TICKETS
Click a performance date below to buy tickets online. $12 venue fee will be added to each ticket.
Friday, November 21, 2025
8:00 PM SATURDAY, November 22, 2025
2:00 PM SATURDAY, November 22, 2025
7:30 PM
OTHER WAYS TO BUY:
- Call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500. $12 venue fee will be added to each ticket.
- Visit Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Box Office in-person (Ground Floor of the Shops at Columbus Circle, Broadway at 60th Street, NYC) Tuesday-Sunday, 11AM-7PM. $5 venue fee will be added to each ticket.
PERFORMANCE VENUE:
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall (Shops at Columbus Circle/Broadway at 60th Street, NYC)
No refunds or exchanges. Artists, prices, fees, and box office hours are subject to change at any time.
CREATIVE TEAM
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Craig Carnelia
Book by John Guare
Directed and Conducted by Ted Sperling
Choreography by Andrew Palermo
Based on the novella by Ernest Lehman and the MGM/United Artists motion picture with a screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. Presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
ABOUT
Welcome to the glittering underbelly of 1950s New York. Struggling press agent Sidney Falco will do anything for his big break, but he can’t do it without the help of the city’s most feared gossip columnist, J.J. Hunsecker. As J.J. pulls Sidney deeper into his treacherous world, Sidney’s loyalties are caught between J.J.’s sister, the jazz musician she loves, and J.J. himself.
Based on the film noir classic, this 2002 musical features a jazz-fueled score by Academy Award winner Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) and Tony Award nominee Craig Carnelia (Working), with a book by Tony Award winner John Guare (Six Degrees of Separation). Guare and Carnelia are revising their work for MasterVoices’ production alongside director Ted Sperling (Floyd Collins).
Sweet Smell of Success will feature some of the finest musical theatre talents of today, led by Raúl Esparza (Company) as J.J. Hunsecker, Ali Louis Bourzgui (The Who’s Tommy) as Sidney Falco, Lizzy McAlpine (Floyd Collins) as Susan, Noah J. Ricketts (The Great Gatsby) as Dallas, and Aline Mayagoitia (Real Women Have Curves) as Rita. The cast is rounded out by Clarisse Austin, Brian Binion, Ben Cherington, Brandon Leffler, Colby Q. Lindeman, Viviana Rincon, Brian Vaughn, Clyde Voce, Jayme Wappel, and The MasterVoices Chorus.
“A MUST-SEE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN MUSICAL THEATER. Diamond-tough and in most ways just as brilliant.” – Clive Barnes, The New York Post
Scenic & Props Design — Ryan Howell
Costume Design — Tracy Christensen
Lighting Design — Alejandro Fajardo
Sound Design — Scott Lehrer
Casting Consultant — The Telsey Office / Craig Burns, CSA
Orchestra Contractor — David Lai
Production Stage Manager — Bonnie Panson
Production Supervisor — Cambra Overend
SPECIAL EVENT
Artists are subject to change without notice.
Key Art Illustration: Owen Gent