The China Doll will be followed by an American Psycho. Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho the musical will start previews Thursday, March 24th, 2016 at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theater at 236 West 45thStreet. The production will star BENJAMIN WALKER (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) as Patrick Bateman.
AMERICAN PSYCHO has music and lyrics by Tony Award-winner
Duncan Sheik, making this his first new show to come to Broadway since his Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening. The show has a book by
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, "Glee") and is based on the novel by
Bret Easton Ellis.
Rupert Goold (King Charles III, Macbeth) directs and choreography is by
Lynne Page (La Cage Aux Folles, A Little Night Music).
AMERICAN PSYCHO will be presented on Broadway by
Act 4 Entertainment (
David Johnson & Jesse Singer),
Jeffrey Richards, and
Jerry Frankel in cooperation with Edward R. Pressman.
"I've been a huge fan of Ben's work on stage and screen and am really looking forward to working with him on
American Psycho," said
Rupert Goold. "He is an enormous talent and I think audiences will be utterly seduced by his dangerous charisma and extraordinary stage presence. He'll make a killer Patrick Bateman."
"Ever since Ben ignited the musical theatre with his startling and superb performance inBloody, Bloody
Andrew Jackson, I had hoped to work with him again," said
Jeffrey Richards. "When
Jerry Frankel and I were offered the opportunity to join
David Johnson and Jesse Singer of
Act 4 Entertainment in presenting
American Psycho, my first thought was that the most charismatic and sexy actor for the role of Patrick Bateman would be...
Benjamin Walker. The gift of collaborative partners is that we were all in agreement...and so for that matter, as I found out, was the entire creative team."
AMERICAN PSYCHO had its world premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London from December 3rd, 2013 through February 1st, 2014. That sold-out production was presented by
The Almeida Theatre and Headlong in association with
Act 4 Entertainment (
David Johnson & Jesse Singer).
Living the high life in 1980s Manhattan, Patrick Bateman has it all - looks, money, style and status. He and his entourage buy the most expensive designer clothes, eat at the most exclusive restaurants and party at the hottest clubs. But privately, Patrick indulges in another kind of transgression. And people - including those closest to him - keep disappearing.
