Rock of Ages Is Now an Open-Ended Run at New World Stages

Rock of Ages will keep on rockin' off-Broadway. The cheered encore run of the Tony-nominated hit, originally announced as a limited engagement through September 29, 2019 and later extended through January 12, 2020, has now been shifted to an open run at New World Stages.

Rock of Ages returned off-Broadway on June 19, 2019 following its original 2008 New World Stages run and a Tony-nominated Broadway run, which ended in 2015. The fan-favorite jukebox musical, featuring a book by Chris D'Arienzo and arrangements/orchestrations by Ethan Popp, is set in 1987 on Hollywood's Sunset Strip where a small-town girl meets a big city rocker. As they fall in love in L.A.'s most famous club, Rock of Ages allows audiences to rock out to '80s hits from such iconic bands as Styx, Poison, Twisted Sister and Whitesnake.

The off-Broadway return staging features the original creative team, including Tony-nominated director Kristin Hanggi and choreographer Kelly Devine. Original cast member Mitchell Jarvis reprises his turn as Lonny.

The cast also includes CJ Eldred as Drew, Kirsten Scott as Sherrie, PJ Griffith as Stacee Jaxx, Matt Ban as Dennis, Dane Biren as Franz, Tiffany Engen as Regina, Tom Galantich as Hertz, Jeannette Bayardelle as Justice/Mother and Katie Webber reprising her turn as Waitress #1. Rounding out the ensemble is Ashley En-Fu Matthews, Leah Reed, Michael Mahany, Mekhai Lee, Kevin Michael Raponey, Justin Colombo and Autumn Guzzardi.

The production features the original scenic design of Beowulf Boritt, costume design of Gregory Gale, lighting design of Jason Lyons, sound design of Peter Hylenski and projection design of Zachary Borovay.