Rick Elice has written 8 shows including Jersey Boys (Bookwriter), The Addams Family (Bookwriter), Peter and the Starcatcher (Playwright), The Cher Show (Book), This Ain't No Disco (Book), My Very ...

Rick Elice. Photo Courtesy of Rick Elice, 'Water for Elephants' Rick Elice is a 2024 Tony nominee for “Best Book of a Musical” for “Water for Elephants.” Elice participated in red carpet ...

The Tony-nominated musical will play its final performance June 22 at the Imperial TheatreNEED TO KNOWSmash will end its ...

The musical, which follows a group of theater artists putting on a show about Marilyn Monroe, opened in April to mixed ...

He wrote the book for two new musicals this season: Boop! The Musical and Smash, with cowriter Rick Elice. In a scheduling nightmare, both shows held their first preview on that same fateful ...

Rolicking, riotous and heartfelt, "Smash" features a book from Rick Elice and Bob Martin, and a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Witman. Its extensive and exuberant dance numbers are choreographed ...

The Broadway version of “Smash” does in a swift and an engaging 90 minutes what it took the NBC TV series two seasons of episodes to accomplish. The only problem for the stage musical, which ...

Adapted from “Peter and the Starcatchers,” Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s 2004 “Peter Pan” prequel, Rick Elice’s enchantingly theatrical play-with-music (Wayne Barker composed the ...

Rick Elice, the co-librettist of “Jersey Boys,” and the actor Roger Rees live in a memento-filled apartment on the Upper West Side. “Peter and the Starcatcher,” a prequel to the classic ...