The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
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Why see The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical?
The Electrifying Broadway Musical Heads Out On Tour
After enjoying a well-deserved Broadway run in 2019, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is heading out on tour! Based on the immensely popular young adult novel by Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief follows Percy, whose strange powers see him set out on a quest like no other.
With a book by Joe Tracz and music by Rob Rokicki, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical garnered three Drama Desk nominations when it debuted off-Broadway in 2017. Punctuated by an upbeat pop-rock score The Lightning Thief is set to be the most electrifying new musical of the year, don't miss it!
What is The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical About?
Life is tough enough when you're going through puberty, but Percy Jackson's not only facing teendom with ADHD and dyslexia, he's just discovered he's a demi-god, son of the god of the sea, Poseidon. In this epic coming of age tale, Greek myths are very much real! When Jackson's human mom is kidnapped and the lightning bolt of Zeus is stolen by malevolent forces, the wonderkid and his newfound friends go on a quest to set the world to rights.
Key Information
Run Time
Two hours and 5 minutes, including intermission
Dates
Finished Mar 24, 2019
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Creative
Book by Joe Tracz
Music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Directed by Stephen Brackett
Choreography by Patrick McCollum
Set design by Lee Savage
Costume design by Sydney Maresca
Sound design by Ryan Rumery
Lighting design by David Lander
Fight direction by Rod Kinter
Orchestrations by Wiley Deweese and Rob Rikicki
Reviews
Customer reviews
5 reviews, average rating: (3.4 Stars)
Cathy
Loved it!
Fantastic show. Kudos to Mirvish for bringing it here. Chris McCarell and Jorrel Javier were outstanding! My 11yr old has read pretty much all the Rick Riordan books. I read lightning thief this last week :). Amazing what 7 hugely talented actors can do. We go to a lot of Mirvish shows. This was well worth it. Helps if you’ve read the book ;) ... Read more
Olivia
A loving adaptation
This is a charming and innovative way to adapt such a dense middle-grade/ya novel. The show's writer's clearly wanted to do make their adaptation as faithful as possible to the books (admirable considering the time/tech constraint that come with a traveling show). The songs definitely resembled the pop-rock style that's become more popular with shows like Dear Evan Hansen and Be More Chill. So being a It all came together really nicely in the second act with some very fun musical numbers. It was also delightful to see the small ensemble slide into different roles throughout the show. All in all, this was a fun night out at the theater that made me want to reread the books ASAP. Truly the only downside is that as much as I'd love a sequel the musical theater format makes it pretty much impossible to continue the series. ... Read more
None of your business.
The Music Is Wonderful ANd It's an Honest Adaptation Yall just Hate Fun.
I have not had the pleasure of seeing it, I have listened to it multiple times. Greek gods and Percy Jackson have always been my favorite things, I'm re reading these books because of how much I love them. The movies were a false, cash grab that even the author of the books hated. THIS musical has charm, and hart. It's honest in it's tone, it adapts the scenes perfectly, it combines only a few and FEELS like Percy Jackson. This isn't a snooty Broadway production, that's true, but it's clearly a labor of love. Critics just don't like fun. Hearing this music felt like reading the book all over again for the first time, suddenly I was 11 years old experiencing the wonders of the Percy Jackson universe, that is a good adaptation and a good musical. It deserves more love, because what it brings to the table is love. It's a new musical era, and it is wonderful and refreshing. ... Read more
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