A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Recoups on Broadway

According to The New York Times, Broadway's A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER has recouped its $7.5 million capitalization.

Producer Joey Parnes reportedly told the show's company the good news by rewriting the lyrics to one of the musical's tunes and singing them the announcement.

He told the Times he expects GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE to "continue indefinitely" due to its low running costs, which come in at around $600,000 a week.

The 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, is slated to open its National Tour at Chicago's Bank of America Theatre (18 W Monroe) in September, as the start of its 44-week National Tour.

Gentleman's Guide tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession, by any means necessary. All the while, he's got to juggle his mistress (she's after more than just love), his fiancée (she's his cousin but who's keeping track?), and the constant threat of landing behind bars! Of course, it will all be worth it if he can slay his way to his inheritance... and be done in time for tea.

Gentleman's Guide officially opened at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre to overwhelming critical acclaim on Sunday, November 17, 2013, following smash-hit runs at The Hartford Stage and San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. It went on to become the most nominated and honored production of the 2013-14 Broadway season, winning the Tony, the Drama Desk, the Drama League, and the Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical. Gentleman's Guide is the winner of four 2014 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Direction of a Musical (Darko Tresnjak), Book of a Musical (Robert L. Freedman), and Costume Design of a Musical (Linda Cho).

Gentleman's Guide recently shattered the Walter Kerr Theatre's house record for highest single-week gross, during the week ending December 28, 2014. The show-no stranger to milestones-also recently celebrated its First Anniversary on Broadway, broke the cumulative box office record for the Walter Kerr Theatre, and received a 2015 Grammy Award nomination for its Original Cast Recording.

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder features a book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and music and lyrics bySteven Lutvak. Direction is by Darko Tresnjak, with choreography by Peggy Hickey. The design team includesAlexander Dodge (Scenic Design), Linda Cho (Costume Design), Philip S. Rosenberg (Lighting Design), Dan Moses Schreier (Sound Design), Aaron Rhyne (Projections Design), and Charles LaPointe (Wig Design). Orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick and Vocal Arrangements are by Dianne Adams McDowell and Steven Lutvak.Paul Staroba serves as Music Director.

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus