It's the 1590s, two brothers, Nigel and Nick Bottom, are desperate to top their arch literary rival William Shakespeare. So they seize on a radical idea: They'll put on the world's first musical! While it sounds crazy to the denizens of Renaissance London, the concept, better known as Something Rotten!, offers big entertainment value on Broadway. Now at the St. James, the rollicking, high-energy production is a clever sendup of musical theater and the Bard. And it adds considerably to the enjoym...
It's the 1590s, two brothers, Nigel and Nick Bottom, are desperate to top their arch literary rival William Shakespeare. So they seize on a radical idea: They'll put on the world's first musical! While it sounds crazy to the denizens of Renaissance London, the concept, better known as Something Rotten!, offers big entertainment value on Broadway. Now at the St. James, the rollicking, high-energy production is a clever sendup of musical theater and the Bard. And it adds considerably to the enjoym...
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