Tony Nominated New Musical Something Rotten! Eyeing Bow in London's West End

Something Rotten!, which received ten Tony nods this week including Best Musical, is aiming to transfer to London's West End. According to the Evening Standard, the comedy that hates Shakespeare (in the nicest possible way) could make its bow in the land of the Bard as early as 2016.

Directed by Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten! features a score by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell. Set in the 1590s, the show follows brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, who are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rockstar known as “The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theater involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self...and all that jazz.

The Broadway production is playing at the St. James Theatre and stars Brian d’Arcy James,Christian Borle, John Cariani, Brad Oscar, Heidi Blickenstaff, Kate Reinders, Brooks Ashmanskas, Peter Bartlett, Gerry Vichi and Michael James Scott.