'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' Tour Plays Grand Rapids Nov.20-25

The National Tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, is coming to Grand Rapids at DeVos Performance Hall from November 20-25, 2007.

Performance times are: November 20-22 at 7:30PM; November 23 & 24 at 8PM; plus matinees November 21 & 24 at 2PM, and November 25 at 3PM.

Ticket prices vary based on seat section and performance time. Tickets range from a low of $29 for Wednesday 2 p.m. seats to $69 for prime seats on Friday and Saturday nights.

Tickets now on sale at the presenter's office: Broadway Grand Rapids, 122 Lyon NW in Grand Rapids, by calling 616-235-6285, or online at www.broadwaygrandrapids.org. Tickets may also be purchased at DeVos Place or Van Andel Arena walk-up box-offices, and through Ticketmaster, 616-456-3333; and at all Ticketmaster outlets, including D&W stores and Macy's. For more information about the show, log on to www.broadwaygrandrapids.org and click on the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels logo, which has links to the official show website and www.ticketmaster.com.

"Based on the popular 1988 MGM film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels centers on two con men living on the French Riviera - the suave and sophisticated Lawrence Jameson, who makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money; and a small-time crook named Freddy Benson, who, more humbly, swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health.   After meeting on a train, they unsuccessfully attempt to work together only to find that this small French town isn't big enough for the two of them. So they make a bet: the first one to swindle $50,000 from a young heiress, triumphs and the other must leave town. What follows are a series of schemes, masquerades and double-crosses in which nothing may ever be exactly what it seems," explain press notes.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels features the music and lyrics of David Yazbek (The Full Monty) with direction by Philip Wm. McKinley, choreography by Vince Pesce, and a book by Jeffrey Lane.

The DeVos Performance Hall is located at 303 Monroe NW Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503.  Call 616-742-6600