RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL Will Return to NYC This Spring!

According to an Equity casting notice, Ruthless! The Musical, the award-winning Off-Broadway musical comedy (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle) will soon return to the stage! The musical, which played a limited run last fall, will begin previews on June 15. Rehearsals are set to begin in May.

Ruthless! The Musical is an all female musical with music by Marvin Laird and book and lyrics by Joel Paley that spoofs Broadway musicals, like Gypsy and Mame, and movies such asThe Bad Seed and All About Eve. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1992.The central role of Tina was played by future Broadway actress Laura Bell Bundy, and featured Natalie Portman and Britney Spears as understudies.

Ruthless! The Musical was then produced in Los Angeles at the Canon Theatre, where it opened on November 15, 1993. A recording was made by the 1993 Los Angeles cast onVarèse Sarabande and released on March 29, 1994. The show won the 1993 New York Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical. A 2014 benefit concert starred Sophia Anne Caruso and Marvin Laird.