About Harmony
Harmony: A New Musical is the extraordinary true story of the greatest entertainers the world would ever forget. With music by Barry Manilow and book & lyrics by Bruce Sussman, 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.
Harmony is based in part on The Comedian Harmonist Archive as curated by the late Dr. Peter Czada.
The Broadway production will start performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 18, 2023 (with an official opening of November 13, 2023). For more information, please visit www.harmonyanewmusical.com.
But before Harmony came to Broadway, Bruce and Barry had an extensive relationship with this story that spans 30 years!
Harmony’s Journey to Broadway
Mandell Weiss Theatre, San Diego
FEATURING: Danny Burstein as Rabbi, Patrick Wilson as Chopin, Rebecca Luker as Mary, Mark Chmiel as Lesh, James Clow as Bobby, Steve Goldstein as Erich, Thom Christopher Warren as Harry, and Janet Mez as Ruth, and Thursday Farrar as Josephine.
Alliance Theatre, Atlanta
FEATURING: Sayne Kennon as Rabbi, Will Blum as Lesh, Douglas Williams as Bobby, Chris Dwan as Erich, Tony Yazbeck as Harry, Will Taylor as Chopin, Leigh Ann Larkin as Mary, Hannah Corneau as Ruth.
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
FEATURING: Sayne Kennon as Rabbi, Will Blum as Lesh, Douglas Williams as Bobby, Chris Dwan as Erich, Tony Yazbeck as Harry, Will Taylor as Chopin, Leigh Ann Larkin as Mary, and Hannah Corneau as Ruth.
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, New York
FEATURING: Danny Kornfeld as Young Rabbi, Steven Telsey as Lesh, Sean Bell as Bobby, Eric Peters as Erich, Zal Owen as Harry, Blake Roman as Chopin, Sierra Boggess as Mary, Jessie Davidson as Ruth, Chip Zien as Rabbi, and Ana Hoffman as Josephine.
Awards
The Off-Broadway production was nominated for and won several awards in the 2021-2022 season.
Off-Broadway League Awards
OutStanding Off-Broadway Musical
WON
Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Bruce Sussman
WON
Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Musical
NOMINATED
Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Chip Zien
NOMINATED
Lucille Lortel Awards
Outstanding Musical
NOMINATED
Lucille Lortel Awards
Outstanding Choreography: Warren Carlyle
NOMINATED