van den ende returned to broadway in the spring of 2011 with the musical sister act, a co-production with whoopi goldberg. this marked the beginning of a new phase in van den ende’s longstanding ambition to develop a continuous stream of original musical content. following successful launches in germany ("ich war noch niemals in new york", "der schuh des manitu", "ich will spass!") and the netherlands ("3 musketiers", "ciske", "petticoat", "hij gelooft in mij"), he produced rocky at the winter garden theatre on broadway and made in dagenham at the adelphi theatre in london (both in 2014). rocky won one tony award, one outer critics circle award, and two drama desk awards.