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From: Photo Coverage: Inside RUTHLESS!'s Opening Night After Party!RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL just opened Off-Broadway last night, July 13th at St. Luke's Theatre. Book and lyrics for RUTHLESS! are by Joel Paley with music by Marvin Laird. When THE BAD SEED meets GYPSY it's fun for the whole dysfunctional family! Tina Denmark is a pretty, charming and diabolical eight-year-old who 'was born to entertain.' With the encouragement of slick and overbearing potential agent Sylvia St. Croix, Tina will do anything to play the lead in her school play. The question is, where does such remarkable talent and unstoppable ambition come from? The answer is shocking in this award-winning Stage Mother of all musicals. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening night after party below!
Date Taken: 2015-07-14 10:12:58
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Joel Paley, Paul Pecorino and Marvin Laird
From: Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Wins Best Off-Broadway Show at 2015 Odyssey Nightlife Awards

Joel Paley, Paul Pecorino and Marvin Laird
Date: 2016-01-20From: Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Wins Best Off-Broadway Show at 2015 Odyssey Nightlife Awards

EVAN SACKS, TOM MURRAY, TORI MURRAY, JOEL PALEY
Date: 2016-01-20From: Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Star Performs at Night of Dreams Gala

JOEL PALEY, KIM MARESCA
Date: 2015-12-11From: Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Star Performs at Night of Dreams Gala

JOEL PALEY and LARRY THOMAS
Date: 2015-12-11From: Photo Flash: The Soup Nazi Declares 'No Soup for RUTHLESS!'

MARVIN LAIRD, LAURA BELL BUNDY, JOEL PALEY
Date: 2015-11-19From: Photo Flash: Original Star Laura Bell Bundy Visits RUTHLESS! Off-Broadway

JOEL PALEY
Date: 2015-09-21From: Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Writer Joel Paley Takes the Stage as 'Tina Denmark' Off-Broadway

JOEL PALEY with PAUL PECORINO
Date: 2015-09-03From: Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Writer Joel Paley Takes the Stage as 'Tina Denmark' Off-Broadway

JOEL PALEY
Date: 2015-09-03From: Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Writer Joel Paley Takes the Stage as 'Tina Denmark' Off-Broadway

JOEL PALEY
Date: 2015-09-03From: Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Writer Joel Paley Takes the Stage as 'Tina Denmark' Off-Broadway
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