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Character | Original London 2013 [22] [40] | Off Broadway Lab 2015 [41] | Original Broadway 2016 [42] | Original Chicago 2023 [43] | Original D.C. 2024 [44] |
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Patrick Bateman | Matt Smith [45] | Benjamin Walker | Kyle Patrick | Kyle Dalsimer | |
Paul Owen | Ben Aldridge | Roe Hartrampf | Drew Moerlein | John Drea | Noah Mutterperl |
Vanden | — | — | Krystina Alabado | Hailey Brisard | Sydne Lyons |
Craig McDermott / ATM / Tom Cruise | Charlie Anson | Drew Gehling | Alex Michael Stoll | Jonathan Allsop | Stephen Russell Murray |
Tim Price | Jonathan Bailey | Theo Stockman | Will Lidke | RJ Pavel | |
Courtney Lawrence | Katie Brayben | Heléne Yorke | Morgan Weed | Danielle Smith | Sarah Stewart |
Jean | Cassandra Compton | Jennifer Damiano | Sonia Goldberg | Kaeli Patchen | |
Sabrina / Video Store Clerk | Holly Dale Spencer | Angel Reda | Ericka Hunter | Emily Holland | Jessica Barraclough |
Evelyn Williams | Susannah Fielding | Zosia Mamet | Heléne Yorke | Caleigh Pan-Kita | Jordyn Taylor |
Detective Donald Kimball | Simon Gregor | Jeb Brown | Keith Randolph Smith | Ryan Armstrong | Noah Mutterperl |
Christine / Hardbody Waitress / Hardbody Trainer | Holly James | Sydney Morton | Holly James | Quinn Simmons | Valerie Nagel |
Victoria / Hardbody Bartender | Lucie Jones | Krystina Alabado | Anna Eilinsfeld | Anna Seibert | Sydne Lyons |
Sean Bateman / Security Guard / Dorsia Host | Tom Kay | Nick Bailey | Jason Hite | Kevin Parras | Jeremy Allen Crawford |
Patrick's Mother / Mrs Wolfe / Svetlana | Gillian Kirkpatrick | Isabel Keating | Alice Ripley | Amber Dow | Sydne Lyons |
David Van Patten | Eugene McCoy | Wallace Smith | Dave Thomas Brown | Evan B. Smith | Carson Young |
Luis Carruthers | Hugh Skinner | Wesley Taylor | Jordan Dean | Quinn Kelch | Jeremy Allen Crawford |
The London production of American Psycho received mixed to positive reviews from critics. [46] [47] Easton Ellis is noted to have seen the Broadway production and "enjoyed it, spending the entire opening week promoting the show." [48] Aguirre-Sacasa saw the Chicago production and "had a bloody excellent time." [49] Both Sheik and Aguirre-Sacasa gave rave reviews to the D.C. production, with Aguirre-Sacasa sharing on his Instagram that “It IS the goriest version I’ve seen to date, but also one of the most cohesive, rigorous, and well sung … 100% commitment from this young, fearless cast, led by (Kyle Dalsimer’s) unhinged Patrick Bateman and (Michael Windsor’s) bravura directing.” [50] The Washington Post lauded the show as “Undeniably Disturbing.” [51]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2016 | Tony Award | Best Scenic Design in a Musical | Es Devlin and Finn Ross | Nominated |
Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Justin Townsend | Nominated | ||
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Benjamin Walker | Nominated | |
Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rupert Goold | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Choreography | Lynne Page | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Es Devlin | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Katrina Lindsay | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Justin Townsend | Won | ||
Outstanding Projection Design | Finn Ross | Won | ||
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Dan Moses Schreier | Won | ||
Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Nominated | ||
Distinguished Performance Award | Benjamin Walker | Nominated | ||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Nominated | ||
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or off-Broadway) | Duncan Sheik | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rupert Goold | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Benjamin Walker | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Heléne Yorke | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Katrina Lindsay | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Justin Townsend | Won | ||
Outstanding Projection Design (Play or Musical) | Finn Ross | Won |
In 2022, an amateur production of the musical is the focus of the sixth-season episode titled "Chapter One Hundred and Twelve: American Psychos" in Riverdale , a series created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. [52]
American Psycho is a horror novel by American writer Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first-person by Patrick Bateman, a wealthy, narcissistic, vain Manhattan investment banker who lives a double life as a serial killer. Alison Kelly of The Observer notes that while "some countries [deem it] so potentially disturbing that it can only be sold shrink-wrapped", "critics rave about it" and "academics revel in its transgressive and postmodern qualities".
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy Number 13, "Moonface" Martin, aid Billy in his quest to win Hope. Songs introduced that later became pop and jazz standards are "Anything Goes", "You're the Top", "All Through the Night", and "I Get a Kick Out of You".
Patrick Bateman is a fictional character created by novelist Bret Easton Ellis. He is the villain protagonist and unreliable narrator of Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho and is played by Christian Bale in the 2000 film adaptation of the same name. Bateman is a wealthy and materialistic yuppie and Wall Street investment banker who, supposedly, leads a secret life as a serial killer. He has also briefly appeared in other Ellis novels and their film and theatrical adaptations.
Duncan Sheik is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing", which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2007 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical Spring Awakening.
American Psycho is a 2000 satirical horror film directed by Mary Harron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner. Based on the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis, it stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a New York City investment banker who apparently leads a double life as a serial killer. Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, and Reese Witherspoon appear in supporting roles. The film blends horror and black comedy to satirize 1980s yuppie culture and consumerism, exemplified by Bateman.
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman is a 1966 musical composed by Charles Strouse, with lyrics by Lee Adams and book by David Newman and Robert Benton. It is based on the comic book character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series Glee (2011–2014), Big Love (2009–2011), Riverdale (2017–2023), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020) and Pretty Little Liars (2022–present). He is chief creative officer of Archie Comics.
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Steven Sater is a Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Laurence Olivier Award-winning American poet, playwright, lyricist, television writer and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the book and lyrics for the Tony Award-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening.
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Benjamin Charles Aldridge is an English actor. He is known for his portrayals of Captain James in the BBC military drama Our Girl (2014–2018), Arsehole Guy in the dramedy series Fleabag (2016–2019), and Thomas Wayne in the crime drama series Pennyworth (2019–2023). He has starred in feature films such as Spoiler Alert (2022) and Knock at the Cabin (2023), among other work.
Thomas Robert Kitt is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and musician. For his score for the musical Next to Normal, he shared the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Brian Yorkey. He has also won two Tony Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Next to Normal, as well as Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations for If/Then and SpongeBob SquarePants. He has been nominated for eight Drama Desk Awards, winning one, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for Jagged Little Pill in 2021.
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JenniferDamiano is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut in 2006 as an ensemble member in the original production of Spring Awakening, and went on to originate the role of Natalie Goodman in the musical Next to Normal, for which she was nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest nominees for the award at age 17. Her other Broadway roles include Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark in 2011 and Jean in the 2016 musical American Psycho, in addition to a number of roles off-Broadway.
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