Tickets are on sale now for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, which celebrates its Broadway premiere at the Longacre Theatre for a special 16-week limited engagement from September 20, 2019 through January 5, 2020.
The Lightning Thief is the first book of the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" pentalogy and was published in 2005. It has spent over 500 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list and even spawned a Hollywood movie adaptation in 2010.
This musical adaptation first premiered off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in the spring of 2017, enjoying a sold-out, six-week run and earning three Drama Desk Award nominations, including "Outstanding Musical." In addition, a North American National Tour was launched in January 2019 in Chicago and played a total of 32 cities, culminating in Boston in July 2019.
As a son of Poseidon, Percy Jackson has newly discovered powers he can’t control, monsters on his trail, and is on a quest to find Zeus’ lightning bolt to prevent a war between the Greek gods. Based on the best-selling novel by Rick Riordan and featuring a thrilling original rock score, with an onstage company of seven playing more than 47 characters, The Lightning Thief is an action-packed theatrical adventure about accepting that normal is a myth and embracing the superpowers inside all of us.
Casting is now complete for the previously announced Broadway premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, which is set to play the Longacre Theatre for a strictly limited 16-week engagement from September 20, 2019, through January 5, 2020, with an official opening on October 16.
Here's some news of mythic proportions! Percy Jackson is heading to the Great White Way! The Broadway premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is set to play the Longacre Theatre for a strictly limited 16-week engagement this fall, beginning previews on September 20, 2019, ahead of an official opening on October 16.