Dirty Rotten Scoundrels... UK

Oh god!
NO!

Where did yo hear this?

Updated On: 5/1/09 at 08:44 AM

The rights have been picked up by a producing house. They are discussing UK Tour or direct West End. I think its all very up in the air with casting, backing and houses. Usual things really.

I loved this show on Broadway and thought it had a much more UK appeal rather than American.

Terrific show, but would be better without Jonathan Pryce. Tony Sheldon anyone?

I have no idea whether it will appeal to a British audience more than American. All I know is that I adored it - and I did not like the movie (mainly coz I can't stand Steve Martin). The score is just so stunning!

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I'm with you bob8rich.

I think the score is good, and it had a great cast on broadway. Think it could do well with a decent investment and a good cast. Think the guy who used to be in Buffy teh Vampire Slayer (name escapes me) would be a good choice.

I think a tour would be a safer choice, although i hope it gets a better production than The Wedding Singer!!

Bob does his usual and loves a show no one else likes, love you really and your input is great. x

For me I cannot comment did not see the show or heard the music.

Personally, I found it to be a mediocre show based on a mediocre film. Joanna Gleason made the most of her thankless role in which she was woefully underused. Sherie Rene Scott was the one true shining talent in the cast as far as I was concerned. Lithgow basically repeated his (curiously) Tony-winning performance from Sweet Smell of Success while Butz chewed all the scenery in sight. The score had a couple of nice moments along with some real lows (Great Big Stuff and All About Ruprecht are numbers I particularly would not like to revisit) trying to cash in on the popular vulgarity of Mel Brooks' The Producers, but with less wit and more adolescence. My partner and I left feeling quite disappointed. I much preferred Yazbek's more diverse, clever and charming score to The Full Monty.

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See, the vulgarity is why I didn't click with DRS right away. But once I realised that that was the *point*, I got it and loved it. :)

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I got the vulgarity, I just felt it was excessive at times and the heavy-handedness of it became rather clunky in a way that didn't fit well into the score or staging.

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Updated On: 5/1/09 at 02:45 PM

"Bob does his usual and loves a show no one else likes, love you really and your input is great"

LOL - Hell, I'm a critic. Of course, I disagree with everyone else!

Seriously though - it does seem that quite a few people agree with me regarding DRS.

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I loved DRS when I saw the original Broadway cast, I must get the cast album when I'm in NY next month. I especially liked the audacity of any songwriters who could come up with a number called 'Oklahoma?'

As much as I disliked his performance in "The Producers" I think Lee Evans would be a great Freddy/Ruprecht.