Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#1Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 1:04pm#2Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 1:33pm
Can't wait. I helped kickstart the UK version, and even have my Patrick Bateman business card USB drive!
#2Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 1:55pmI hope we get a cast album this time.
#3Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:15pmThey've got to have an eye on Broadway for this, I'd assume.
#4Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:25pmI'd imagine they would hold off on the cast recording until they feel the show is locked in and finalized, which hasn't occurred yet.
#5Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:39pmI couldn't be more excited for this! I doubt Matt Smith will transfer though which makes me sad.
#6Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:45pm
If ROCK OF AGES peters out towards the end of this year/winter 2015, is it conceivable that Second Stage transfers this to the Hayes to kick off their residency?
Yay for speculation.
#7Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:48pmI really did want Matt Smith to transfer with this.
#8Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 3:02pm
"I doubt Matt Smith will transfer..."
Safe assumption. From the NYTimes blog post: "Carole Rothman, the artistic director of Second Stage, also noted that the production would have an all-American cast."
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#9Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 5:57pm
Matt Smith was very good, as was most of the Almeida cast. But it's a cast that could easily be replicated and even improved with New York actors.
The score is off-a-piece, well integrated into the story and style, but not necessarily a melodic, listen-to-the-cast-recording-hourly group of songs. Oddly, it is semi-jukebox, as the five or six 80's pop songs that Patrick loves and lives by are woven into the plot as actual book numbers.
#10Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 6:19pmThis looks great, and I'm happy about the American casting, Patrick Bateman is supposed to be sexy bad boy and Matt just isn't that.
ajh
Broadway Star Joined: 5/6/11
#11Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 6:55pmWill be interested to see how this piece has developed. I saw it twice at the Almeida and loved it. I'm also in the camp that loved the score. Really hope there will be a recording finally.
#12Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 9:32pmReally hoping this gets a recording, I've only heard it via you-know-how and it's a fantastic score.
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#13Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/14/14 at 10:18pmhmmm wondering if Benjamin Walker could be involved if they are recasting with all americans, he played Bateman in several of the readings/workshops.
ajh
Broadway Star Joined: 5/6/11
#14Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/15/14 at 1:53amMight Benjamin Walker not read as a little old now? Otherwise though, I think he is great casting. He was sex on legs in BBAJ.
#15Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/15/14 at 11:52amI don't care if Ben Walker looks like he's sixty, I want him in everything
#16Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/15/14 at 9:41pmIt's funny how every character in the audition breakdown is described as "good-looking." Ha. And it's Telsey. So I'm sure it'll be a rehash of Wicked people.
#17Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/15/14 at 11:44pmI really liked this show in London, though Dunkan Sheik's score was reliably flat. I do wish that they would amp-up the amount of blood used in the show, as I think an almost comically large amount of blood (like Q.Tarantino movies) could work to great dark comic effect. Either way, I am happy that this is going places.
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#18Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/16/14 at 11:36am^ the creative team said the new production would include new/reworked songs and more blood.
#19Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Posted: 7/16/14 at 12:10pm
"It's funny how every character in the audition breakdown is described as "good-looking.""
Basically every character description in everything Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has written includes that.
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