Hartford Stage Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Williamson is the Dramaturg. Casting for the Flamingo Kid musical will be announced at a later date. The Flamingo Kid, which has been speculated for a Broadway transfer, will play Hartford Stage from May 9-June 2, 2019. The Flamingo Kid takes place in the summer of 1963, when Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Winnick leaves home—against the wishes of his father—to take a job as a cabana boy at the colorful El Flamingo—a posh private club on Long Island. Broadway veterans Adam Heller (Elf and Victor/Victoria) and Liz Larsen(Tony Award nominee for The Most Happy Fella and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) plays Arthur and Ruth, Jeffrey's parents. The cast also includes young Broadway talents Lindsey Brett Carothers (Gettin' the Band Back Together) as Joyce; Ben Fankhauser (Newsies the Musical) as Steve; and Alex Wyse (Waitress) as Hawk. The Flamingo Kid film featured a cast led by Matt Dillon, in a company that also included Janet Jones, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Richard Crenna and Jessica Walter. Check out exclusive photos from the production below! A new musical adaptation of the 1984 film The Flamingo Kid has scheduled a world premiere production with Hartford Stage. The music, the romance, and the beach are magical - until tensions grow between father and son when a slick club member takes Jeffrey under his wing. A new musical adaptation of the 1984 film The Flamingo Kid has scheduled a world premiere production with Hartford Stage. Broadway Rewind: ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Returns to Broadway with Kristin Chenoweth & More! A pet project by Happy Days producer Garry Marshall, The Flamingo Kid stars Matt Dillon as a blue-collar teenager working at an upscale Long Island beach club during a hot 1963 summer. The Flamingo Kid, inspired by the 1984 Garry Marshall coming-of-age film starring Matt Dillon, reunites Tresnjak with A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder's Tony Award-winning book writer and lyricist Robert L. Freedman. Jimmy Brewer (Motherfreakinghood, Playwrights Horizon; The Black Suits, Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre) was cast in the leading role of Jeffrey Winnick in The Flamingo Kid last year while still a student at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. His last show before leaves the venue, a musical inspired by the 1984 Garry Marshall film “The Flamingo Kid,” opens Thursday, May 9, and runs through June 9. A recent high school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody. Featuring a book and lyrics by Tony winner Robert L. Freedman (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder) and music by Tony nominee Scott Frankel (War Paint), The Flamingo Kid will be directed by Tony winner and Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, whose longtime tenure with the theater will conclude with this production. THE FLAMINGO KID A New Musical Now Playing at Hartford Stage Through June 9. The 2018-2019 Hartford Stage season will also include Bess Wohl's world premiere play Make Believe (September 6-30, 2018); Shakespeare's Henry V (October 11-November 4, 2018); Samuel Baum's world premiere drama The Engagement Party (January 10-February 3, 2019) and Dominique Morisseau's Detroit '67 (February 14-March 10, 2019). The long-gestating musical adaptation of Garry Marshall’s “The Flamingo Kid” has set a production timeline, targeting a spring 2018 bow on Broadway with … Composer Scott Frankelwill provide the dance and vocal arrangements. Check out exclusive photos from the production below! Hartford Stage Artistic Associate Rachel Alderman is the Associate Director for The Flamingo Kid. Log in, Show Boat: Francesca Zambello’s Revival Goes Upstream and Down, Shipwreck: On Trump, Race, Privilege, Friendship and Other Vexing Matters, What the Constitution Means to Me: Heidi Schreck Tells Us What We Need to Hear, Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Marcel Carné’s ‘Children of Paradise’, Girl From the North Country: Bob Dylan, American Poet, Dana H.: Mother’s Day, with Knives and Tats, A Soldier’s Play: Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer-Winner in Stunning Revival, Jagged Little Pill: Everything’s Gonna Be Fine, Fine, Fine. There, Jeffrey meets Carla, a forward-thinking young woman from California. ): A Day-to-Day Schedule, Watch James Monroe Iglehart Announce the 2020 Tony Nominees Right Here. Samantha Massell, Ben Fankhauser, Jimmy Brewer, Alex Wyse, Marc Kudisch and the cast of The Flamingo Kid, Jean Kauffman, Taylor Lloyd, Erin Leigh Peck, Kelli Youngman, Kathy Voytko, Gregory Rodriguez, Lindsey Brett Carothers. They are collaborating for the first time with the Tony Award-nominated composer Scott Frankel (Grey Gardens, War Paint). The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall and produced by Michael Phillips.It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Héctor Elizondo and Jessica Walter.The film tells the story of a working class boy who takes a summer job at a beach resort and learns valuable life lessons. Marshall had a difficult music decision to make -- use only appropriate time-period music or tap teen-appealing '80s synth-pop artists. Samantha Massell (Fiddler on the Roof-Revival, Broadway; Rags, Goodspeed Opera House-Winner, CT Critics Circle Best Actress) plays their niece, Carla. Directed by Garry Marshall. THE FLAMINGO KID, runs May 9 through June 9 at Hartford Stage, 50 Church St., Hartford. In addition to Tresnjak, Freedman and Frankel, the creative team includes Tony Award-nominated Choreographer Denis Jones (Holiday Inn, the New Irving Berlin Musical; Tootsie); Tony Award-nominated Set Designer Alexander Dodge (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Hartford Stage and Broadway); Tony Award-winning Costume Designer Linda Cho (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Hartford Stage and Broadway); Lighting Designer Philip Rosenberg (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Hartford Stage and Broadway); Drama Desk Award-nominated Sound Designer Peter Hylenski (Anastasia, Hartford Stage and Broadway); Drama Desk Award-winning Projection Designer Aaron Rhyne (Anastasia, Hartford Stage and Broadway); Music DirectorThomas Murray (Anastasia, Hartford Stage and Broadway); Orchestrations by Tony Award winner Bruce Coughlin (The Light in the Piazza); Drama Desk Award-winning Hair Designer Charles G. LaPointe (SpongeBob SquarePants, Broadway); Make-Up Designer Joya Giambrone (The Cher Show-Associate Designer, Broadway); Fight Choreographer Thomas Schall (89 Broadway credits, including King Lear and Network); Associate Choreographer Robbie Roby (The Little Mermaid-National Tour); and Assistant Music Director Paul Staroba (My Fair Lady-Revival, Broadway). BroadwayWorld has a first look at The Flamingo Kid at Hartford Stage! Broadway Rewind: ZORBA Returns to the Stage with Encores! The Flamingo Kid, a splashy coming-of-age crowd pleaser at Hartford Stage, is really The Wizard of Oz done in neon pink and blue, not the worst role model a pop musical could draw upon. The lineup includes the world premiere of The Flamingo Kid, a new musical adaptation of Garry Marshall’s 1984 film comedy by Robert L. Freedman and Scott Frankel, new plays by … With Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gehman. HAMILTON Cast Performs at Biden Fundraiser. Hartford Stage has berthed many successful Broadway productions, including the Tony-winning Best Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and the current hit Anastasia—both directed by Tresnjak.