Jim & Donna Tormey

Jonathan Thompson & Mallory Sailors

Abby & Matthew Hunt

Emily & Becky Etscheid

photos & story by 

Kristina Wright

Libby Dugas & Buzz Ritchie

   VIP Pensacola at Saenger Theatre

LauraRae & Mike Morette 

T

he 2018-2019 Broadway in Pensacola season kicked off at the Saenger Theatre on 
Monday, November 19. Friends of the Seanger hosted the hit Broadway musical 
called 

Something Rotten!, which was presented by Jam Theatricals. Cox Media was 

a proud sponsor of the performance and the 2018-2019 Broadway season. 

Something Rotten! is an original musical comedy with a book by John O’Farrell and Karey 

Kirkpatrick and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. The story is set in London 
1595, where brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play, but are stuck 
in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” In the midst of all this 
excitement, the brothers are trying to keep their acting company afl oat. In a desperate attempt 
to out-Bard the Bard, Nick consults with a soothsayer. As the Bottom brothers strive to write 
the world’s very fi rst “musical”, they fi nd themselves caught in a bitter battle with the Bard and 
the play’s the thing. 

Something Rotten! is a hysterical, joyous celebration of everything you love 

about Broadway.

Laura Welch & Kathryn Broadus

Preston & Kaitlin Forshee

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