Heart! Heart! Heart! New Musical Emojiland Extends Off-Broadway Run

The new musical comedy Emojiland has extended its off-Broadway run at The Duke on 42nd Street. Originally announced to play a limited engagement through March 8, the musical will now conclude its run on March 19.

Directed by Tom Caruso and featuring a book, music and lyrics by Laura Schein and Keith Harrison, Emojiland follows a diverse community of archetypes who take one another at face value: a smiling face dealing with depression, a princess who doesn't want a prince, a skull dying for deletion, a nerd face too smart for his own good, a face with sunglasses who can't see past his own reflection and a police officer and construction worker who just want to work together. When a software update threatens to destroy life as they know it, Emojiland faces the most fundamental questions a society—and a heart—can face: Who are we? And who matters?

Heading the cast is Olivier winner Lesli Margherita as Princess and Josh Lamon as Prince, with Tony nominee Lucas Steele as Skull, Ann Harada as Pile of Poo, Emmy winner and Grammy nominee Felicia Boswell as Police Officer, Natalie Weiss as Construction Worker, Max Crumm as the Man in Business Suit Levitating emoji, Jacob Dickey as Smiling Face with Sunglasses (aka "Sunny"), George Abud as Nerd Face and Emojiland co-writer Schein as Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes (aka "Smize").

Emojiland features choreography by Kenny Ingram and musical direction by Lena Gabrielle, with scenic design by David Goldstein, lighting design by Jamie Roderick, costume/makeup design by Vanessa Leuck, sound design by Ken Goodwin and projection design by Lisa Renkel and Possible Productions.

The production began previews on January 9 and officially opened on January 19.