Awards & Nominations

2019 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS

Winner:

Outstanding Musical

Nominations:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical – Andrew R. Butler Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical – Stacey Sargeant Outstanding Scenic Design – Lael Jellinek Outstanding Lighting Design – Barbara Samuels Outstanding Sound Design – Mikaal Sulaiman

2019 DRAMA DESK AWARDS

Nominations:

Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical – Andrew R. Butler
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical – Stacey Sargeant
Outstanding Music – Andrew R. Butler
Outstanding Lyrics – Andrew R. Butler
Outstanding Book of a Musical – Andrew R. Butler
Outstanding Set Design for a Musical – Laura Jellinek
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical – Barbara Samuels
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Mikaal Sulaiman

 2019 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS

Nominations:

Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
Distinguished Performance Award – Stacey Sargeant

Reviews & Press

THE NEW YORK TIMES - CRITICS PICK & Best of 2018

“Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future is a little musical with big, sad, beautiful ideas. It packs so much story into so little space that physicists will quail. This fusion of folk and science fiction is niftily sui generis. Mr. Butler’s music, a plangent folk style that broadens into roots rock, makes just about every syllable count. The show’s construction is so deft and its narrative so tantalizing that breathers — a whistled bridge, a harmonica breakdown — are almost unbearable. This hush testifies to Mr. Butler’s success in enmeshing us in his story. It also pushes us to think of other groups that have been interdicted, demonized, in America’s past and also in America’s right now. Still, the show holds out hope for a nation that tries to take care of its people.”  - Alexis Solovski

TIME OUT NEW YORK

4 STARS - CRITICS PICK
“Slyly provocative, glorious & deeply felt” - Raven Snook

THEATERMANIA

“One of the most surprisingly delightful and imaginative musicals of 2018.”  

TDF STAGES

“Even though Rags Parkland is set centuries from now, like all insightful sci-fi, it addresses contemporary issues, asking provocative questions about what it means to be human, and how that label has been used to oppress different groups throughout history.”

NEW YORK THEATRE REVIEW

“If you are craving hope in these politically dark times, or simply an exciting concert story through folk and rock, run to Ars Nova.”

STAGE BIZ

“While Broadway plays it safe with jukebox musicals and movies-into-musicals Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future sings for its life – and wins.”

THEATER REVIEWS FROM MY SEAT 

“Wholly unique and effortlessly satisfying, this new musical is a winner on any theatrical planet.”

AMERICAN THEATRE: TOKEN THEATRE FRIENDS PODCAST

“The most beautiful moment of that show for me was seeing Stacey Sargeant and she’s just singing with Debbie Christine Tjong who’s on the bass and they’re just playing together and I’m just like “Oh my God I’ve never seen this on stage. This is amazing; this is like a friggin’ Beyonce concert! I want this all time!! And I would like that cast album, now. Please.” – Diep Tran“If someone out there wants to do the Hunger Games musical, hire Andrew R. Butler to do the score.” – Jose Solis