A Bronx Tale | |
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The New Musical | |
Music | Alan Menken |
Lyrics | Glenn Slater |
Book | Chazz Palminteri |
Basis | A Bronx Tale by Chazz Palminteri |
Premiere | February 4, 2016: Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn, New Jersey |
Productions | 2016 Paper Mill Playhouse 2016 Broadway |
A Bronx Tale is a musical based on the play by the same name with a book by Chazz Palminteri, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Glenn Slater. After a ten-year development process, the original one man show was adapted into a new musical and premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey on February 4, 2016, before opening on Broadway December 1 later that year.
The original Broadway production was co-directed by Robert De Niro, who had directed the original film, and Jerry Zaks, who had directed the one man show on Broadway in 2007. The show also features choreography by Sergio Trujillo. Tommy Mottola serves as the production's leading producer.