Featuring a score by Ragtime Tony Award winners Ahrens (lyrics) and Flaherty (music), Rocky has a book by Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, Hairspray). Ahrens and Flaherty are also the album's producers.
The score incorporates the songs “Eye Of The Tiger” and “Gonna Fly Now" from the "Rocky" films.
The musical, which opened March 13 at the Winter Garden Theatre, stars Karl as Rocky, Margo Seibert as Adrian and Terence Archie as Apollo Creed. Read the reviews here.
Rocky earned Tony Award nominations for Best Actor (Andy Karl), Best Choreography (Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine), Best Lighting Design (Christopher Akerlind) and Best Scenic Design (Chris Barreca).
The album can be pre-ordered here.
The complete track listing follows:
Act I
1. Ain’t Down Yet — Company, Fight Promoter, Gazzo, Buddy
2. My Nose Ain’t Broken — Rocky Balboa
3. Raining — Adrian
4. Patriotic — Apollo Creed, Apollo’s Manager, Miles Jergens, Apollo Girls, Ensemble
5. My Nose Ain’t Broken (Reprise) — Rocky
6. The Flip Side — Rocky, Adrian
7. Adrian — Rocky
8. Wanna Know Why — Gazzo, Buddy, Rocky, Mickey
9. Fight From The Heart — Rocky
10. One Of Us — Company
Act II
11. Training Montage 1 — Orchestra
12. In The Ring — Mickey
13. Training Montage 2 (feat. Eye Of The Tiger) — Company
14. Happiness — Rocky, Adrian
15. I’m Done — Adrian
16. Southside Celebrity — Company, Rocky, Apollo
17. Undefeated Man — Apollo & His Entourage
18. Keep On Standing — Rocky
19. The Fight (Round 15) — Company
Tony nominee Alex Timbers directs the production, which features choreography by Tony nominee Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine with orchestrations by Stephen Trask and Tony winner Doug Besterman, musical supervision by David Holcenberg and musical direction by Chris Fenwick.
The musical is produced by Stage Entertainment USA and Sylvester Stallone with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Shubert Organization, Kevin King-Templeton, James L. Nederlander & Terry Allen Kramer, Roy Furman, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Zane Tankel, Lucky Champions, Scott Delman, JFL Theaticals/Judith Ann Abrams, Latitude Link, Waxman/Shin/Bergère and Lauren Stevens/Josh Goodman.
Tickets are available at Telecharge.com. Visit RockyBroadway.com.
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