American Psycho is the latest cult classic to hit the Broadway stage. Brett Easton Ellis’ 1991 thriller about a businessman/serial killer in Manhattan will get a musical twist with music and lyrics by Tony award-winning Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening) and script by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark).
The production will air at a currently undisclosed Shubert theatre in NYC next year starring Benjamin Walker as protagonist Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale in the 2000 film adaptation).
American Psycho debuted as a musical in London in 2013. Previews for the American version will begin on February 19, 2016.
A Fight Club rock opera and now this? What’s next, a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Broadway adaptation? (We like the sound of that!)
[Via Billboard]