ABOUT THIS PROJECT
BRONCO BILLY: THE MUSICAL (Official Website)
Charing Cross Theater, London 2024
Book by Dennis Hackin
Music and Lyrics by Chip Rosenbloom & John Torres
Additional Lyrics by Michele Brourman
Based on the Warner Bros. Motion Picture written by Dennis E. Hackin
By special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
Director: Hunter Bird
Scenic Designer: Amy Jane Cook
Costume Designer: Sarah Mercade
Choreographer: Alexzandra Sarmiento
Lighting Designer: Nick Richings
Sound Designer: Andrew Johnson
Illusion Designer: John Bulleid
Fight & Intimacy Directors: Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC-Annie Ltd
Associate Director: Amber Sinclair-Case
Music Supervisor: David O
Casting: Will Burton
Photos: The Other Richard
REVIEWS
“Director Hunter Bird takes the late-’70s setting and runs with it, casting its madcap caper vibe in bright colours and every orange of beige. It’s a beautifully pitched, disco-ball reflection of an era of TV and film, complete with great practical effects and some genre-bending choreography, which feels new and unique.”
- TimeOut Recommended, ★★★★★
“Hunter Bird’s production has its tongue planted so firmly in its cheek that it works a strange kind of magic that by the end leaves you smiling as wide as the Grand Canyon”
- What’s Onstage
“Hunter Bird’s direction is complex to say the least, thanks to the use of magic and illusions in the show. There is an impressive level of intricacy to the direction which at its best creates jaw-dropping moments. One highlight featured an elaborate freezeframe for the surrounding cast during a musical number which really was beautiful to witness and flawlessly executed.”
- All That Dazzles
PRESS
BBC: Bronco Billy rides into London's West End (2024)
Playbill Photos: Take a Look at West End Premiere of Bronco Billy—The Musical
Playbill: West End Premiere of Bronco Billy—The Musical Finds Its Cast
Video: Listen to 'Tomorrow Starts Today' From BRONCO BILLY THE MUSICAL
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
BRONCO BILLY: THE MUSICAL
Skylight Theater, Los Angeles 2019
Book by Dennis Hackin
Music and Lyrics by Chip Rosenbloom & John Torres
Additional Lyrics by Michele Brourman
Based on the Warner Bros. Motion Picture written by Dennis E. Hackin
By special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
Director: Hunter Bird
Musical Director: Anthony Lucca
Choreographer: Janet Roston
Scenic: John Iacovelli
Lighting: Brian Gale
Costumes: Ann Close-Farley
Projections: David Murakami
Sound: Cricket Myers & Daniel Tator
REVIEWS
"Sometimes, silly is all that a show needs to be....Director Hunter Bird and a cast of 14 keep the tone playfully artificial, but the material, cotton-candyish as it is, manages to tug at the heartstrings with its notions about dreamers intent on making their lives — and, possibly, the world — a little bit better." - LA Times
"Thanks to the impeccable direction of Bird, Lucca and Roston, the Wild West Show troupe thoroughly entertains the audience with their clear character portrayals and brilliant execution of the most magnificently entertaining production numbers to ever grace a stage, out of which the show's theatrical magic is born." - Broadway World
"Under his letter-perfect and agile direction, Bird and his cast and crew have concocted a big, bright, bubbly Valentine to hope-against-hope and the good old-fashioned value of having a dream." - Bucking Trends
"Artfully directed by Hunter Bird, BRONCO BILLY offers a bright, upbeat, and song-filled evening with a multi-talented cast." - LA Splash
"If you haven’t seen the 1980 movie Bronco Billy with Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke (or can’t remember if you did), don’t worry. With a book by Dennis Hackin (who also wrote the novel and the movie’s screenplay), and music and lyrics by Chip Rosenbloom and John Torres, with additional lyrics by Michele Brourman, this world premiere musical version, smartly directed by Hunter Bird, is a heck of a lot funnier and way more enjoyable. - RECOMMENDED" Stage Raw
"An heiress on the run finds an unexpected hideout and a unique new family of friends while being pursued by a gang of comic villains who can’t manage to shoot straight in the infectiously crowd-pleasing World Premiere musical Bronco Billy, quite possibly the most tuneful and entertaining L.A.-cast Broadway hopeful since Sister Act made its Pasadena Playhouse debut back in 2006."- StageSceneLA
