The National Tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing
hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels, launches at the Victoria
Theatre in Dayton, OH
on September 25. For complete tour schedule visit www.dirtyrottentour.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," describe press notes.
Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels stars Jamie Jackson as the suave and sophisticated con man
Lawrence Jameson. He is joined on stage by Doug Thompson, who plays Freddy
Benson, the brash and vulgar swindler Lawrence
takes under his wing. Other casting includes Jenny Gulley as "American Soap
Queen" Christine Colgate; Suzanne Sole as Muriel Eubanks; Jeff Essex as Andre;
and Jen Jenkins as Jolene. The ensemble includes Sarah Bumgarner, Erin
Chupinsky, Melissa Carlile, Kelly-Lynn Condon, Adam Dulin, Joris DeBuel,
Matthew DeGuzman, Betsy Farber, Jessica Moore, Travis Patton, Sean Quinn, Peter
Romaniello, Michael Scibilia and Molly Marie Walsh.
After leaving Dayton, the
tour will travel to 25 cities across the United
States including Denver, Spokane, Norfolk, Grand Rapids, Birmingham, Kalamazoo, Waterbury, Indianapolis, Nashville, Ft. Lauderdale,
Schenectady and Memphis.
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.
