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Stereophonic is a dramatic stage play with music, written by American playwright David Adjmi. Music written for the play was composed by Will Butler from the indie rock band Arcade Fire. The 4-act play follows a fictional rock band on the cusp of superstardom as they struggle through recording their new album set from 1976 to 1977.
The show, which exceeds 3 hours, received great critical acclaim, with critics affectionately comparing the material to the real life band Fleetwood Mac and the creation of their 1977 album Rumours.
The original Broadway production made history when it garnered 13 overall nominations at the 77th Tony Awards, breaking the record previously held by the Jeremy O. Harris play Slave Play (2020) to receive the most nominations for a play in the history of the ceremony; The play proceeded to win five awards: Best Play (which it also won at the Drama Desk Award, the Drama League Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award), Best Direction of a Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play (for Will Brill; Eli Gelb and Tom Pecinka also received nominations for the award), Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Play. Juliana Canfield and Sarah Pidgeon both received nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
The production debuted at Playwrights Horizons off-Broadway in 2023 before transferring to Broadway at the John Golden Theatre in 2024 and subsequently to the West End's Duke of York’s Theatre in 2025, with the latter two runs receiving two extensions.
In 1976, a famous British-American rock band composed of drummer Simon, married couple bassist Reg and keyboardist/vocalist Holly, and longtime partners guitarist/vocalist Peter and vocalist/tambourinist Diana are in the early stages of recording their next album in a recording studio in Sausalito, California. They are assisted by two sound engineers, Grover and Charlie. Despite the significant - and scarcely precedented - studio support, the members' individual conflicts coupled with mounting tensions among the group, and eventually the engineers, causes the recording process to take around a year.
An unnamed British-American rock band gathers at a recording studio in Sausalito to record their second album, assisted by sound engineers Grover and Charlie. Drummer Simon, whose wife and children still live in England, attempts to keep the peace as the marriage between bassist Reg and keyboardist/vocalist Holly crumbles, largely due to Reg's drug and alcohol addiction. The band begins rehearsing new songs; guitarist/vocalist Peter, who is also producing the album, makes frequent changes and vocalist/tambourinist Diana, Peter's girlfriend, struggles with self-confidence while performing. Grover confesses to Charlie that he lied about working with the Eagles in order to get the engineering job. Simon reveals that one of Diana's songs from their debut album has entered the Billboard Top Ten, with the album re-entering the Top Forty, and that Columbia has tripled their budget for the second album. Diana performs the beginnings of her new song, "Bright." Reg laments the state of his marriage and discusses his recent fascination with the Sausalito Houseboat Wars with Simon and Peter. Though Peter attempts to bond with Simon and Reg, his hypercritical nature prevents them from connecting.
Holly tells Diana that she has bought a condo and is moving out of the band's shared home. Reg is upset, but Holly refuses to be responsible for his addiction any longer and chides Simon for enabling Reg. The band argues while recording Holly's song "Drive," with Holly scolding Grover for his apathy toward the creative process.
While recording "Seven Roads," Simon is frustrated by a ringing in the snare drums and becomes obsessive about fixing them, to the band and engineers' chagrin. Reg is now sober and taking better care of himself, healing tensions between him and Holly. Diana and Holly discuss the strangeness of the band's new fame, with Diana worrying about her lack of expertise with musical instruments and Holly musing on the compromises necessary within romantic relationships.
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Stereophonic (play)
Stereophonic is a dramatic stage play with music, written by American playwright David Adjmi. Music written for the play was composed by Will Butler from the indie rock band Arcade Fire. The 4-act play follows a fictional rock band on the cusp of superstardom as they struggle through recording their new album set from 1976 to 1977.
The show, which exceeds 3 hours, received great critical acclaim, with critics affectionately comparing the material to the real life band Fleetwood Mac and the creation of their 1977 album Rumours.
The original Broadway production made history when it garnered 13 overall nominations at the 77th Tony Awards, breaking the record previously held by the Jeremy O. Harris play Slave Play (2020) to receive the most nominations for a play in the history of the ceremony; The play proceeded to win five awards: Best Play (which it also won at the Drama Desk Award, the Drama League Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award), Best Direction of a Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play (for Will Brill; Eli Gelb and Tom Pecinka also received nominations for the award), Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Play. Juliana Canfield and Sarah Pidgeon both received nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
The production debuted at Playwrights Horizons off-Broadway in 2023 before transferring to Broadway at the John Golden Theatre in 2024 and subsequently to the West End's Duke of York’s Theatre in 2025, with the latter two runs receiving two extensions.
In 1976, a famous British-American rock band composed of drummer Simon, married couple bassist Reg and keyboardist/vocalist Holly, and longtime partners guitarist/vocalist Peter and vocalist/tambourinist Diana are in the early stages of recording their next album in a recording studio in Sausalito, California. They are assisted by two sound engineers, Grover and Charlie. Despite the significant - and scarcely precedented - studio support, the members' individual conflicts coupled with mounting tensions among the group, and eventually the engineers, causes the recording process to take around a year.
An unnamed British-American rock band gathers at a recording studio in Sausalito to record their second album, assisted by sound engineers Grover and Charlie. Drummer Simon, whose wife and children still live in England, attempts to keep the peace as the marriage between bassist Reg and keyboardist/vocalist Holly crumbles, largely due to Reg's drug and alcohol addiction. The band begins rehearsing new songs; guitarist/vocalist Peter, who is also producing the album, makes frequent changes and vocalist/tambourinist Diana, Peter's girlfriend, struggles with self-confidence while performing. Grover confesses to Charlie that he lied about working with the Eagles in order to get the engineering job. Simon reveals that one of Diana's songs from their debut album has entered the Billboard Top Ten, with the album re-entering the Top Forty, and that Columbia has tripled their budget for the second album. Diana performs the beginnings of her new song, "Bright." Reg laments the state of his marriage and discusses his recent fascination with the Sausalito Houseboat Wars with Simon and Peter. Though Peter attempts to bond with Simon and Reg, his hypercritical nature prevents them from connecting.
Holly tells Diana that she has bought a condo and is moving out of the band's shared home. Reg is upset, but Holly refuses to be responsible for his addiction any longer and chides Simon for enabling Reg. The band argues while recording Holly's song "Drive," with Holly scolding Grover for his apathy toward the creative process.
While recording "Seven Roads," Simon is frustrated by a ringing in the snare drums and becomes obsessive about fixing them, to the band and engineers' chagrin. Reg is now sober and taking better care of himself, healing tensions between him and Holly. Diana and Holly discuss the strangeness of the band's new fame, with Diana worrying about her lack of expertise with musical instruments and Holly musing on the compromises necessary within romantic relationships.