WitzEnd Productions’ Daddy Long Legs’ brilliant writer-director John Caird has taken home the 2016 Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical! Daddy Long Legs won in a season stacked with new musicals, including Broadway’s American Psycho, Bright Star, and Waitress, and Off Broadway’s First Daughter Suite. Read the full list of winners at TheaterMania
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Daddy Long Legs One of Playbill’s Most Impactful Shows of 2015
WitzEnd Productions’ Daddy Long Legs was selected as one of Playbill’s Most Impactful Shows of 2015! “With all of the glitz and glamour of the many excellent Broadway productions each year, it’s easy to sometimes forget the value of what is at the core of all theatre: storytelling. This absolutely gorgeous two-person musical on a...
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Livestream of Daddy Long Legs Draws 150,000
The groundbreaking live broadcast of WitzEnd Productions’ off-Broadway musical “Daddy Long Legs” shattered expectations. It was watched by more than 150,000 people in 135 countries, according to figures compiled by the show. The show was also watched in as far off locales as Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Fiji and Syria. “Ninety-nine percent of...
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Daddy Long Legs to Make History with Livestream
WitzEnd Productions’ Daddy Long Legs is about to make internet history. On Thursday, the Off-Broadway musical is partnering with video streaming platform Livestream to give audiences worldwide the opportunity to view a full performance for free at 8 p.m. EST. Viewers can register to watch the performance on the show’s website. The Livestream gives theater fans...
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MTI Acquires Rights to Daddy Long Legs
Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has secured worldwide licensing rights to WitzEnd Productions’ Off-Broadway hit Daddy Long Legs. According to John Caird, “I first read Jean Webster’s novel some fifteen years ago and was immediately charmed by its wit, heart and intelligence. I was also surprised that a novel of such extraordinary sensitivity and economy of...
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Daddy Long Legs Extends to Open Run Before First Preview
Before WitzEnd Productions’ Daddy Long Legs has even performed it’s first preview, the show has already announced an extension to an open run. The new musical, which was originally scheduled to run through January 16th, stars Megan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan and will run at the Davenport Theater. Read the full article at Playbill
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Catch of a Performance Preview of Daddy Long Legs
Broadway World has an exclusive first-look preview of the upcoming New York premiere of WitzEnd Productions’ Daddy Long Legs. Check out the performance here!
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Daddy Long Legs set for Off-Broadway!
WitzEnd Productions’ Daddy Long Legs is set for it’s New York debut! Performances of Daddy Long Legs are scheduled to begin Sept. 10, with an official opening night set for Sept. 27. The limited engagement will run through Jan. 10, 2016. Read the full article at Playbill
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Daddy Long Legs, a 4-star show!
Venerated UK newspaper The Guardian has given a 4-star review to Daddy Long Legs, as theater critic Michael Billington called it “totally captivating!” “The bond between Jerusha and Jervis, himself a wealthy renegade, is intellectual as much as emotional: Gordon’s highly pleasurable numbers often dwell on the joys of reading, and contain more deftly interwoven solos than...
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Daddy Long Legs is part of inaugural season for St James Theater in London
“The U.K. premiere of tuner “Daddy Long Legs,” plus two London preems and a classic revival form the opening slate of St. James Theater, central London’s first new theater complex for 30 years…” Read the full article at Variety
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