Second Stage books AMERICAN PSYCHO.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 1:04pm

Good for them! https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Duncan-Sheik-Roberto-Aguirre-Sacasas-AMERICAN-PSYCHO-Musical-to-Get-US-Premiere-at-Second-Stage-Theatre-in-February-Rupert-Goold-to-Direct-20140714

[haterobics]

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!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 1:55pm

I hope we get a cast album this time.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:15pm

They've got to have an eye on Broadway for this, I'd assume.

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:25pm

I'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.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:39pm

I couldn't be more excited for this! I doubt Matt Smith will transfer though which makes me sad.

[frogs_fan85]

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.

[little_sally]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 2:48pm

I really did want Matt Smith to transfer with this.

[haterobics]

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]

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.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 6:19pm

This 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]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 6:55pm

Will 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.

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 9:32pm

Really hoping this gets a recording, I've only heard it via you-know-how and it's a fantastic score.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 7/14/14 at 10:18pm

hmmm wondering if Benjamin Walker could be involved if they are recasting with all americans, he played Bateman in several of the readings/workshops.

[ajh]

Posted: 7/15/14 at 1:53am

Might Benjamin Walker not read as a little old now? Otherwise though, I think he is great casting. He was sex on legs in BBAJ.

[Taryn]

Posted: 7/15/14 at 11:52am

I don't care if Ben Walker looks like he's sixty, I want him in everything

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/15/14 at 9:41pm

It'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.

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 7/15/14 at 11:44pm

I 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]

Posted: 7/16/14 at 11:36am

^ the creative team said the new production would include new/reworked songs and more blood.

[Kad]

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.