{"id":361136,"date":"2026-09-30T20:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361136\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T20:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:50:14","slug":"the-apple-boys-musical-will-make-off-broadway-premiere-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361136\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apple Boys Musical Will Make Off-Broadway Premiere in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new musical The Apple Boys, with a book by Jonothon Lyons<\/a> and music and lyrics by Ben Bonnema<\/a>, will make its Off-Broadway premiere in 2027 at The Duke on 42nd Street.<\/p>\n

Directed by David Alpert<\/a> (If\/Then<\/a>) and choreographed by Marc Kimelman<\/a> (Masquerade), performances will begin February 16, 2027, prior to an official opening February 25. Casting and additional creative team members\u00a0for the limited engagement, currently scheduled through June 18, will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

The Apple Boys
\n is set in Gilded Age Coney Island as Jack Chapman III, grandson of
\nJohnny Appleseed, and his working-class friends discover that an unscrupulous landlord has designs on the family orchard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Apple Boys has all the elements that make for a deeply satisfying musical comedy, from its lovable characters to its glorious score. I\u2019m thrilled to be joining the producing team alongside Johnnie Hawkins. These songs will leave you wanting to sing for joy!\u201d said producer\u00a0LaChanze<\/a> in a statement. Producers also include Hawkins,\u00a0Larry Bomback, and AJ Epstein.<\/p>\n

The upcoming production will also have scenic design by Adam Koch<\/a>, costume design by Johanna Pann, lighting design by Rui Rita<\/a>, sound design by Alex Neumann<\/a>, music supervision by Rona Siddiqui<\/a>, vocal arrangements by Matt Gallagher, and casting direction by Jason Styres. General management is by Evan Bernardin Productions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Apple Boys played the Bucks County Playhouse in May 2025.<\/p>\n

Tickets\u00a0are on sale and available at TheAppleBoysMusical.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new musical The Apple Boys, with a book by Jonothon Lyons and music and lyrics by Ben…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-361136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}