Carradine Replaces Pryce in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Keith Carradine--last seen on Broadway in his Tony-nominated turn in The Will Rogers Follies--will succeed Jonathan Pryce in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He will play his first performance as debonair swindler Lawrence Jameson, according to the New York Daily News.

With Norbert Leo Butz, who won a Tony Award for creating the role of brash upstart Freddy Benson, Pryce is slated to leave Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on July 16th. A replacement for Butz has not yet been announced. Rachel York, Lucie Arnaz, Gregory Jbara and Mylinda Hull are also in the cast of the hit musical comedy.

A stage and film veteran, Carradine received a Tony nomination for playing the title role in 1991's The Will Roger Follies. The actor, who played George W. Bush in the American premiere of Stuff Happens in L.A. last year, has also been seen on Broadway in Foxfire and Hair. His film and TV credits include "Deadwood," A Thousand Acres, The Tie That Binds, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (again as Will Rogers), Andre, The Moderns, Trouble in Mind, Pretty Baby, Nashville and McCabe and Mrs. Miller. He received an Oscar for his Nashville song "I'm Easy."

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 .