The School of Rock
Shows · The School of Rock
Slacker guitarist Dewey Finn is kicked out of his band and, desperate for cash, impersonates his roommate to take a substitute teaching job at a prestigious prep school. When he discovers his uptight students are secretly talented musicians, Dewey transforms them into a rock band and enters them in a Battle of the Bands competition — all behind the back of the school's stern principal. Along the way, the kids learn t…
- Opened
- 2015
- Performances
- 1,309
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Contemporary
Productions3 on Broadway
| 2015 | Winter Garden Theatre Original. December 6, 2015 · Laurence Connor | 1,309 performances |
| 2018 | Transfer Theatre unknown. | |
| 2020 | Transfer Theatre unknown. August 21, 2019 |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals ALW Collection | available |
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5 passages naming The School of Rock, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
In 2015 he was working on a musical version of School of Rock for Broadway. book:razzle-dazzle-the-battle-for-broadway-michael-riedel-2015-simon-schuster-limited#p435
But he would not have another Broadway hit until School of Rock in 2015. book:singular-sensation-the-triumph-of-broadway-the-triumph-of-michael-riedel-first-a#p32
School of Rock (2015). Considering that substitute teacher Mr. Finn has his students playing ear-shatteringly loud music, why isn’t the teacher in the next room barging in to complain and put a stop to all that noise? book:the-book-of-broadway-musical-debates-disputes-and-peter-filichia-rowman-littlefi#p109
Because of the good word from the States, School of Rock had a healthy presale in London and business was brisk from the start. It is, as of this writing, still running. book:the-mikado-to-matilda-british-musicals-on-the-new-york-thomas-s-hischak-rowman-l#p337
Finally, in 2015 the screen-to-stage School of Rock brought a little more success back to the composer. book:the-musical-a-concise-history-second-edition-ga-nzl-kurt-findlay-jamie-2-2022010#p456
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