Featuring a book and lyrics by jordan allendutton and erik weiner and music by hal goldberg, nerds tells the story of the rise of bill gates and. The books narrator lists various imaginary creatures that he would keep in the zoo if he were allowed to run it. Nerds, a musical about the rivalry between steve jobs and bill gates, has. He is the author of numerous articles, books and technical papers on both the human physical body and the history of science. Eric weiner is the author of the new york times bestseller the geography of bliss, as well as two other books. Casey hushion associate resident director, aladdin will direct, with choreography by joshua bergasse on the town. With a book and lyrics by threetime emmy nominees jordan allendutton and erik weiner, nerds is. Nerds features a book and lyrics by jordan allendutton and erik weiner, with a score by hal goldberg.
Nerds musical returns to philadelphia theatre company, 11. What happens to all your popularity when one gets braces. Nerds will feature jim poulos broadways rent, the adventures of tom sawyer as bill gates and charlie pollack broadways urinetown as steve jobs, and andrew cassese as paul allen, brian golub. A musical software satire features book and lyrics jordan allendutton and erik weiner offbroadways the bombitty of errors, tvs robot chicken and music by. A number of high schools and universities have incorporated them into their curricula. The geography of bliss has been translated into 20 languages. With the tagline, steve, bill and the dawn of the digital. Bill gates, steve jobs musical nerds cancels broadway run. Philadelphia theatre company revisits the musical satire nerds with book and lyrics by jordan allendutton and erik weiner, music by hal. Now available for licensing and purchase at samuel french nerds. Written by erik weiner and jordan allendutton directed by jordan allendutton music pro.
Nerds synonyms, nerds pronunciation, nerds translation, english dictionary definition of nerds. Playwise nerds by philadelphia theatre company issuu. Well, in the book nerds national, espionage, rescue, and defense society by michael buckley it answers that question. A number of high schools and universities have incorporated the book into their curricula. Visually hot and musically adept, the show that philadelphia theatre company unveiled wednesday about steve jobs and bill gates certainly concerns the geeky monomaniacs referred to in the title nerds, but it has infinitely more class, insight, and wit than the popculture nerd subgenre of the 1980s.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Follow americas favorite geeks from garage inventors to silicon valley megabillionaires as we take a hilarious musical journey from the floppy disc. The broadway production will features book and lyrics by jordan allendutton. Yet nerds is so light and breezy that its hard to resist. Its bill gates versus steve jobs in hightech broadway musical nerds. Eric weiner is a popular speaker and author of the new york times bestseller the geography of bliss, man seeks god, and the recent the geography of genius.
My flirtations with the divine by eric weiner 20111205 jan 1, 1847. Wickeds lindsay mendez and more set for broadways nerds. Michael buckley is very good at making the book funny and exciting which makes the book more interesting. Weiners books have been translated into more than 20 languages. Nerds series collection michael buckley 5 books set rrp. Nerds a musical dotcomedy producers of the new musical nerds carl levin, vicki halmos, elizabeth williams and greenleaf productions announced today that nerds, a dotcomedy about the rise and rivalry of high tech pioneers bill gates and steve jobs, will open on broadway. The book and lyrics for nerds are written by jordan allendutton and erik weiner who also collaborated on adult swims robot chicken, and the music is by hal goldberg offbroadways the children. Nerds musical books cast for prebroadway run variety. His latest book, the geography of genius, has been called smart, funny and utterly delightfulweiners best book yet. With over 800 quotes, anecdotes, and thoughts from the th chair, there isnt a larger source of band hodgepodge. Full casting and the creative team have been announced for the limited prebroadway engagement of nerds, a new musical comedy at north carolinas aj fletcher theatre in raleigh.
His musical comedy, nerds, written with collaborator jordan allen dutton and music. The show was to be directed by casey hushion, and to star rory omalley. Erik weiner born june 7, 1977 is an american actor, writer, and producer best known for cocreating the play the bombitty of errors and his role as agent sebso on hbos boardwalk empire contents 1 biography. The musical comedy nerds includes a book and lyrics by jordan allendutton and erik weiner of cartoon networks robot chicken. Bill gates and steve jobs sing in nerds musical jan. He cocreated and starred in the bombitty of errors, an adaptation of shakespeares comedy of errors, blending hiphop and shakespeare.
Nerds discount broadway tickets including discount code. Erik weiner was born and raised in san francisco and graduated from nyus tisch school. Steve jobs and bill gates musical heading to broadway. Born and raised in san francisco, erik weiner graduated from tisch school of the arts at new york university. The marching band nerds handbook by dj corchin, dan. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Joey mckneely synopsis the musical comedy traces the humble beginnings of two young nerds, bill gates and steve jobs, and how they became battling giants of the personal computer revolution.
Nerds features a book and lyrics by jordan allendutton and erik weiner adult swims robot chicken and music by hal goldberg the children. Erik weiner born june 7, 1977 is an american actor, writer, and producer best known for. See his books, biography, articles, appearance information, information for booking speaking engagements, and more. His musical comedy, nerds, written with collaborator jordan allendutton and music. Nerds a musical dotcomedy uploads to broadway shubert. Steve jobs underperformed on the big screen, but now the late tech. A musical software satire coauthored by jordan allendutton as an. Nerds series collection michael buckley 5 books set nerds. Producers of nerds, an original musical abut the rivalry between tech giants bill gates and steve jobs, announced tuesday that they were scuttling a planned broadway opening for this spring. New broadway musical nerds will feature tech rivalry. Nerds steve jobs, bill gates musical comedy soon to hit broadway. National espionage, rescue, and defense society by. Also the place where you are able to see the stuff that he puts. Eric weiner is the author of the new york times bestseller the geography of bliss as well as two other books, and the soontobe released the socrates express.
Nerds steve jobs, bill gates musical comedy soon to hit. He received the outstanding achievement award and the first ever tisch award. Steve jobs, bill gates musical to open on broadway. He created and starred in the bombitty of errors a slammin addraptation of shakespeares comedy of. Its back the funny, smart, and irreverent musical nerds. Erik weiner was born and raised in san francisco and graduated from nyus tisch school of the arts. Eric weiner author, speaker, philosophical traveler. In the socrates express, new york times bestselling author eric weiner invites you to voyage alongside him on his lifechanging pursuit of wisdom and discovery as he attempts to find answers to our most vital questions.
He cocreated and starred in the bombitty of errors, an adaptation of. Nerds has a book and lyrics by jordan allendutton and erik weiner and music by hal goldberg. The book by jordan allendutton and erik weiner makes this group of losers lovable, even if it goes overboard on the corny gags and puns like when gates complains that jobs goes home with the girl while we go home with our disks in our hands. Before bill gates and steve jobs were the undisputed titans of technology, they were nerds.
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