Something Rotten! Opens May 3
Hailed by Time Out New York as “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years,” Something Rotten is an outrageous musical that was lauded by audience members and critics alike. Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s first musical. Something Rotten is both a love letter to musical theatre and a comedic send-up of the genre. Bringing the very best elements of musicals together—over-the-top characters, razzle-dazzle song-and-dance numbers, self-referential comedy, and a love story—Something Rotten is something special. With show-stopping numbers and laugh-out-loud comedy, it proves that “nothing’s as amazing as a musical!” More…
Announcing the 2024-2025 Season
“Broadway in Brooklyn” Since 1967!
Gallery Players is Brooklyn’s premier Off-Off Broadway theater. Beloved on both sides of the Brooklyn Bridge, this “little theater that could” is located in one of Brooklyn’s most popular neighborhoods, Park Slope. Recipient of the Off-Off Broadway Review’s 2000 Award for Lifetime Achievement and numerous New York Innovative Theatre Awards. Gallery Players is dedicated to producing classic and contemporary plays and musicals as well as premiering new works; nurturing and providing opportunities for theater artists; bringing professional-quality theater to Brooklyn audiences at an affordable cost; and instilling the appreciation of theater in future generations. Gallery’s season comprises three plays and three musicals, the annual Black Box New Play Festival, Players’ Shakespeare, and Overtures: A New Musical Reading Series.