Harmony
About the Show
HARMONY features an original score by the legendary Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Barry Manilow, with lyrics and book by Drama Desk Award winner Bruce Sussman and “feels like a mega-watt Broadway musical.” (Variety) Based on the unbelievable true story, HARMONY tells the tale of the most successful entertainers you’ve never heard of… until now. In the 1920s and 30s, the Comedian Harmonists sold millions of records, made dozens of films, and sold out the biggest theaters around the world. Their heavenly harmonies and musical comedy antics catapulted these six talented young men from singing in the subway tunnels of Berlin to international superstardom. What happened next is the story of HARMONY.
About the Show
HARMONY features an original score by the legendary Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Barry Manilow, with lyrics and book by Drama Desk Award winner Bruce Sussman and “feels like a mega-watt Broadway musical.” (Variety) Based on the unbelievable true story, HARMONY tells the tale of the most successful entertainers you’ve never heard of… until now. In the 1920s and 30s, the Comedian Harmonists sold millions of records, made dozens of films, and sold out the biggest theaters around the world. Their heavenly harmonies and musical comedy antics catapulted these six talented young men from singing in the subway tunnels of Berlin to international superstardom. What happened next is the story of HARMONY.
About the Theatre
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036
The Ethel Barrymore Theatre is the only theater left that was built for actors and performers affiliated with Lee and J.J. Shubert. It was created in honor of the tremendously popular actress Ethel Barrymore, who premiered in the production The Kingdom of God.
The theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp with an exterior in the fashion of Roman public baths and a two-story terracotta grillwork screen.