Robert Aguirre-Sacasa News

BWW Review: AMERICAN PSYCHO - THE MUSICAL at The Victoria Theatre is a slick, campy well executed musical adaptation of the shocking Bret Easton Ellis novel.

Ashleigh Murray is set to star in the Riverdale spinoff, Katy Keene, for The CW, according to Deadline. 

The CW has greenlit four pilots that are all based on well known titles, including two spinoffs of existing CW series, Riverdale and Jane the Virgin, and a Nancy Drew drama and The Lost Boys reboot, according to Deadline. 

The Almeida Theatre announces the cast for the world premiere of Boy, a new play by Leo Butler, directed by Sacha Wares. The cast is Mohammad Amiri, Osmain Baig, Ruby Bridle, Emilio Doorgasingh, Terina Drayton, Aeran Fitzgerald, Frankie Fox, Ellie Mai Gallagher, Bayleigh Gray, Zainab Hasan, Duramaney Kamara, Asiatu Koroma, Wendy Kweh, Lev Litvinov, Georgie Lord, Angel Loren, Teann McDonnell, Eugenie-Alexia Mulumba, Sarah Niles, Demi Papaminas, Imogen Roberts, Abdul Salis, Morgane Tapia,Peter Temple and Matthew Wellard. Boy will run at the Almeida Theatre from 5 April until 28 May, with a Press Night on 12 April.

Sacha Wares will be returning to Almeida Theatre to direct the world premiere of Leo Butler's new play Boy, after her directorial success with the critically acclaimed production, Game, by Mike Bartlett, in 2015.  Boy will run at the Almeida Theatre from 5 April until 28 May 2016, with press night on 12 April 2016. Director Sacha Wares is joined by a formidable creative team, including two powerhouse contemporary designers, Miriam Buether for set design (Wild Swans, Sucker Punch, My Child, Generations), who worked with Sacha on Game at the Almeida in 2015, and Ultz for costume (Jerusalem, Hobson's Choice, Fallout, Pied Pier), who will be collaborating with Miriam, on design, for the very first time. Further creative credits include movement by Leon Baugh, lighting by Jack Knowles and sound by Gareth Fry.

According to Deadline, SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK and AMERICAN PSYCHO's writer Robert Aguirre-Sacasa will soon be bringing a bit of horror to NBC.

Robert Aguirre-Sacasa's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel drops the original's epigrammatic wit, lovingly shaking up the story, adding violence and sex, and landing Dorian in modern-day Hollywood.

New York Stage and Film (Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director; Thomas Pearson, Executive Director, Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, Leslie Urdang, Producing Directors) and Vassar College (Ed Cheetham, Producing Director) have announced the line-up of their 2012 Powerhouse Theater season. The full season is as follows:

Silver Spring Stage presents Based on a Totally True Story by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, directed by Sam Nystrom and produced by Lennie Magida, the offbeat hilarious, bittersweet romantic comedy of a twenty-something New Yorker with the opportunity to have one of his plays made into a movie. It's a quirky love letter to dreams, relationships and learning life lessons. Based on a Totally True Story, the play ends it run today, 10/8.

Silver Spring Stage presents Based on a Totally True Story by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, directed by Sam Nystrom and produced by Lennie Magida, the offbeat hilarious, bittersweet romantic comedy of a twenty-something New Yorker with the opportunity to have one of his plays made into a movie. It's a quirky love letter to dreams, relationships and learning life lessons. Based on a Totally True Story will perform weekends September 16 to October 8.

Silver Spring Stage presents Based on a Totally True Story by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, directed by Sam Nystrom and produced by Lennie Magida, the offbeat hilarious, bittersweet romantic comedy of a twenty-something New Yorker with the opportunity to have one of his plays made into a movie. It's a quirky love letter to dreams, relationships and learning life lessons. Based on a Totally True Story will perform weekends September 16 to October 8.

Silver Spring Stage presents Based on a Totally True Story by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, directed by Sam Nystrom and produced by Lennie Magida, the offbeat hilarious, bittersweet romantic comedy of a twenty-something New Yorker with the opportunity to have one of his plays made into a movie. It's a quirky love letter to dreams, relationships and learning life lessons. Based on a Totally True Story will perform weekends September 16 to October 8.

We've gotten word that on Sunday cast members were given a chance to give their thoughts on the new script with work by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Glen Berger and that rehearsals begin today with all of the principles for Act 1 of the new script with the first read thrus and staging taking place with Phil and the leads, while Chase Brock will simultaneously begin working on his new choreography with the ensemble.

The cast was also informed tonight that the first reading of the new script would take place Friday afternoon at 1:30 PM. We're told that no cast members have yet seen the new script, which will not be given out till 1:15 PM tomorrow before the reading takes place. It's the scheduling of Friday's reading that made the telling of the cast tonight about the Greek chorus being cut. Also to be noted, only the leads have been called at the current time, and not the ensemble.

Update: The cast was also informed tonight that the first reading of the new script would take place tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 PM. We're told that no cast members have yet seen the new script, which will not be given out till 1:15 PM tomorrow before the reading takes place. It's tomorrow's reading that made the telling of the cast tonight about the Greek chorus being cut.

There's just as much drama going on behind the scenes ofSPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark as there is on the stage. There's been news this week that Julie Taymor's deal has not yet been completed and cast member, T.V. Carpio (Arachne) suffered a whiplash injury and additional stoppages. Also, first reported exclusively by BroadwayWorld.com this morning, it's now been officially announced that choreographer Chase Brock has joined the SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark team. The company was introduced to Brock tonight at a pre-show company meeting. Also at that meeting, they were informed that amongst the many changes that would be coming to the show in the weeks to come, the Geek Chorus who narrate much of the show now would be cut entirely from the new version of the production. The Geek Chorus was played by Gideon Glick, Jonathan Schwartz, Mat Devine, Alice Lee.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD's work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.

According to Variety, Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa are set to write a musical adaptation of American Psycho based on the 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel. Sheik is set to write the music and lyrics and Aguirre-Sacasa will pen the book.