A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder 2013
Run Time:
Two hours and 20 minutes, with one intermission
Opened: November 17, 2013Two hours and 20 minutes, with one intermission
Closing: January 17, 2016
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder - 2013 Broadway History , Info & More
Walter Kerr Theatre (Broadway)
219 West 48th St. New York, NY
If you're looking for a musical with the laurels of Downton Abbey and the morals of a mongoose, look no further! A Gentleman's Guide To Love & Murder-the new comedy of manners (well, bad manners) that has won unanimous raves
Monty Navarro has just received some really great news! He's a long-lost member of a noble family and could become the next Earl of Highhurst. There are only eight minor issues, namely the other relatives who precede him in line for the title. So Monty does what any ambitious, highborn gentleman would do: he sets out to eliminate them one by one, all while juggling his mistress (she's after more than just love), his fiancee (she's his cousin, but who's keeping track?), plus the constant threat of landing behind bars! But it will all be worth it if he can slay his way into Highhurst Castle... and be done in time for tea.
Tony winner Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife, Gore Vidal's The Best Man) gives one of the most gasp-inducing performances ever attempted on the American stage, playing all eight doomed heirs who meet their ends in the most creative and hilarious ways. Mays leads a knockout cast alongside the delightfully debonair Bryce Pinkham (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) as Monty, the scoundrel whose greatest weapon is his charm. Don't miss this unabashedly raucous new show that Charles Isherwood of The New York Times calls "among the most inspired and entertaining new musicals I've seen in years!"
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder - 2013 - Broadway Cast
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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Bumping Off Kin, a Song in Your Heart
9 / 10
Despite the high body count, this delightful show will lift the hearts of all those who've been pining for what sometimes seems a lost art form: musicals that match streams of memorable melody with fizzily witty turns of phrase. Bloodlust hasn't sung so sweetly, or provided so much theatrical fun, since Sweeney Todd first wielded his razor with gusto many a long year ago...Mr. Mays won a Tony Award for playing multiple roles in the Pulitzer Prize-winning solo show 'I Am My Own Wife,' but the chameleonic performance he gives here makes even that feat seem simple - a matter of filing your nails while whistling 'Edelweiss,' say. In a true tour de force that is hardly likely to be bettered on Broadway this season (apologies to the magnificent Mark Rylance, and those two knights, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, performing Beckett and Pinter in repertory), Mr. Mays sings, dances, ice-skates, bicycles and generally romps through some eight roles - flipping among personas male, female and somewhere in between - at a pace that sets your head spinning...As each precise caricature of British snootiness or silliness comes bounding onto the stage, Mr. Mays seems to be challenging himself to elicit bigger laughs, and he almost always succeeds. All but one of his characters ends up six feet under by the time this daffy, inspired musical concludes, but his brilliant performance deserves to be immortalized in Broadway lore for some time to come.
STAGE REVIEW 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder'
9 / 10
...This production's secret weapon isn't the poison in Monty's pocket but Lutvak's jaunty score, which sounds both fresh and period-perfect with its echoes of Gilbert and Sullivan and classic British music hall. And the lyrics are as gut-bustingly clever as anything in The Book of Mormon...No one is likely to get sick of the black comedy in A Gentleman's Guide, which remains winsome and charming despite an alarming surfeit of devious and devilish characters. Quite simply, it's a bloody good time.
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What are the songs in A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and what's the order?
A Warning to the Audience
You're a D'Ysquith
I Don't Know What I'd Do
Foolish to Think
A Warning to Monty
I Don't Understand the Poor
Foolish to Think (Reprise)
Poison in My Pocket
Poor Monty
Better With a Man
Inside Out
Lady Hyacinth Abroad
The Last One You'd Expect
Why Are All the D'Ysquiths Dying?
Why Are All the D'Ysquiths Dying? (Encore)
Sibella
I've Decided to Marry You
Final Warning
Poison in My Pocket (Reprise)
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
Stop! Wait! What?!
That Horrible Woman
Look at Phoebe
Finale
You're a D'Ysquith
I Don't Know What I'd Do
Foolish to Think
A Warning to Monty
I Don't Understand the Poor
Foolish to Think (Reprise)
Poison in My Pocket
Poor Monty
Better With a Man
Inside Out
Lady Hyacinth Abroad
The Last One You'd Expect
Why Are All the D'Ysquiths Dying?
Why Are All the D'Ysquiths Dying? (Encore)
Sibella
I've Decided to Marry You
Final Warning
Poison in My Pocket (Reprise)
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
Stop! Wait! What?!
That Horrible Woman
Look at Phoebe
Finale
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder History
Other Productions of A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
| 2013 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2015 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
| 2017 | US Tour |
North American Non-Equity Tour US Tour |
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder - 2013 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jefferson Mays |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Bryce Pinkham |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Robert L. Freedman |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Design | Alexander Dodge |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Darko Tresnjak |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Lauren Worsham |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Robert L. Freedman |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Steven Lutvak |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Steven Lutvak |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Bonnie Comley |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Aaron Rhyne |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Dan Moses Schreier |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jefferson Mays |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jefferson Mays |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Bryce Pinkham |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway of Off-Broadway) | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreographer | Peggy Hickey |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Linda Cho |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Darko Tresnjak |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Lisa O'Hare |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Philip S. Rosenberg |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Alexander Dodge |
| 2014 | The Hewes Awards | Hewes Design Award | Linda Cho |
| 2014 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance | Lauren Worsham |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Robert L. Freedman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Linda Cho |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Darko Tresnjak |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | HELLO Entertainment |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Four Ladies & One Gent |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | John Arthur Pinckard |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Greg Nobile |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Stewart Lane |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Bonnie Comley |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Exeter Capital |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Ted Snowdon |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Ryan Hugh Mackey |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Cricket-CTM Media/Mano-Horn Productions |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jamie Bendell |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Dennis Grimaldi |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Margot Astrachan |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | True Love Productions |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Michael T. Cohen |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joe Sirola |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joseph Gleberman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Carson Gleberman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | William Megevick |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Green State Productions |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | The Hartford Stage |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | The Old Globe |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jamie deRoy |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joey Parnes |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | S.D. Wagner |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | John Johnson |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | 50 Church Street Productions |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joan Raffe |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jhett Tolentino |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jay Alix |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Una Jackman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Catherine Adler |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Fred Adler |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Rhoda Herrick |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Kathleen K. Johnson |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Megan Savage |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | ShadowCatcher Entertainment |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Ron Simmons |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Steven Lutvak |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Robert L. Freedman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Bryce Pinkham |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jefferson Mays |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lauren Worsham |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Alexander Dodge |
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