
Water For Elephants Summary
- Show Status: Future
- Genre: Musical
- Water For Elephants is 1 hour 40 minutes long, including an intermission of 15 minutes
- 8 Shows per week
- Previews Begin: February 24, 2024
- Show Opens: March 21, 2024
- Show Closes: September 8, 2024
A powerful story set during the Great Depression, about love and deceit. Two lovers meet while working in a traveling circus, but must contend with a jealous husband's rage as they become closer.
Water For Elephants on Broadway Background
The world premiere staging For Water For Elephants was at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre in June 2023. The show is based on the 2006 bestselling novel of the same name by Sara Gruen, “Water for Elephants”
The show features a book by three-time Tony Award nominee Rick Elice and a score by the songwriting group Pigpen Theatre Co.
What’s Water For Elephants Like?
A young man hops onto a mysterious train only to find out he’s joined a traveling circus: the “Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show on Earth.”
When the ringmaster adds an elephant as the new star attraction, Jacob and August’s wife, Marlena, must train her. But as the pair get close, August’s possessive side rears its ugly head and threatens more than just Jacob’s safety
Is Water For Elephants Good for Kids?
The show has many adult themes and may not be suitable for anyone under the age of 16 years old
Theatre Information
Imperial Theatre
New York, NY 10019
Cast Members
- Jacob
- Ryan Vasquez
- August
- Bryan Fenkart
- Marlena
- Isabelle McCalla
- Camel
- Stan Brown
- Walter
- Joe De Paul
- Barbara
- Sara Gettelfinger
- Mr. Jankowski
- Harry Groener
- Wade
- Wade McCollum
Producers
Peter Schneider
Jennifer Costello
Grove Entertainment
Frank Marshall
Isaac Robert Hurwitz
Seth A. Goldstein
Production Credits
- Director
- Jessica Stone
- Circus Design
- Shana Carroll
- Choreography
- Carroll and Jesse Robb
- Music Direction
- Matt Hinkley
- Orchestrations
- Daryl Waters
- Music Supervision/Arrangements
- Mary-Mitchell Campbell
- Music Supervision/Arrangements
- Benedict Braxton-Smith
Creative Team
- Book Writer
- Rick Elice
- Music and Lyrics
- Pigpen Theatre Co.
- Original Book
- Sara Gruen