American Psycho ~The Musical

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 4/23/12 at 9:57am

London theatre company Headlong have announced the staging of the first musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' zeitgesity thriller about a narcissistic New York city worker who leads a double life as a serial-killer.
Headlong's artistic director Rupert Goold will direct the show, which has been given the tagline "A bloody satire".

The book will be written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who was recently drafted to re-write the script of the troubled Broadway musical 'Spiderman: Turn Of The Dark'.
Music and lyrics by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, whose musicals include the Tony Award-winning rock version of controversial 1892 German play 'Spring Awakening'.

Duncan described the musical as "The 'American Psycho' score is, so far, completely electronic. Prophet 5, Moog, various drum machines. Imagine Depeche Mode as the pit band!" on his Twitter feed.

The musical of 'American Psycho' will be co-produced with Act 4 Entertainment and The Collective; dates and venues are yet to be confirmed.
Updated On: 4/23/12 at 09:57 AM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/23/12 at 11:06am

Ew.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/23/12 at 5:11pm

I actually can't wait for this. I love the movie, I love Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and I love Duncan Sheik's music. I don't think it's an obvious idea for a musical, but it could be brilliant. And if they include the nude scene, all the better.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 4/23/12 at 7:05pm

Am I the only one who thinks that this is a spectacularly bad idea for a musical? I'm not saying that one can't have a good musical about a serial killer, e.g 'Sweeney Todd', but will music really add anything significant to a story about a nihilistic yuppie who, in the nude, murders young women with a nailgun?

If someone wants to write a musical adaptation about a fictional serial
killer,they seek should out 'The talented Mr Ripley'!

Updated On: 4/24/12 at 07:05 PM

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/23/12 at 8:37pm

I am so excited for this, i think it's great musical material if you look between the lines and look at what the piece is really about.

Bring it on

[devonian.t]

Posted: 4/24/12 at 1:08pm

American Psycho is the only book I have ever thrown away- TWICE!

I read it and hated its mean-spirited, mysoginistic attitude and binned it once I had finished it. When the film came out I thought "OK this is silly, no book can be that bad" and bought it again. I re-read it and again decided I did not want to possess such hateful material. If it's meant to be funny, I dislike spiteful comedy so I don't find it funny. As a social satire it is superficial.

I just cannot think of a redeeming feature.

But a musical of Ripley is absolute genius, Mama!