Rocky the Musical

The musical is based on the 1976 film Rocky, with a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone.[3] The film itself was made on a budget of $1,075,000,[4] shot in 28 days[5] and was a sleeper hit,[6] earning $225 million in global box office receipts[7] becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976[8] and went on to win three Oscars,[9] including Best Picture.[10] Having been in the works for eight years,[11] a workshop was held in New York City in April 2011,[12] with Andy Karl playing Rocky and Lisa Brescia playing Adrian.[13] Following the reading it was officially confirmed in November by producer Sylvester Stallone alongside boxers and co-producers[14] Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko,[15] that the show would receive its world premiere in Hamburg in November 2012.[16]

The musical, which premiere production cost around $20 million[17] to produce, has a book by Thomas Meehan and Sylvester Stallone,[18] adapted from Stallone's screenplay, and is directed by Alex Timbers,[19] with choreography by Kelly Devine, boxing choreography by Steven Hoggett,[20] set design by Christopher Barreca,[21] costume design by David Zinn,[21] lighting design by Christopher Akerlind,[21] sound design by Peter Hylenski,[21] video design by Pablo N. Molina[21] and special effects by Jeremy Chernick.[21] A mostly original score has been penned, by Lynn Ahrens with music by Stephen Flaherty.[22]

The show's set, which for Broadway cost $4.3 million,[23] is set around a mostly bare stage which represents the Gym that Rocky trains in.[24] The production uses sliding box-like sets to represent the homes of the characters[24] and the sliding element goes on to include a full sized regulation boxing ring.[25] Audience members seated within the front stalls Golden Circle seating section, are escorted onto the stage for the final 20 minutes to sit on bleacher style seats,[26] in doing so this allows the boxing ring to enter the auditorium[27] and sit in rows A-F,[26] bringing the audience close to the final fight scene.[27]

The show features 20 original songs,[43] with additional music taken from the original film series including "Eye of the Tiger" and "Gonna Fly Now".[44] The Broadway production of the musical uses a large twenty-member orchestra consisting of guitars, drums, bass, percussion, keyboards, reeds, flugelhorns, trumpets, trombone, bass trombone, violin, viola and cello.[45]

Recordings

Rocky Broadway
Cast recording by Various
Released	May 27, 2014 (2014-05-27)
Length	57:03
Label	Universal Music Enterprises

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ain't Down Yet"	2:11
2.	"My Nose Ain't Broken"	3:44
3.	"Raining"	4:09
4.	"Patriotic"	3:05
5.	"My Nose Ain't Broken (Reprise)"	2:08
6.	"The Flip Side"	3:18
7.	"Adrian"	1:44
8.	"Wanna Know Why"	1:40
9.	"Gonna Fly Now (Variation)"	0:38
10.	"Fight From the Heart"	2:53
11.	"One of Us"	2:38
12.	"Training Montage 1"	2:12
13.	"In the Ring"	3:58
14.	"Training Montage 2 (feat. Eye Of The Tiger)"	6:40
15.	"Happiness"	2:50
16.	"I'm Done"	2:01
17.	"Southside Celebrity"	4:03
18.	"Undefeated Man"	1:51
19.	"Keep On Standing"	3:18
20.	"The Fight: Round 15 (Gonna Fly Now)"	0:54
21.	"Finale"	1:11

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