ALICE BY HEART
NOMINATED for
4 LORTEL AWARDS!
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BEST COSTUMES
BEST FEATURED ACTOR
NOW EXTENDED! THRU APR 7 ONLY!
When the madness of the world is too much to bear, we take refuge in the stories we love. TONY® and GRAMMY® award-winning creators of SPRING AWAKENING, STEVEN SATER and DUNCAN SHEIK, reunite for their new musical ALICE BY HEART, inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and directed and co-written by JESSIE NELSON (WAITRESS).
In the rubble of the London Blitz of World War II, Alice Spencer’s budding teen life is turned upside down, and she and her dear friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. When the ailing Alfred is quarantined, Alice encourages him to escape with her into their cherished book and journey down the rabbit hole to Wonderland.
As they travel through the tale, ALICE BY HEART explores the poignancy of first love, coming to terms with loss, and finding the courage to move forward. This world premiere musical encourages us all to celebrate the transformational power of the imagination, even in the harshest of times.
“A FANTASTICAL, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR with INGENIOUS costumes, NOEL COWARD-ISH WIT, and DREAMY SONGS which suggest the BEATLES’ hallucinogenic period with echoes of music from SPRING AWAKENING.”
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
Newman Mills Theater at
THE ROBERT W. WILSON
MCC THEATER SPACE
511 W 52 ST
NY, NY 10019
CLOSED APR 7, 2019
ALICE BY HEART AWARDS
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rick & Jeff Kuperman
Lortel Award Nominee
BEST FEATURED ACTOR in a MUSICAL
Heath Saunders
Lortel Award Nominee
BEST COSTUMES
Paloma Young
Lortel Award Nominee
“IMAGINATIVE!”
-THEATERMANIA
-VARIETY
-THE WRAP
“MAGICAL!”
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
-THE OBSERVER
-THEATERMANIA
“DREAMY!”
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
-VARIETY
“CAPTIVATING & INFECTIOUS! Sheik’s score has HIT-READY TUNES and Sater’s wordplay is VIVID and IMAGINATIVE.”
-THE WRAP
“CATCH IT WHILE YOU CAN, and prepare to be devastated, and UPLIFTED!”
-NEW YORK STAGE REVIEW
“The show delivers a timely reminder of FEMALE EMPOWERMENT.”
-THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
AFTERNOON from ALICE BY HEART
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“Afternoon” from ALICE BY HEART
performed by MOLLY GORDON & COLTON RYAN
music by DUNCAN SHEIK
lyrics by STEVEN SATER
ALICE BY HEART at GOOGLE
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The ALICE BY HEART team discusses the journey to MCC with performances of “Still” and “Afternoon” by MOLLY GORDON & COLTON RYAN.
Cast
Creative Team
book by STEVEN SATER andJESSIE NELSON
music by DUNCAN SHEIK
lyrics by STEVEN SATER
choreographed by RICK and JEFF KUPERMAN
directed by JESSIE NELSON
set design by EDWARD PIERCE
costume design by PALOMA YOUNG
lighting design by BRADLEY KING
sound design by DAN MOSES SCHREIER
hair, wig, and makeup design by J. JARED JANAS
production stage manager DAVIN DESANTIS
orchestrations by DUNCAN SHEIK
additional orchestrations by SIMON HALE
music direction by JASON HART
vocal arrangement by JASON HART
casting TELSEY + COMPANY/ REBECCA SCHOLL, CSA
The CREATORS behind ALICE BY HEART
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video courtesy NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM
The CAST meets the PRESS
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A workshop production of Alice by Heart was presented by New York Stage and Film & Vassar at the Powerhouse Theater, Summer 2018.
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