Butz and Pryce Bid Adieu to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 7/16

On July 16th, Norbert Leo Butz and Jonathan Pryce are set to bid adieu to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Butz (Wicked, The Last Five Years), who has been with the hit musical comedy from its March 3rd, 2005 opening at the Imperial Theatre, plays swaggering upstart Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; he won a Tony Award for his performance. Tony Award-winner Pryce (Miss Saigon, Comedians), who joined the cast on January 17th, is seen as suave master swindler Lawrence Jameson. Also in the cast are Rachel York, Lucie Arnaz, Gregory Jbara and Mylinda Hull.

Replacements for the two stars have not yet been announced. In addition, Butz is expected to miss some (but not all) performances for the week of June 5th; the actor is filming a movie.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which follows the hijinx of two crooks on the French Riviera, won the 2005 Drama League Award as Best Musical, and was nominated for 11 Tony Awards. With a book by Jeffrey Lane and music and lyrics by David Yazbek (The Full Monty), the show stars Jonathan Pryce, Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz, Rachel York, Gregory Jbara and Mylinda Hull. The production is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell. The musical is based on the 1988 MGM film.

The original cast recording is available on Ghostlight Records. The national tour--for which casting has yet to be announced--will kick off in Seattle in August.

To learn more about Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, visit www.dirtyrottenscoundrelsthemusical.com.