Rock of Ages
Shows · Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages is a jukebox musical built around classic rock songs from the 1980s, especially from the famous glam metal bands of that decade. The musical features songs from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Europe, among other well-known rock bands.
- Opened
- 2009
- Performances
- 2,328
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Productions6 on Broadway
| 2008 | Off Original. · predates this show | |
| 2009 | Brooks Atkinson Theatre Original. April 7, 2009 · Kristin Hanggi | 2,328 performances |
| 2010 | Toronto Original. | |
| 2011 | Australia Original. | |
| 2011 | West End Transfer. | |
| 2019 | Off Original. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 7 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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14 passages naming Rock of Ages, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Rock of Ages didn’t win any Tony Awards, but offered fans of 1980s rock a chance to wave mini flashlights designed to look like lighters as their favorite period songs strutted past. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2008-may-2009-fifth-robert-viagas-5th-annual#p7
Actor Who Has Done the Most Shows: It would have to be Maisey who plays Justice. She has been with the show since its inception in LA and I remember hearing how she literally has never missed a show since she started! That's about five years’ worth of shows! book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2010-to-may-2011-edited-by-robert-viagas-7th#p332
The national tour of Jersey Boys proved to be the champion earner, bring in $285,398 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The annual fundraiser took in a total of $3,776,720, the third-highest gross in the 22-year history of the event. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2010-to-may-2011-edited-by-robert-viagas-7th#p416
In November 2011, Rock of Ages celebrated becoming the 100th longest running show on Broadway! And we've been climbing the ladder fast ever since, and loving every second. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2011-to-may-2012-viagas-robert-8th-annual-ed#p354
Awards They Should Give: #3 Best New Rendition of an Old Song in a Revival or Jukebox Musical. Our nominees: Karen Olivo’s “America” in West Side Story, Craig Bierko’s “Luck Be a Lady” in Guys and Dolls, the cast’s title song in White Christmas, the cast’s “Cum on Feel the Noize” in Rock of Ages, Liza and company’s “Ju… book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2008-may-2009-fifth-robert-viagas-5th-annual#p13
Constantine Maroulis (far left) of Rock of Ages. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2009-to-may-2010-sixth-viagas-robert-new-yor#p400
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