Watch on Deadline Still, Something Rotten! book writer John O’Farrell took note of the similarities in a series of tweets this morning, saying the Brooks’ project “hath ripped us off.” ...

You could describe 'Something Rotten!' as 'Shakespeare in Love' meets 'Spamalot'...With all its showmanship and silliness, 'Something Rotten!' begins on an extremely promising note, sustains it ...

Nick Bottom (Hunter Cotton) and Nostradamus (Ákos Jónás) sing about the next big thing in theater: “A Musical.” (Craig Schwartz / USC School of Dramatic Arts ...

The Fulton Theatre’s Tony Award-nominated “Something Rotten” tells the story of two ... “I can get five or six laughs by saying two or three sentences.” Getting every laugh at every ...

Look, I’m not saying any of this is remotely sophisticated. But a big part of “Something Rotten”’s newfound success is that it’s a boozed-up party crasher in a typically classy room.

Now I say that I wasn’t raised on musicals,” LoPorto said. When LoPorto and the cast first read through “Something Rotten,” “I got a lot more of the references than people expected.

“Something Rotten!” was scheduled to run Aug ... a full cast of triple threats,” Pascal explained. “I’m not saying by any stretch that those types of talents are not available.

Cottage Theatre recently opened its 2025 season with Something Rotten, a musical comedy about two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, who attempt to outwrite Shakespeare, only to end up in more trouble ...