American Psycho 2016 - Articles Page 1.8
Run Time:
Two hours and 42 minutes, with one intermission
Two hours and 42 minutes, with one intermission
Ages: 17+
Opened: April 21, 2016Closing: June 05, 2016
American Psycho - 2016 - Broadway History , Info & More
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (Broadway)
236 West 45th St. New York, NY
26-year-old Patrick Bateman is sophisticated, rich and devastatingly handsome. He's got a sculpted body, a model-gorgeous girlfriend, a to-die-for apartment, and a Wall Street job in 1980s New York City. In short, his life's killer. There's just one snag in this dark vision of the American Dream... Patrick can't get the blood out of his $5000 suits.
Based on the best-selling novel by Bret Easton Ellis, and set in the epicenter of excess: 1980s Manhattan, this hit musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome Wall Street banker with impeccable taste and unquenchable desires. Patrick and his elite group of friends spend their days in chic restaurants, exclusive clubs and designer labels. But at night, Patrick takes part in a darker indulgence, and his mask of sanity is starting to slip...
American Psycho - 2016 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR American Psycho
‘American Psycho: The Musical’ Review: Serial-Killer Chic
7 / 10
'American Psycho' is slick, sleek and empty, a one-joke show that drowns its message, such as it is, in red sauce and fake emotion...The book sticks fairly faithfully to Mr. Ellis's original ground plan. Es Devlin's projection-intensive minimalist sets are 100% white, silver and gray, and Duncan Sheik, lately of 'Spring Awakening,' has written a score consisting almost exclusively of faux-'80s techno-pop songs with parodistic lyrics...Mr. Walker, who was memorably charismatic in 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,' plays Bateman as a ripped hipster with a plummy radio-announcer voice, which is just right. Ms. Damiano is good, too-you'll actually feel for her character's plight, unlikely as it may sound-and everybody else in the cast does just what they're supposed to do, which usually means being as irritating as possible. Some of Mr. Sheik's songs are quite harmonically fresh...
Benjamin Walker is Ripped And Ripper In ‘American Psycho’ – Broadway Review
6 / 10
Unlike Bale, who brought a scary chill to the role, Walker is more of a man-child, his ambition and his malice subdued by a vaguely goofy smile; in his CKs he recalls not so much Jack the Ripper as Tom Cruise in Risky Business...The musical has an awkward book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa...and Duncan Sheik, who wrote the beautiful score for Spring Awakening and here delivers confident, well-crafted numbers...choreographer is Lynne Page; the dances are the most frightening thing about American Psycho, as the actors contort and distort themselves in jagged, angular paroxysms of stoned lust and raw hunger. I feared the sound of snapping limbs throughout...I no more enjoyed the mass slaughter depicted on stage than I would seeing a dramatization of Jonathan Swift...Aguirre-Sacasa and director Goold (and possibly Walker as well) have conspired to defang Patrick somewhat, embellishing his back story (the great Alice Ripley is wasted playing, among other roles, Bateman's mom) and the possibility of redemption...Didn't do much for me.
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American Psycho FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of American Psycho have there been?
American Psycho has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 2016.
What Tony Awards has American Psycho been nominated for?
American Psycho has been nominated for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Justin Townsend, Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Es Devlin, and Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Finn Ross.
What awards has American Psycho been nominated for?
American Psycho has been nominated for several awards including Outstanding Choreography, Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical, Outstanding Projection Design, Outstanding Set Design for a Musical, Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Distinguished Performance Award, Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical, Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical), Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical), Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway), and Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical). The nominees include Lynne Page, Katrina Lindsay, Rupert Goold, Justin Townsend, Finn Ross, Es Devlin, Dan Moses Schreier, Benjamin Walker, Duncan Sheik, and Finn Ross.
What awards has American Psycho won?
American Psycho has won several awards, including Outstanding Choreography, Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical, Outstanding Projection Design, Outstanding Set Design for a Musical, and Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards. Additionally, the show received the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards. American Psycho also won Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical at the Drama League Awards. Further accolades include Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical), Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical), Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway), and Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
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