fuck yeah, once the musical

This blog is dedicated to Once, the hit musical based on the film of the same name, which is currently touring across the US. Recent productions include Broadway, West End, Melbourne, Seoul, and Toronto. An upcoming production will play in Dublin in summer 2017.

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The hugely successful 'Once: The Musical' will return to Dublin's Olympia Theatre this summer, for the third consecutive year.

The mutiple Tony Award-winning musical will play ay the Olympia from July 1st - August 26th, and for the first time ever will feature an all-Irish cast.

It's the first time that an all-Irish cast has ever been used in the production, which has played on Broadway and across America, in London, Seoul, Melbourne and Toronto.

The cast includes Brian Gilligan as Guy, Niamh Perry as Girl, Sandra Dowd Callaghan as Baruska, Faoileann Cunningham as Reza, Phelim Drew as Billy, David Ganly as Bank Manager, Turlough Gunawardhana as Emcee, Bob Kelly as Eamonn, Sam McGovern as Andrej, Bill Murphy as Da, Rickie O’Neill as Svec and Ruth Smith as Ex-Girlfriend.

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Lauren J Thomas graduated from Boston University with a BFA in acting, but she's also an advanced violinist, as well as a singer and dancer.

So when she saw an audition notice for a role in a show that required the actor to sing, dance and play the violin, Thomas felt like this could be a "once"-of-its-kind opportunity.

"Within a week I booked the gig," Thomas said of being cast as Reza in the national tour of the musical "Once," which comes to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester for six performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2.

Click through to read the full interview with Lauren!

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Swung on for Guy tonight :) Thanks Sioux City for braving the weather to see us! ❤ to my @oncemusical cast and of course @mlesserroy for being my favorite lil scene partner in crime. #oncetour #fallingslowly #swingnation #arsyn

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Julia Hoffmann is currently swinging her way across the United States in the national tour of "Once" understudying Girl, Ex-Girlfriend, and Réza. Based on the Academy Award-winning film, the Tony Award-winning musical "Once" shares the story of how musicians not only compose melodies but also love between people from around the globe. With a folk-like score by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová and deceivingly simplistic book by Enda Walsh, audiences have been falling (slowly) in love with this beautiful and honest production since its first performance on Broadway in 2012.

The ensemble is made up of twelve actors, who also double as musicians: playing all of the music in the show. Audience members are bound to leave the theater with their toe tapping and a tune in their ear. After having graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory with a BFA in Acting in 2015, Julia Hoffmann is quite the performing chameleon, ready to swing on for her three roles at any moment.

Click through to read the full interview with Julia!

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We're delighted to announce that ONCE will be back at The Olympia Theatre from 1st July to 26th August 2017. Tickets are onsale now from Ticketmaster

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The swings of the National Tour of ONCE THE MUSICAL - behind the new series "The Understudies" - just released a holiday video mashup of "Blue Christmas" and "White Christmas" titled "Blue/White Christmas."

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Mackenzie Lesser-Roy, a self-professed musical theater junkie, put the part of Girl from Once on her dream role list when she was 16. Now, she’s living that dream.

Originally from Westchester, N.Y., Lesser-Roy was a junior studying musical theater at Boston Conservatory when she landed the role of the quirky Czech immigrant who becomes the muse to an Irish busker in the romantic musical Once. In fact, she was just 19 when she got the part for the Once national tour, which she has been doing for nearly a year now.

“I was definitely a fan of the Broadway show,” Lesser-Roy said of the quiet yet emotional folk musical. “I fell so in love with it.”

Click through to read the interview with Mackenzie!

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Once, this story happened. Once, a guy met a girl.

Sam Cieri has many theories about the meaning behind the one-word title of "Once," the eight-time Tony Award-winning show he's touring in, which opens at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Friday, Dec. 2. He's had plenty of opportunities to ask those involved in the show, including Glen Hansard, who wrote the songs for the play, which earned a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and also starred in the 2007 movie version.

"I don't like knowing that stuff," he admits in a phone call from his Washington, D.C., hotel room. "It's just like a blip, and I'd rather not know."

Besides, the story of Guy, the male lead in "Once," was already very familiar to Cieri, a high-school dropout who wanted to become a rock star and found himself busking for rent money in the New York City subway, ironically playing many Hansard songs. He played dueling pianos in Las Vegas for a few months and worked in a New York motorcycle shop. At one point, he ate from the same massive can of baked beans, left behind in his apartment by a former tenant, for three days.

Click through to read the full interview with Sam!

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WINCHESTER — A Shenandoah Conservatory graduate is experiencing the life of a traveling music theater actress as she makes her way across the country with the cast of the musical “Once.”

This is the first tour for 23-year-old Julia Hoffmann, who graduated from SU in May 2015. The play is coming to the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., today through Sunday.

Hoffmann is the understudy, also known as the female swing, for three female roles. She could get called to play the characters of Girl — who is the female lead, Réza and Ex-girlfriend.

Being an understudy doesn’t mean Hoffmann is just sitting behind the curtain. She has performed on stage several times this year.

“I’m on when someone is sick or has an audition,” she said. “I’ve been thrown on twice a month at least.”

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It's called suckin' on a lemon chic. Fifth time as Emcee in a row! I'm beginning to know this track! #swingnation #oncetour #tourlife @oncemusical @adamhuelpotter

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3 swings... and a Justin. Crew and cast made it work last night in Butte, MT, and we're gonna keep on working, now more than ever. #swingnation #understudy #oncetour #keepingmakingart

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Last night was the first time we've had 3 swings on! Go #swingnation! #oncetour @oncemusical @angelseesthings @flickchickaboom

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ABC News' Stephanie Ramos checks out Fado's Pub and talks parallels between the star's real life and the role he's playing.

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What do you do with a deflating balloon on a bus full of actors from #oncemusical? Do the show's most serious and emotional fight scene... on helium. You are welcome world.

#oncetour #ItCantBeAboutThat #OKAYFINE #cuetheDrumBreakdownplayedonFisherPricetoyinstruments #heliumballoons @samcieri @mlesserroy

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Swung in for Guy tonight. What a pleasure to work with such fine actor/musician/humans. Thanks to our crew, especially @bbreagan who had my BACK tonight. And thanks to the fam and friends who came to see! Love love love. #swingnation #oncetour @oncemusical @mlesserroy

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Syracuse, N.Y. -- When the Broadway musical "Once" rolls into town next week, Michael Kurowski will be watching from the audience. He has one of the hardest jobs in live theater: the understudy.

Kurowski, who recently graduated from Columbia College in Chicago, was working three jobs, including the threatening zombie for an escape room adventure, when he got the call to join a touring production of "Once". The musical is based on the movie of the same name about an Irish street musician who almost gives up on his dream, but, along with his band and the girl he loves, goes on to get a chance at making it big.

Kurowski is an understudy for three different roles in the fast-paced show where the actors all play their own instruments. The 22-year-old could be called on at a moment's notice for parts that require him to play banjo, mandolin, bass guitar, piano and harmonica, along with knowing the lines.

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Went on for Emcee for the first time tonight!All the feels. Love this cast and crew. @oncemusical #oncetour #swingnation #fallingslowly