NewsPHOTO RECAP: Promises, Promises, Starring Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes, Opens on BroadwayThe first Broadway revival of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David musical Promises, Promises starring Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes, closed on Jan. 2, 2011. We look back at opening night.
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Matthew Blank
January 02, 2014
Rob Ashford directed and choreographed Promises, Promises —marking his Broadway directorial debut.
Promises, Promises features a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and a book by Neil Simon. Based on the 1960 Academy Award-winning Billy Wilder film "The Apartment," the musical, according to press notes, "tells the story of the Consolidated Life Insurance Company and Chuck Baxter, one of its charming young employees. In an effort to advance at the company, Chuck lends executives his apartment for their extramarital romantic trysts. But things become slightly complicated when Fran Kubelik, the object of Chuck's affection, becomes the mistress of one of his executives."
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PHOTO RECAP: Promises, Promises, Starring Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes, Opens on Broadway
The Max Martin musical features a number of his most beloved songs, including “…Baby One More Time,” “Roar,” “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” and more.