This spring's biggest downtown hit was undoubtedly BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON. Rolling Stone called it "the season's best musical" and audiences flocked to The Public Theater-where iconic shows like A Chorus Line and Hair started out-to see what the daring young creative team ALEX TIMBERS (writer/director) and MICHAEL FRIEDMAN (composer/lyricist) had cooked up. Now, by populist demand, their bloody brilliant show is packing up its tight, tight jeans and heading to Broadway!

In BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, rising star BENJAMIN WALKER reprises his role as America's first political maverick. A.J. kicked British butt, shafted the Indians and smacked down the Spaniards all in the name of these United States-who cares if he didn't have permission? An exhilarating and white-knuckled look at one of our nation's founding rock stars, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON recreates and reinvents the life of "Old Hickory," from his humble beginnings on the Tennessee frontier to his days as our seventh Commander-in-Chief. It also asks the question, is wanting to have a beer with someone reason enough to elect him? What if he's really, really hot?

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Category: Musical, History, Original, Broadway
1^st Preview Performance: September 20, 2010
Opening Night Performance: October 13, 2010
Final Performance: January 2, 2011
Total # of Performances: 94

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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Phillip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President)

Produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (Oskar Eustis: Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson: Executive Director), Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Norton Herrick & Herrick Entertainment, Susan Quint Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe/Jennifer Manocherian, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Universal Pictures, Nancy C. Paduano/Harold Thau, Toula C. Phillips and Center Theatre Group (Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director; Charles Dillingham, Managing Director); Associate Producer: Mandy Hackett, Jeremy Scott Blaustein, Michael Crea, S.D. Wagner and John Johnson

World Premiere presented Jan. 2008 by Center Theatre Group (Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director; Charles Dillingham, Managing Director); Subsequently presented by The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (Oskar Eustis: Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson: Executive Director)

Book by Alex Timbers; Music by Michael Friedman; Lyrics by Michael Friedman; Musical Director: Justin Levine; Music orchestrated by Michael Friedman, Gabriel Kahane and Justin Levine

Directed by Alex Timbers; Choreographed by Danny Mefford

Scenic Design by Donyale Werle; Costume Design by Emily Rebholz; Lighting Design by Justin Townsend; Sound Design by Bart Fasbender; Associate Scenic Design: Michael Carnahan; Associate Costume Design: Sarah Laux; Associate Sound Design: David Sanderson

Executive Producer: Joey Parnes; Company Manager: David van Zyll de Jong

Production Stage Manager: Arthur Gaffin; Stage Manager: Jamie Greathouse

Conducted by Justin Levine; Associate Conductor: Charlie Rosen; Piano/Guitar: Justin Levine; Bass: Charlie Rosen; Drums: Kevin Garcia; Musical Coordinator: Seymour "Red" Press

Developed in association with: Les Freres Corbusier; Fight direction by Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum; Dance Captain: Greg Hildreth; Dramaturg: Anne Davison and Mike Sablone; Casting: Carrie Gardner; Press Representative: Jeffrey Richards Associates and Irene Gandy; Advertising: SPOTCo, Inc.; Interactive Marketing and Web Design: SPOTCo, Inc.; Photographer: Joan Marcus 

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“There’s not a show in town that more astutely reflects the state of the nation than the ROWDY CARNIVAL BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON. Hot and cool in one breath, this INVIGORATING production feels UNCONDITIONALLY OF THE MOMENT. BEN WALKER has a star’s gift and THE CHARISMA TO RULE ANY STAGE. This DEVASTATINGLY INSIGHTFUL show is likely to remain a true reflection of these United States for many years to come.” - The New York Times

“GRADE: A! If you haven’t seen it yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Shows this WEIRD and WONDERFUL don’t make it to Broadway every day.” - Entertainment Weekly

“ * * * * *! INSANELY FUNNY! BBAJ MAKES A BID FOR THE SMARTEST, SHARPEST NEWMUSICAL IN YEARS.” ­- Time Out

  “BENJAMIN WALKER give a STAR-MAKING performance.” - Variety “IRREVERENT & SUBVERSIVE!” - New York Post   “OFFBEAT, FRESH & FUN! WORTH THE BENJAMINS!” - Daily News  

“90 THOROUGHLY AUDACIOUS, POLITICALLY SAVVY, POLITICALLY INCORRECT MINUTES.” - Newsday

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BENJAMIN WALKER (Andrew Jackson) received rave reviews for his portrayal of Andrew Jackson in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at The Public Theater. He has appeared on Broadway in Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Inherit the Wind. His off-Broadway credits include workshops of Bye Bye Birdie and Threepenny Opera for Roundabout, Spring Awakening for Lincoln Center, and Arrangements at the Atlantic. He appeared in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Windermere’s Fan at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and in the films The War Boys, Flags of Our Fathers, The Notorious Bettie Page, and Kinsey.

KRISTINE NIELSEN (Storyteller) Broadway: To Be Or Not To Be, Spring Awakening, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, A Streetcar Named Desire (Roundabout), The Greenbird, Jackie: An American Life, The Iceman Cometh.  Off-Broadway includes: Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Why Torture is Wrong, and The People who Love Them (Drama League & Outer Critics Circle nominations), Die Mommie Die!; Our Leading Lady, Based on a Totally True Story, Wonder of the World; Miss Witherspoon, Betty’s Summer Vacation (Obie Award; Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle nominations); Machinal, Dog Opera (Obie Award). Regional includes Long Wharf, Huntington, Yale Rep, Baltimore CenterStage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter, Actors Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla, Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Guthrie Theater. Film: Adelaide, The Savages, Small Time Crooks, Morning Glory.  TV: “Conviction,” "Law & Order: CI,” “Law & Order,” and “Third Watch,” amongst others. Graduate of Yale School of Drama.

JAMES BARRY (Male Soloist). New York: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (the Public), Sive (Irish Rep), JB (78th Street Theatre Lab). Chicago: The Full Monty (Drury Lane at Water Tower Place), two by Friel after Chekhov (Irish Rep). Regional: The Caretaker, The Misanthrope, The Who’s Tommy, A Dream Play (Berkshire Theatre Festival), The Bomb-itty of Errors (Syracuse Stage). www.rocksongblog.com

DARREN GOLDSTEIN (Calhoun). New York: Oohrah! (Atlantic Theater), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (the Public), Abigail’s Party (Lortel nom., Featured Actor), Mouth to Mouth and Terrorism (the New Group), Mary Rose (the Vineyard), Gutenberg! The Musical (Actors’ Playhouse), Bad Jazz (Play Company). Regional: Beyond Therapy (Williamstown/Bay St. Theatre). TV: “Damages,” “Rubicon,” “Law & Order: CI.” Film: upcoming The Dark Fields. MFA, NYU.

GREG HILDRETH (Red Eagle). Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (the Public). New York: Dance Dance Revolution, Hell House (Les Freres Corbusier); Church (Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company). Regional: Peter and the Starcatchers (La Jolla Playhouse); Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Center Theatre Group); The Corn Is Green, The Front Page, Romeo and Juliet, Anything Goes (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Television/film: “Kings,” Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Education: BFA from Boston University, LAMDA.

CAMERON OCASIO (Lyncoya)10 Years old, Broadway debut. Film/TV: Saturday Night Live, When in Rome, Kiddie Ride, Father's Day, Gossip Girl, Human Giant and Sesame Street. Commercials: Wisk & General Mills.  Love and thanks to mom, dad, Giana, and Shirley Grant Management.

BRYCE PINKHAM (Clay). Broadway debut! Off-Broadway: Orphans’ Home Cycle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Regional: A View From the Bridge (Guthrie); A Funny Thing…, Our Town, Beyond Therapy (Williamstown); All’s Well…, A Woman of No Importance (Yale Rep). TV: “God in America,” “The Good Wife.” Founding member of New Theater House, recipient of the Oliver Thorndike Acting Award. MFA Yale, BA Boston College.

NADIA QUINN (Female Ensemble). Broadway debut! Nadia is a lady who writes and sings original, comedic folk music as Summer&Eve. If you’re from the future, you probably recognize her from 100 blockbuster films. If you’re from the present, you’ve seen her in some TV commercials (Febreze, Pearle Vision, Huggies, Verizon). Nadia loves TV. She also loves her family and friend-family. (A lot.)

ALEX TIMBERS (Writer/Director) is Artistic Director of Les Freres Corbusier. Recent Directing: The Pee-wee Herman Show (Club Nokia), Hell House (also adaptation; Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience), Gutenberg! The Musical! (Drama Desk nomination for Best Director of a Musical), A Very Merry Unauthorized… (also conceiver; OBIE Award; Garland Award-Best Director), Peter and the Starcatchers (Disney Theatricals/La Jolla), The Language of Trees (Roundabout), Heddatron, Boozy, Dance Dance Revolution (writer of latter two, all Les Freres),and Beyond Therapy (Williamstown/Bay Street).

MICHAEL FRIEDMAN (Music and Lyrics) is an Associate Artist with the Civilians and has composed music and lyrics for the company's This Beautiful City, [I Am] Nobody's Lunch, Gone Missing and Canard, Canard, Goose?; as well as Saved, In the Bubble,The Brand New Kid,God's Ear and The Blue Demon. With Steve Cosson, he co-authored the 2008 Public LAB production Paris Commune. He has been a MacDowell fellow, a Hodder Fellow, and is an Artistic Associate at New York Theatre Workshop. He received an Obie award for sustained achievement.

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