Alice By Heart

MCC Theater continues its inaugural season at its new home in Hell's Kitchen with the world premiere of a new musical that reunites the Tony and Grammy Award-winning creators of Spring Awakening - Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. Alice By Heart, inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is directed and co-written by Jessie Nelson.

Performances are staged at The Newman Mills Theater.

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Running time:

1hr 30mins (no intermission)

Categories:

Musicals

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About Alice By Heart:

When the madness of the world is too much to bear, we take refuge in the stories we love. 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.

Alice By Heart CAST AND CREATIVE

By:

Music by Duncan Sheik, Lyrics by Steven Sater, and a Book by Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson

Producer:

MCC Theater

Director:

Jessie Nelson

Lighting:

Bradley King

Sound:

Dan Moses Schreier

Design:

Donyale Werle

Choreography:

Rick And Jeff Kuperman

Costume:

Paloma Young

Cast list:

Molly Gordon (as Alice) and Colton Ryan (as Alfred/The White Rabbit), with Mia DiLena, Zachary Downer, Noah Galvin, Zachary Infante, Andrew Kober, Grace McLean, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Catherine Ricafort, Heath Saunders, and Wesley Taylor

Other info:

Music Direction & Vocal Arrangements by Jason Hart, Orchestrations by Duncan Sheik, Additional Orchestrations by Simon Hale, and Hair, Wig & Makeup Design by J. Jared Janas

Alice By Heart Performance Dates & Times

Previews from:

January 30, 2019

Opening date:

February 26, 2019

Closes:

April 7, 2019

	Matinee	Evening
Monday	-	-
Tuesday	-	7pm
Wednesday	2pm	8pm
Thursday	-	7pm
Friday	-	8pm
Saturday	2pm	8pm
Sunday	3pm	-

Performance schedules for all shows are subject to change.

Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space

Address:

West 52nd Street and 10th Avenue New York, NY 10019

Nearest subway station:

50th Street station

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Latest Alice By Heart News & Features

World premiere of Alice By Heart extended at MCC

February 15, 2019

A one-week extension for the world premiere of Alice by Heart at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space has been announced by MCC Theater. The world premiere production began previews on January 30, and is scheduled for an official opening on February 26. The musical will now play its final performance on April 7, 2019. The cast of Alice by Heart stars Molly Gordon in the title role, whose previous theatre credits include Life of the Party, with Colton Ryan as Alfred and The White Rabbit respectively.

World premiere Alice By Heart musical extends at MCC Theater

January 30, 2019

MCC Theater has announced an extension for its eagerly anticipated world premiere musical Alice By Heart, which begins its limited engagement at the company's new Hell's Kitchen home of The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space tonight, marking MCC's inaugural production at The Newman Mills Theater. An official opening is set for February 26 with the off-Broadway run now coming to a close on March 31, 2019 (instead of March 10).

MCC Theater announces casting for the world premiere of Alice By Heart

December 6, 2018

MCC Theater has now announced casting for its eagerly anticipated, previously announced, world premiere musical Alice By Heart, which is set to play a limited engagement at the company's new home of The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space from January 30 through to March 10, 2019, with an official opening set for February 26. The musical marks MCC's inaugural production at The Newman Mills Theater.

Our Review

Review of MCC Theater's world premiere musical Alice By Heart

The latest entry in the multitude of adaptations of Lewis Carroll’s seminal novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” the musical Alice By Heart, is the inaugural offering at the newly opened MCC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater. The creative team behind this effort has some pretty serious chops. The book was co-written by Steven Sater (Spring Awakening) and Jessie Nelson (Waitress) who also... Read more