Original soundtrack to the Broadway musical. Something Rotten is nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score. From the co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Avenue Q comes something original... something fresh... Something Rotten!, a world-premiere musical comedy about the musical comedy that started it all. Welcome to the '90s - the 1590s - long before the dawn of premium tickets, star casting and reminders to turn off your cell phones. Brothers Nick (Brian d'Arcy James) and Nigel Bottom (John Cariani) are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard" (Christian Borle). When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world's very first musical! But amidst the scandalous excitement of Opening Night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self... and all that jazz. With it's heart on it's ruffled sleeve and sequins in it's soul, Something Rotten! Is an uproarious dose of pure Broadway fun and an irresistible ode to musicals -those dazzling creations that entertain us, inspire us, and remind us that everything's better with an exclamation point!
