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Wild Rose Musical Sets U.S. Premiere at New York Theatre Workshop This Fall

The Once director returns to New York Theatre Workshop with Nicole Taylor’s country jukebox musical after its 2025 Edinburgh debut.

Overview

  • The Off-Broadway engagement, confirmed Friday as part of NYTW's upcoming season, will play in the fall with dates to be announced.
  • Tony- and Olivier-winning director John Tiffany will helm the production, reuniting at NYTW with choreographer Steven Hoggett and co-choreographer Vicki Manderson under music supervision by Sarah Travis.
  • Screenwriter Nicole Taylor has adapted her 2018 film for the stage, which follows a young Glaswegian mother chasing a country music dream in Nashville.
  • Rehearsals begin October 12, casting is still in progress for a mostly U.S. company, and film star Jessie Buckley has voiced support without joining the production.
  • The creative team is reshaping the show for NYTW’s intimate space with a more acoustic feel, featuring songs like Dolly Parton’s Baby I’m Burnin’, Lynn Anderson’s Rose Garden, and the film’s Glasgow (No Place Like Home), with producers attached and long-term transfer hopes set aside for now.