{"id":123723,"date":"2023-10-05T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2fr5er78d.funnewsdaily.com\/movies\/scissorhands-a-musical-tribute-returns-to-las-the-bourbon-room-beginning-nov-24-six-week-holiday-engagement\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T08:41:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:41:18","slug":"scissorhands-a-musical-tribute-returns-to-las-the-bourbon-room-beginning-nov-24-six-week-holiday-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2fr5er78d.funnewsdaily.com\/movies\/scissorhands-a-musical-tribute-returns-to-las-the-bourbon-room-beginning-nov-24-six-week-holiday-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"“Scissorhands: A Musical Tribute” Returns to LA’s The Bourbon Room Beginning Nov. 24 (Six-Week Holiday Engagement)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scissorhands: A Musical Tribute<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Jordan Kai Burnett returns as titular \u201cScissorhands\u201d alongside original Actors\u2019 Equity cast members<\/i><\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES, CA, US, October 3, 2023 \/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — Executive Producers Bradley Bredeweg and Kelley Parker (Mad World Inventions) today announced the return of the acclaimed, sold-out theatrical event, \u201cSCISSORHANDS: A Musical Tribute\u201d \u2013 with an all-new immersive staging \u2013 for a six-week holiday engagement (through December 30) at Hollywood\u2019s The Bourbon Room (6356 Hollywood Blvd.). Performances begin on Friday, November 24, with an official opening night on Friday, December 1. <\/p>\n The smash hit jukebox-musical parody \u2013 playfully dubbed by Secret Los Angeles<\/a> as the \u201cshow LA just won\u2019t quit\u201d \u2013 SCISSORHANDS: A Musical Tribute pays homage to Tim Burton\u2019s iconic 1990 film Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp and features renditions of some of pop music\u2019s biggest songs including What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish), Dream On (Aerosmith), Uninvited (Alanis Morissette), Like a Prayer (Madonna), I\u2019m Every Woman (Chaka Khan), Shallow (Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper), Shake It Out (Taylor Swift), and Fast Car (Tracy Chapman).<\/p>\n SCISSORHANDS: A Musical Tribute will reunite original Actors\u2019 Equity cast members Jordan Kai Burnett as \u201cScissorhands\u201d (\u201cEmcee\u201d in Channing Tatum\u2019s Magic Mike Live, Las Vegas; Romy & Michele The Musical); Emma Hunton as \u201cPeg\u201d (Hulu\u2019s \u201cGood Trouble\u201d; National Tour of Wicked); Dionne Gipson as \u201cThe Inventor\u201d (Tarantino Live); Natalie Masini as \u201cKim\u201d (UMPO\u2019s A League of Their Own); Ryan O’Connor as \u201cHelen\u201d (\u201cBig Little Lies\u201d; School of Rock); and Carly Casey as \u201cJoyce\u201d (Prom, \u201cLucifer\u201d). New to the Scissorhands company are Alex Ellis as \u201cEsmeralda\u201d (\u201cRose\u201d in the original Off-Broadway cast of Titanique); Carson Higgins, alternating as \u201cJim\u201d at select performances (American Idiot, original Broadway cast); and John Krause, alternating as \u201cJim\u201d at select performances (Hadestown, original Broadway cast). <\/p>\n CREATIVE TEAM: Written and Directed by Bradley Bredeweg (creator of the critically acclaimed family-drama series, \u201cThe Fosters\u201d and its spin-off \u201cGood Trouble\u201d), the Creative Team features Production Design by James Connelly (\u201cThe Voice\u201d; \u201cThe Kelly Clarkson Show\u201d), Lighting Design by Darren Langer (Emmy Award Winner; \u201cThe Kelly Clarkson Show\u201d; \u201cHairspray Live\u201d; HBO\u2019s \u201cRock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction\u201d) and Costume Design by Benjamin Holtrop (Stylist to Broadway Stars Cyntia Erivo, Isaac Cole Powell, Skylar Austin and more). Gregory Nabours (\u201cMostly Musicals\u201d live series, Los Angeles) returns to the creative team as Musical Director. Alyssa Swann is the Actors\u2019 Equity Production Stage Manager. Jeff Wickline and Josh Robers serve as Co-Producers. Bredeweg and Kelley Parker are Executive Producers.<\/p>\n PRODUCTION HISTORY: SCISSORHANDS: A Musical Tribute was a sold-out hit for three years at LA\u2019s now-defunct Rockwell Table & Stage, performing holiday engagements in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Earlier this summer, Bredeweg and Parker reunited the original cast at The Bourbon Room for a series of standing-room-only, sold-out reunion concerts. <\/p>\n CRITICAL PRAISE FOR \u2018SCISSORHANDS\u2019 \u201cSTUNNING and inventive. Tear-your-heart-out numbers that will bring a tear to your eyes. Go see this show!\u201d \u2013 Broadway World<\/p>\n \u201cMore timely than ever. The most surprising part is how genuinely moving it is at times.\u201d \u2013 On Stage and Screen<\/p>\n \u201cAn extraordinarily and hauntingly beautiful production.\u201d \u2013 LAExcites<\/p>\n
\n\u201cYou\u2019ll laugh, you\u2019ll cry, you\u2019ll stand up and cheer.\u201d \u2013 Stage Scene LA<\/p>\n