Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 3, 2005
Closed Sep 3, 2006
Opened Mar 3, 2005
Closed Sep 3, 2006
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Running Time:
2hr. 40min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 40min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Based on the popular 1988 film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels centers on two con men living on the French Riviera. The first is suave and sophisticated con artist, Lawrence Jameson, who makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. The other, a small-time crook named Freddy Benson, more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health. After meeting on a train, they unsuccessfully attempt to work together only to find that this small French town isn't big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues, bringing out the best and worst in each man, along with a fun, unexpected twist that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end!
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Imperial Theatre
249 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
The Imperial opened in 1923 and has had an almost unbroken string of theatrical successes. Shows such as Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy and currently Les Miserables have found popularity through this theater. Broadway producers have brought quality sho [...] Read More
249 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
The Imperial opened in 1923 and has had an almost unbroken string of theatrical successes. Shows such as Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy and currently Les Miserables have found popularity through this theater. Broadway producers have brought quality sho [...] Read More
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
No need for tuner fans to pinch themselves; the unbelievable is actually occurring. This season, the word "comedy" is being emphatically and joyfully reinserted into the phrase "musical comedy." First, there was The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, followed quickly by Altar Boyz. Now we have Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, spoof-positive that the formula refined in the 1940s and '50s for a certain brand of musical still works -- if the right people are working it.
Well, jumping Jehosaphat, the right people have linked arms to walk into the remunerative sunset under the supervision of executive producers Marty Bell and Aldo Scrofani. (The long list of the show's co-producers fancifully incl[...]
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David Finkle on Mar 4, 2005
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In showbiz, timing is everything -- and I don't just mean great comic timing, of which there is an abundance on display in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. With a terrific score by David Yazbek, crackerjack direction by Jack O'Brien, and stylish choreography by Jerry Mitchell, DRS is one of the most enjoyable musicals ever to hit Broadway, yet it has been somewhat overshadowed because it opened in a season that also brought us The Light in the Piazza, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Monty Python's Spamalot. For this reason, the show didn't score as well in the Tony Awards race as it would have done in another season -- much as The Full Monty, the previous Yazbek-O'Brien-Mitchell musi[...]