TONYA & NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA
Award-winning production of TONYA & NANCY starring Broadway's Andrea McArdle (see below)
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Elilzabeth (right) w/ Paul Boghosian, Whitney Winfield, Andrea McArdle, Nikki Miller. The show won FOUR BROADWAY WORLD Regional Theater awards for FL: Best Production of a Musical of the Decade, Best Director, Best Vocal Performance (Whitney Winfield), Best Set Design
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TONYA & NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA-
written by Elizabeth Searle; Music by Michael Teoli
PRODUCED BY PAUL T. BOGHOSIAN/HARBORSIDE FILMS
~NEW CONCERT FILM: Tonya & Nancy is available as a concert film on 'streaming musicals.com'; the film was shot at 54Below in nyc by bill searle/cholla productions. It featureS a Broadway cast & is a cd from broadway records.
~Winner of four Broadway World Regional Theater awards, the latest Tonya & Nancy production at 'THEATRE ZONE' starred Andrea Mcardle (Broadway's ANNIE)-- reviewed as 'a joyous theater package".
~NYC CONCERT EVENT at the Lucille Lortel Theater; executive produced by tony-winner Jim Kierstead-
see Abingdon Theatre Company & a feature on the concert in Broadway World & IN PLAYBILL.
~CONCERT event at 54Below in NYC:
CD from Grammy-winning Broadway Records can be ordered here from Broadwayrecords.com
A Recording of Broadway Stars performing songs from 'TONYA & NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA' at Feinstein's 54Below in a sold-out event.
~CD reviewed in Broadway World ("'TOnya & Nancy' Gets High marks") & BROADWAY TO VEGAS ("The CD is stunningly awesome")-
~CD stars Tony Award nominee Lauren Worsham as 'Nancy' and Broadway star Ashley Spencer as 'tonya'; Featured in Broadway World and Playbill and Broadway.coM; a clip from the rock opera was shown on A Tonya harding Interview speciaL on ABC.
REVIEW & MEDIA QUOTES:
“Before there was the new Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya, there was Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera, an uproarious musical” Broadway.com
"The script covers a lot of territory and does so with the artistic skill of an olympic champion" CD REVIew on 'Broadway to vegas'
~Chosen as one of the 'Top Five musicalS of the year' in CHicago in 2016
by New City Stages; (a 'recommended show' by Chicago's 'Jeff Awards'-- 2 Jeff award Nominations; 1 WIN for Best supporting actress)
'A vibrant re-telling of an historic event that shocked the world'
-Theatre world
'Tonya & Nancy' lands a triple Axel
-Perform.ink
'Hilarious!'
Playlist-hq
'The driving energy behind this musical, which features a book and lyrics by Elizabeth Searle (who first wrote about the skaters in her novella “Celebrities in Disgrace”) and music by Michael Teoli (a Los Angeles-based film and theater composer), is a delicious one'
~chicago sun times
“IT’S A FABULOUSLY WEIRD AND LEGITIMATELY EXPERIMENTAL MUSICAL PRESENTED IN A TIME WHEN THEY’RE TOO HARD TO COME BY.”
~CHICAGO READER
“THE PLAY RADIATES LIKE STROBE LIGHT HITTING A DISCO BALL…’Tonya and Nancy’ relates a cautionary tale of ambition, manipulation, competition and the appalling way men and women treat girls.”
~NEW CITY
See 'learn more' link for info/future performances
sold-out run at New York Musical THEATER Festival-
Previous runs in Portland, LA and BOSTON:
Just as drama-packed as the real thing
- People.com- (2015)
Brilliant and touching
- The Portland Mercury
THIS STORY WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE A ROCK OPERA… it packs in a tremendous amount of song, dance, and laughs. Don't miss it.
- TheaterMania
Brilliant
- Steve Almond WGBH Boston
This is beautiful and perfect, and you’re just upset that you didn’t think of it first.
- MEDIAITE
tonyaandnancytherockopera.com-- VISIT OUR WEBSITE LINKED BELOW AT 'LEARN MORE'
Tonya & NAncy shows
Elizabeth created the concept, book and lyrics for TONYA & NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA (music by Michael Teoli) and the concept and libretto for TONYA & NANCY: THE OPERA (music by Abigail Al-Doory Cross)-- Both shows have drawn national and international media as well as strong reviews and have been produced multiple times. The opera has been produced in Boston, Houston and two times in MN, most recently in 2018, in St Paul/Minneapolis. The Rock Opera has been produced in Portland, Oregon, in Boston, in LA, in Texas, in Chicago and suburban Dallas and in NYC; it had a sold-out run at the New York Musical Theater Festival plus concert events in NYC in 2018 and 2019; it has been produced most recently by TheaterZone, starring Broadway great Andrea McArdle. A CONCERT FILM of the show is now up on StreamingMusicals.com. See TONYA & NANCY website (linked at LEARN MORE) for updates on forthcoming productions and on the CD from the Grammy-winning Broadway Records.
“[Searle] is a woman who understands my/our obsession with pop. culture: she created a rock opera about Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. I say this completely unironically: genius.”
- Valerie Clark, Barely South Review
“[Searle] is a woman who understands my/our obsession with pop. culture: she created a rock opera about Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. I say this completely unironically: genius.”
- Valerie Clark, Barely South Review