Theater

American Buffalo

In Spring 2022, David Mamet’s landmark play American Buffalo returned to Broadway in a new revival co-produced by Caiola Productions, starring Laurence J. Fishburne as “Donny,” Sam Rockwell as “Teach,” and Darren Criss as “Bobby.”  It earned four 2022 Tony Award nominations including Best Revival of a Play and Best Leading Actor in a Play (Mr. Rockwell).”

Tina

Following its triumphant London premiere, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical arrived on Broadway in Fall 2019, starring Olivier and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren in the title role.  Caiola Productions co-produced the story of Tina Turner’s rise to worldwide fame, beginning with her humble Tennessee childhood, her turbulent relationship with creative collaborator and husband Ike Turner, and her ultimate triumph as an artist in her own right.  The score included smash hits such as “River Deep, Mountain High,” “Proud Mary,” “Private Dancer,” and […]

Jagged Little Pill

Winner of two 2021 Tony Awards, Jagged Little Pill is a new musical about a modern family in crisis written by Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody, with a score from the blockbuster, multi-Grammy-winning album by Alanis Morissette.  Caiola Productions was a co-producer of the Broadway premiere and U.S. tour of directed by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus, and orchestrated and arranged by Pulitzer and Tony Award winning composer Tom Kitt.

The Sound Inside

Caiola Productions is a co-producer of The Sound Inside, a compelling new two-character play starring Tony Award® winning actress Mary-Louise Parker, written by Adam Rapp (2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Red Light Winter), and directed by David Cromer (Tony Award® winner for The Band’s Visit) that premiered on Broadway in Fall 2019.  A dark psychological thriller about an Ivy League professor of literature and an undergraduate student with whom she forms a bond, it explores themes of loneliness, mortality, and self-destruction. 

The Inheritance

Caiola Productions was a proud co-producer of The Inheritance, a brilliant and beautiful epic story of three generations of gay men in America as they conquer shame, rise to protest the devastation of the AIDS epidemic, minister to the suffering, and struggle to emerge healed and whole.  Winner of London’s 2019 Olivier Award and Broadway’s 2020 Tony Award for Best New Play, this stunning play written by Matthew Lopez, directed by Stephen Daldry, and designed by Bob Crowley arrived on […]

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors, the classic musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Mencken, returned to Off-Broadway in Fall 2019, co-produced by Caiola Productions.  This thrilling new production at the intimate Westside Theatre stars Emmy® Award winner Tammy Blanchard (“Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows”), Tony Award® nominee Jonathan Groff (Hamilton), and two-time Tony Award® winner Christian Borle (Something Rotten!) and is directed by Tony Award® winner Michael Mayer.

Dear Evan Hansen

Caiola Productions was a proud co-producer of the Broadway, U.S. Tour, and London productions of Dear Evan Hansen, winner of 6 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and London’s Olivier Award for Best Musical.  From the Tony-winning director of Rent and Next To Normal, and writers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (score) and Steven Levenson (book), Dear Evan Hansen is a heartrending story about a teenage boy at a crossroads in his life trying to do the right thing. Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect) created […]

Tootsie

Michael Dorsey is a temperamental actor who has burned one too many bridges, so the only way he can get a job is in disguise – as a woman, Dorothy Michaels. But when Dorothy’s career takes off, Michael’s personal life as a man collides with his professional life as a woman, with hilarious consequences. Caiola Productions is a co-producer of Tootsie, “Broadway’s funniest musical!” (New York Post), which opened in spring 2019 and has been nominated for 11 Tony Awards […]

My Fair Lady

Caiola Productions was pleased to support Lincoln Center’s stunning revival of Lerner and Loewe’s beloved classic musical, My Fair Lady, which opened on Broadway during the 2018-19 season. Winner of the 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical, the lavish production was directed by Bartlett Sher.  In Fall 2019, My Fair Lady begins a 65-week tour of North America, co-produced by Caiola Productions.

Pretty Woman The Musical

Based on the blockbuster classic film, Pretty Woman the Musical arrived on the Broadway stage in July 2018, co-produced by Caiola Productions.  This beloved Cinderella love story between the beautiful and spirited Vivien (Samantha Barks) and her handsome prince, Edward (Andy Karl) is directed and choreographed by multiple Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, who leads a creative team including the original screenwriter of the film and songwriters Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance.

All The Way

Winner of the Tony®, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Play of 2014, All The Way, is an epic play about the first year of LBJ’s presidency, beginning with JFK’s assassination and continuing through the historic passage of the Civil Rights Act and LBJ’s tumultuous 1964 campaign. Caiola Productions was a co-producer of All The Way, which was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan.  Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston made his Broadway […]

The Color Purple

Winner of the 2016 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical, The Color Purple returned to Broadway in fall 2015 as a gorgeous, intimate reimaging of the beloved musical, directed by John Doyle.  Caiola Productions joined Oprah Winfrey on the producing team for the Broadway and National Tour.  The Broadway engagement, received rapturously by critics and audiences alike, also won a Tony Award® for its star, Cynthia Erivo, as Celie.  

Luigi Caiola (1959-2023)

 

IN MEMORIAM

 

Caiola Productions mourns the heartbreaking loss of its co-founder and co-leader, Luigi Caiola, on November 26, 2023.

 

"Sometimes people leave you, halfway through the wood...."

- Stephen Sondheim, INTO THE WOODS

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