Barrett and Hoty Join 'Scoundrels' in MA

America's longest running professional summer theatre, The Cape Playhouse will proudly present the regional debut of Broadway's recent hit musical DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS as their third summer offering with a stable of Broadway talent including Brent Barrett, Dee Hoty ,Perry Ojeda, Stephanie Youell, Heather Parcels and John Scherer when the production opens on Monday, July 21st.

Winner of numerous theatrical awards and nominations, Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek's side-splitting musical will be directed by Mark Martino, choreographed by Dennis Jones (Legally Blonde) with musical direction by Phil Reno (The Producers and The Drowsy Chaperone) and will play the Massachusetts theatre institution for a strictly limited engagement July 21-August 2nd.

Broadway audiences who travel to Cape Cod during the summer will not be disappointed to see matinee heart-throb Brent Barrett, who most recently was seen on Broadway reprising his role as "Billy Flynn" in the Tony Award-winning hit, Chicago - The Musical for which he received a Los Angeles drama Critics Award. He also received an Olivier Award nomination for his starring role in the London premiere of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate which was subsequently recorded for broadcast on PBS. Another of his many Broadway roles include "Frank Butler" in the Broadway revival of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun opposite Reba McEntire. Alongside Barrett will be a favorite of the Cape Playhouse and the Rialto Dee Hoty. Miss Hoty, an original star of the Mamma Mia!, has graced Broadway stages in productions of Footloose, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, City of Angels, but her performance in The Will Rogers Follies will forever fortify her as a Broadway legend! Perry Ojeda has performed on Broadway in On The Town, Blood Brothers and Imaginary Friends.  Other Broadway alumni include Stephanie Youell fresh from Curtains, Heather Parcells straight from A Chorus Line and John Scherer from LoveMusik.

The action circles the suave Lawrence Jameson (Brent Barrett), who makes his living by sweet-talking wealthy women out of their fortunes and the small-town crook Freddy Benson (Perry Ojeda), who swindles the ladies by lavishly fabricating a story about his ailing grandmother.  After the two meet, they soon realize the French Riviera is not big enough for the two of them – and the first to obtain $50,000 from the young heiress (Stephanie Youell) may remain on the island, the other must leave.

The summer season at the Cape Playhouse begins June 23-July 5 with Marc Salem's Mind Games. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels makes its regional debut July 21-Aug. 2, followed by Leader of the Pack, Aug. 4-16; Born Yesterday, Aug. 18-30; and The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, Sept. 1-13.

The Cape Playhouse is located in Dennis, MA, at 820 Route 6A. For tickets and more information call (508) 385-3911 or visit www.capeplayhouse.com.

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