The New Group continues its 2019-2020 Off-Broadway season with the world premiere musical Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, featuring a book by Jonathan Marc Sherman, with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik, directed by Scott Elliott
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is based on the Columbia Pictures motion picture, written by Mazursky and Larry Tucker and directed by Paul Mazursky.
Performances are staged at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre within the Pershing Square Signature Center.
(Photos by Monique Carboni)
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7 images A bittersweet comic take on the sexual revolution in which the suavely conventional lives of two successful young couples, all friends, are both stirred and shaken when they open their minds to the changing attitudes around them. Duncan Sheik and Jonathan Marc Sherman evoke both the confusions of the time, and the hard timeless lessons of marriage and emotional commitment, inspired by the brilliant and irreverent Oscar-nominated film.
Ahead of its official opening, The New Group has announced a 1-week extension for its current world premiere of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, which began previews at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre within the Pershing Square Signature Center on January 16, 2020. An official opening night is set for February 4, and the limited engagement will now close on March 22, 2020 (instead of March 15).
Ahead of previews of the world premiere of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice beginning later this month, The New Group has announced that Suzanne Vega will join the cast as the Band Leader. She will replace the musical’s composer and lyricist Duncan Sheik, who was previously slated in the role. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice will begin previews at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre within the Pershing Square Signature Center on January 16, 2020, ahead of an official opening night on February 4, 2020, with performances currently scheduled through March 15, 2020.
The New Group has announced the full cast to star alongside Duncan Sheik in the world premiere of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre within the Pershing Square Signature Center. The musical will begin previews on January 16, 2020, ahead of an official opening night on February 4, 2020, with performances currently scheduled through March 15, 2020.
For a show that delves into the dangers of infidelity, the biggest gamble taken by The New Group’s production of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is its faithfulness to its source material, the 1969 screenplay by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker.
