Come see this fantastic musical performed by a cast of those age 55+! This abbreviated version of Something Rotten is adapted from the full Broadway show and is a humorous, irreverent love letter to musical theatre, set in the English Renaissance. What Spamalot is to Monty Python, Something Rotten is to Shakespeare. The musical pokes fun at Shakespeare, the theatre world, and the conventions of musical theatre itself. Creativity, sibling rivalry, gender roles, the struggle for recognition, and the joy (and absurdity) of making art are themes in the show.

Set in 1595, the story follows brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, struggling playwrights in the shadow of William Shakespeare, who is depicted as a rockstar of the era. Desperate to outshine Shakespeare, Nick consults a soothsayer, Nostradamus (the nephew of the famous one), who predicts that the next big thing in theatre will be "musicals"—where actors sing their feelings. The Bottom brothers set out to write the world’s first musical, leading to a series of hilarious mishaps, misunderstandings, and showbiz chaos.

This production features an all adult cast of those age 55+ and runs approximately 60 minutes.

All performances at the Dee Baldock Performing Arts Center (VACT Building), 103 Lincoln Street, Verona, WI

Thursday, May 7th at 7:30PM
Friday, May 8th at 7:30PM
Saturday, May 9th at 2:00PM
Saturday May 9th at 7:30PM
Thursday, May 14th at 7:30PM
Friday, May 15th at 7:30PM
Saturday, May 16th at 2:00PM
Sunday, May 17th at 2:00PM