Jekyll & Hyde Musical Lyrics

The pre-Broadway tour started in 1990, scoring a box office records and collected a lot of positive feedback. The productions involved almost unknown actors of that time, but, obviously, they were able to cope with their task. Musical has reached the Broadway only in 1997. The production was based on the book by Robert Stevenson, and being already on Broadway, it was re-written in another way, as libretto under the direction of Robin Phillips.

Until the opening on Broadway, 45 preliminary runs were made. On the stage of the Broadway’s Plymouth Theatre, musical survived through 1543 times, which was a record number of runs in the theater of that time. Opening of Jekyll & Hyde on Broadway happened on April, 1997, and closure was on January, 2001. The musical was very popular, it was mentioned in the newspapers and posters to it were bright and colorful, proving a great time spent on the Broadway’s stage. DVD has been recorded and TV show in 2000 was filmed. It was the only recording of this musical, which was released on disc – in 2001. In 1999, a musical went in the US tour for the first time. The second time happened in 2000. Both times were successful and paid off the invested money.

Revival of the spectacle was scheduled on April 2013. Not to say that this time histrionics was able to succeed, but it survived for about fifty runs. The play was also staged in different countries: Italy, Malta, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland & New Zealand. In 2015, the series was filmed based on the musical of the same name, but, unfortunately, unsuccessful.
Release date: 1997
Last Update:April, 19th 2016