Bret Easton Ellis News

Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold’s production of American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis just celebrate dits opening night. The book is by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, and directed by Rupert Goold. Let's see what the London critics had to say...

Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold’s production of American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis has been extended.

Make no mistake, the writing is dated and it’s far from being a masterpiece, but the production does something that’s so specifically disturbing that it’s difficult to ignore. Bateman’s raison d’être is unnerving to begin with. Once you combine this archetypal psychopath with a jaunty synth-heavy score and a glitzy choreo, watching our executioner dance maniacally with a cleaver becomes a spectacle in itself.

The full cast has been announced for the revival of Rupert Goold’s musical American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, at the Almeida Theatre. Learn more here!

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In 1991, American Novelist Bret Easton Ellis published the highly controversial novel American Psycho. Through the story, we dive headfirst into a greed, lust, and ego-filled world told through the eyes of Patrick Bateman. A man so narcissistic, so label-driven, money hungry, and at the root of it all the depths of his humanity lie in a blood lust. Sure, he dates, he sleeps around, and is sometimes very graphic regarding his escapades, but at the root of his very being, he can’t feel. He shows no emotion, claims to never have fallen in love, and yet what is it that drives him?

Houston Broadway Theatre is presenting the Houston Premiere of American Psycho: The Musical from Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. See video of the production.

Broadway, film, and television star Robert Lenzi (THE HAPPENING and THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL) is Patrick Bateman for this Houston run. He plays Patrick as an apex predator, but one that surprisingly gets lonely or feels isolated. There is not just the cold killer, but also a sense of what’s killing him.

Houston Broadway Theatre is presenting the Houston Premiere of American Psycho: The Musical from Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Get a first look at photos here!

Playing this character has been so, so fun, mainly because we're sort of reinventing him, me and Joe Calarco, who's our incredible director.

Houston Broadway Theatre has revealed the cast and creatives for the Houston Premiere of American Psycho: The Musical. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Houston Broadway Theatre will present the Houston Premiere of American Psycho: The Musical from Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Learn ore!

Strip away the horror and the Patrick Bateman of it all, and it's ultimately a story about identity. The whole show is really about the bastardization of the American dream. It's about glamour, money, who's got the best clothes, and who goes to the best restaurants.

This September, Melbourne's theatre scene will get a shot of adrenaline when the musical revival of AMERICAN PSYCHO opens at Chapel Off Chapel. AMERICAN PSYCHO - THE MUSICAL opens at Chapel Off Chapel on 4 September for a strictly limited season.

Melbourne performer and writer, Conor Beaumont is set to star as the infamous Patrick Bateman when American Psycho – The Musical arrives at Chapel Off Chapel in September this year.

A stage adaptation of Phantom of the Paradise, the 1974 rock musical film written and directed by Brian De Palma, is officially in the works from songwriter Paul Williams and producer Sam Pressman.

A new production of American Psycho – The Musical will arrive in Melbourne in September 2025. This all-new version of the musical will open at Chapel Off Chapel.

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Mary Harron, director of the 2000 film American Psycho, is sharing her thoughts on the musical adaptation, explaining that humanizing the character of Patrick Bateman comes at the detriment of the story.

Local theatergoers would be remiss to miss this production, and Broadway World highly recommends the 'Psycho Experience' for those willing to get a little out there.