“Ambitious and wonderfully tuneful!”
Roundabout Underground debuts its first new musical in a decade.
When charismatic songwriter Harry falls for clever chorus girl Louise, all of Manhattan glitters with the blush of new love. But what happens when the sparkling fantasy begins to dissolve?
Bubbling over with charm, wit, and whimsy, Darling Grenadine navigates the tension between romance and reality, light and dark, bitter and sweet. Featuring a vibrantly eclectic score and stirring book and lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik.
“Charming, bittersweet, it will thoroughly delight you!”
Running Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission.
Please Note: There is no late seating for this production and the show begins promptly. If you arrive after the designated performance time you will not be admitted.
![A man in a suit hugs a woman in a dress from behind, their hands both resting on her stomach. They stare dreamily into the distance, a city skyline projected behind them.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2019-2020/Darling-Grenadine/DarlingGrenadine0393r.jpg)
Emily Walton and Adam Kantor
Joan Marcus![A man in a suit sits at a wooden piano and leans on the top while he pulls a microphone down to his mouth to sing.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2019-2020/Darling-Grenadine/DarlingGrenadine0004r.jpg)
Adam Kantor
Joan Marcus![Three actors stand in front of a small, round restaurant table with drinks on it while they sing. The walls of the black box theatre have projections of plants and writing on them.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2019-2020/Darling-Grenadine/DarlingGrenadine0268r.jpg)
Matt Dallal, Adam Kantor, and Aury Krebs
Joan Marcus![A woman with auburn hair and a floral dress leans on top of a wooden piano, holding sheet music and smiling at the man playing.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/2019-2020/Darling-Grenadine/DarlingGrenadine0389r.jpg)
The cast of DARLING GRENADINE
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Darling Grenadine Cast
- Man
- Matt Dallal
- Paul
- Jay Armstrong Johnson
- Harry
- Adam Kantor
- Woman
- Aury Krebs
- The Street Musician
- Mike Nappi
- Louise
- Emily Walton
Darling Grenadine Creative
- Book, Music & Lyrics
- Daniel Zaitchik
- Set Design
- Tim Mackabee
- Costume Design
- Emily Rebholz
- Lighting Design
- Lap Chi Chu
- Sound Design
- Brian Ronan
- Projection Design
- Edward T Morris
- Orchestrations
- Matt Moisey
- Animal Trainer
- William Berloni
- Production Stage Manager
- Bess Marie Glorioso
- Music Director
- David Gardos
- Director & Choreographer
- Michael Berresse
“It serves up musical comedy joy.”
![Actors sit around a table in the rehearsal for a table read. The actor in focus in this shot is wearing a flannel and a winter beanie](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/Darling-Grenadine/06-RTC_DarlingGren_IMG_0113.jpg)
Mike Nappi
Jeremy Daniel![A man at a rehearsal table leans his elbows on his script and gestures his hands while he talks to a group seated around the table.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/Darling-Grenadine/07-RTC_DarlingGren_IMG_0034.jpg)
Michael Berresse
Jeremy Daniel![Actors in rehearsal sit at a table read and attentively listen.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/Darling-Grenadine/01-RTC_DarlingGren_IMG_0109.jpg)
Emily Walton and Adam Kantor
Jeremy Daniel![A man in glasses plays at a piano while an actor looks over his shoulder at the sheet music in front of them.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/Darling-Grenadine/02-RTC_DarlingGren_IMG_0299.jpg)
Adam Kantor and David Gardos
Jeremy Daniel![Two people at a table read lean forward on their arms and talk to each other over their scripts.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/Darling-Grenadine/03-RTC_DarlingGren_IMG_0163.jpg)
Jay Armstrong Johnson
Jeremy Daniel![A few people stand around the rehearsal room talking to each other.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/Darling-Grenadine/04-RTC_DarlingGren_IMG_0492.jpg)
Daniel Zaitchik
Jeremy Daniel![Two actors chat with each other in the studio before rehearsal start.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/Darling-Grenadine/05-RTC_DarlingGren_IMG_0371.jpg)
Aury Krebs and Matt Dallal
Jeremy DanielCHECK OUT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES.
Darling Grenadine benefits from Roundabout’s Musical Production Fund with lead gifts from The Howard Gilman Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Michael Kors and Lance Le Pere, Diane and Tom Tuft, and Cynthia C. Wainwright and Stephen Berger.
- Alec Baldwin
James Costa and John Archibald
Linda L. D’Onofrio
Peggy and Mark Ellis
Jodi Glucksman
Sylvia Golden
Angelina Lippert
K. Myers
Katheryn Patterson and Tom Kempner
Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Ira Pittelman
Mary Solomon
Lauren and Danny Stein
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
The Tow Foundation
Development of Darling Grenadine was supported by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (Preston Whiteway, Executive Director; Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director) during a residency at the National Music Theater Conference of 2016.
Darling Grenadine was presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals in 2017.
Darling Grenadine was originally produced by Goodspeed Musicals in 2017.
Produced and further developed summer, 2019, at The Marriott Theatre (Terry James, Executive Producer; Aaron Thielen, Artistic Director).
About Roundabout Underground
Roundabout Underground productions are produced in Roundabout's Black Box Theatre located within the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. It is an initiative designed to foster new works by emerging theatre artists. Roundabout Underground allows Roundabout to take artistic risks that are not viable on its larger stages, whether giving a debut production to an emerging writer or allowing an experienced director to go back to his or her creative roots.
In addition to receiving an opportunity to debut their works as full-scale productions, up-and-coming playwrights receive the significant artistic and financial support of the country's largest not-for-profit theatre and a nurturing environment in which to debut their work.
Note: Roundabout Underground productions cannot be purchased as part of a season package.
![The empty house of Black Box Theatre. Two chairs are washed in red and yellow light at the front of rows and rows of chairs.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_340,q_auto:eco,w_440/e_grayscale/e_tint:100:391f55:0p:ea5297:100p/v1/placeholders/Venues/LoResSteinberg_Blackbox_Copyright_Andrew_McGibbon-.jpg)
Presented at
Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
Black Box Theatre
111 West 46th Street, New York, NY
between 6th and 7th Avenues