Gettin' the Band Back Together
Belasco Theatre
Previews Began: July 19, 2018
Opening Night: August 13, 2018
Closing Night: September 16, 2018
Music: Mark Allen
Lyrics: Mark Allen
Book: Ken Davenport
Mitch Papadopolous always dreamed about being the next Bon Jovi, but he chose security over stardom and left those daydreams behind for a day job. For a while he thought he had everything—the high paying job, the high-rise apartment—until his 40th birthday when he got handed a pink slip and had to move back in with his Mom in Sayreville, New Jersey. And when his high school arch nemesis (with a 20-year-old grudge and a tangerine spray tan) threatens to foreclose on their house, this big-shot banker must save his small-town home the only way he can… by winning The Battle of the Bands. So he dusts off his guitar, gathers his old gang (the math teacher who isn’t good at math, the Irish cop who dreams about being on Broadway, the dermatologist who can’t get a date, and a 16-year-old Jewish rapper who makes Vanilla Ice look cool), and sets out to win the battle, and maybe even win back the high school sweetheart he left behind, proving it’s never too late to give your dreams one last shot.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Jersey………………………Mitch Papadopolous, Company
How Does Your Mouthfeel………………..Tygen Billows,
Mouthfeel
One of Those Guys…..Mitch Papadopolous, Company
Jersey (Reprise)………………..Tygen Billows, Mouthfeel
Gettin’ the Band Back Together…………..Bart Vickers,
Mitch Papadopolous,
Rummesh ‘Robbie’ Patel,
Sully Sullivan, Company
Find the One……………………..Rummesh ‘Robbie’ Patel,
Juggernaut, Company
Best Day of My Life…………………Mitch Papadopolous,
Dani Franco, Company
WWJD………………..Sharon Papadopolous, Juggernaut,
Company
ACT TWO
Hava Nagila…………………………..Ricky Bling, Company
Second Chances……………………………………Nick Styler
I Just Want Real…………………………………..Dani Franco
Life Without Parole…………….Sully Sullivan, Company
Battle of Your Life……..Roxanne Velasco, Juggernaut,
Mouthfeel, Company
Bart’s Confession…………………………………Bart Vickers
Best Band in the World…………………………..Mouthfeel
One of Those Guys (Reprise)……Mitch Papadopolous
Do Over…………………..Mitch Papadopolous, Company
Jersey (Reprise)……….Mitch Papadopolous, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Mitchell Jarvis Mitch Papadopolous
Kelli Barrett Dani Franco
Marilu Henner Sharon Papadopolous
Jay Klaitz Bart Vickers
Becca Kötte Tawney Truebody
Ensemble
Garth Kravits Ritchie Lorenzo
Tamika Lawrence Roxanne Velasco
Manu Narayan Rummesh ‘Robbie’ Patel
Sawyer Nunes Ricky Bling
Noa Solorio Billie Franco
Paul Whitty Sully Sullivan
Brandon Williams Tygen Billows
Ryan Duncan Ensemble
Nehal Joshi Ensemble
J. Elaine Marcos Ensemble
Rob Marnell Ensemble
Jasmin Richardson Ensemble
Tad Wilson Ensemble
Swings: Lindsey Brett Carothers, Scott Richard Foster, Jenny Hill, Ian Ward