Down-on-his-luck slacker guitarist Dewey Finn is jobless, penniless, and bandless after being kicked out of his rock band, "No Vacancy". "School of Rock" the musical follows the plot of the 2003 film closely. "School of Rock" the musical on Broadway. The Broadway production was directed by Laurence Connor. In addition to Webber’s music, the lyrics for "School of Rock" were written by Glenn Slater (Broadway’s "The Little Mermaid" and "Sister Act") and the book was written by "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes. It marked the first time since 1971’s "Jesus Christ Superstar" that Webber opened a show on Broadway before opening in London, and "School of Rock" on Broadway also returned Webber to the Winter Garden Theatre - the Broadway venue where his musical "Cats" ran for a then record-breaking 18 years. "School of Rock" the musical had a staged workshop at New York City’s Gramercy Theater in June 2015, and began previews on Broadway in November 2015 before opening in December. Yet it is in its stage incarnation that "School of Rock" the musical has received its greatest acclaim - and while Webber deserves a great share of the credit, most critics and audiences who have seen the musical give much of the praise to the young performers who make up the onstage band in "School of Rock" Broadway.
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The 2003 Jack Black movie "School of Rock" launched an unlikely multimedia franchise that has adapted the popular box office hit film into a television series spinoff and, perhaps more surprisingly, a stage musical created by musical theater icon Andrew Lloyd Webber.
As AC/DC once sang, “It’s a long way to the top if your wanna rock ‘n’ roll,” but in the case of "School of Rock" the musical, it was a long way to a Broadway stage.
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