THE ACCLAIMED AND MULTI-AWARD WINNING
HIT PLAY BY DAVID ADJMI
DIRECTED BY DANIEL AUKIN
WITH ORIGINAL SONGS BY ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE AND GRAMMY AWARD® WINNER
ARCADE FIRE’S WILL BUTLER
TRANSFERS TO THE WEST END
RUNNING AT THE DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE
FROM MAY 2025
FOLLOWING A SMASH HIT EXTENDED RUN ON BROADWAY
“The play, Adjmi’s best so far, is as rich and lustrous as they come.
You could even call it platinum”
New York Times
Last year, Stereophonic became the most Tony Award-nominated play ever and the most Tony Award-winning show of 2024. It completes its Broadway run, after extending twice and after having recouped its investment, on 12 January 2025 before the play transfers to the West End, running at the Duke of York’s Theatre from May 2025.
Original cast members reprising their highly lauded performances from Broadway include Andrew R. Butler as Charlie, Eli Gelb as Grover and Chris Stack as Simon. Further casting to be announced in due course.
Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup — or their breakthrough.
In Stereophonic, Adjmi invites the audience to immerse themselves—with fly-on-the-wall intimacy—in the powder keg process of a band on the brink of blowing up.
Stereophonic became the most Tony-nominated play ever after receiving a record-breaking 13 nominations. The full list of nominations is:
Best Play – David Adjmi
Best Director – Daniel Aukin
Best Score – Will Butler
Best Orchestrations – Will Butler and Justin Craig
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Will Brill
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Eli Gelb
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Tom Pecinka
Best Featured Actress in Play – Juliana Canfield
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Sarah Pidgeon
Best Scenic Design of a Play – David Zinn
Best Costume Design of a Play – Enver Chakartash
Best Lighting Design of Play – Jiyoun Chang
Best Sound Design of a Play – Ryan Rumery
The play won five of these awards Best Play, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for Will Brill, Best Direction of a Play for Daniel Aukin, Best Scenic Design of a Play for David Zinn and Best Sound Design of a Play for Ryan Rumery.
Stereophonic originally had its World Premiere at Playwrights Horizon’s before transferring to Broadway on 3 April 2024. The hit play will also embark on a US tour from October 2025.
The Stereophonic creative team includes David Zinn (scenic designer), Enver Chakartash (costume designer), Jiyoun Chang (lighting designer), Will Butler and Justin Craig (Orchestrations), Ryan Rumery (sound designer), Justin Craig (music director) and Robert Pickens & Katie Gell (hair & wig design). UK Casting is by Julia Horan CDGwithUS Casting by Alaine Alldaffer CSA, Lisa Donadio CSA and Taylor Williams CSA.
Stereophonic is producedby Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Seaview, Linden Productions and Ashley Melone & Nick Mills, and Playwrights Horizons: Adam Greenfield, Leslie Marcus and Carol Fishman.