"It's the story of a human being in an existential crisis and what it means to live in a capitalist system.". And so is Canberra director Jim McMullen's distinction between "weird and accessible" and "weird and inaccessible". Final Broadway performance was on … Carrie: the Musical - based on Stephen King's novel about a bullied high school girl who wreaks revenge through telekinesis - was also short-lived in its original Broadway run but was notorious as a bomb with many technical problems. Tommy is a deaf, dumb and blind "pinball wizard" and Pink is a rock star driven insane by the death of his father who doesn't want to let in the outside world. Last year, Mommie Dearest: the Musical premiered. It's based on Christina Crawford's memoir detailing her fraught relationship with her mother, movie star Joan, depicted as an abusive alcoholic. It is based on the controversial 1991 novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, which also inspired a 2000 film of the And, as noted, he prefers his offbeat shows when they have something to say. I was living like Patrick Bateman. ", Veteran US theatre director Hal Prince once said in an interview that when Andrew Lloyd Webber first played the score of Cats for him, "I looked at him curiously and said, 'Andrew, I don't understand. Step into his office as this pitch black comedy enters the deranged world of an original psycho killer. If people enjoy a show, the oddness doesn't much matter. American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. But despite this, and its slight storyline, he says it is still "very powerful" with its make-love-not-war theme. It's not about the talent involved either: some big names have taken their creativity to strange places. Is there anything that can't be musicalised? It's based on Christina Crawford's memoir detailing her fraught relationship with her mother, movie star Joan, depicted as an abusive alcoholic. It seems not. Now, it would not be a surprise if a musical version of the story eventuated. Where Gatsby focuses on the American Jazz era, Psycho is the Yuppie (Young, Upwardly-mobile Professional) decade of the 1980s, set in Wall Street, New York, at the time of the great economic boom. Many other strange musicals have been produced - and they are still coming. The show has a bunch of people costumed as singing, dancing cats doing various performance turns in the hope of being the one selected to ascend to the Heaviside Layer. While what constitutes a weird musical is open to debate, American Psycho surely qualifies as one. Based on a Roman Polanski comedy horror film also known as The Fearless Vampire Killers, features composer Jim Steinman's Total Eclipse of the Heart, a hit for Bonnie Tyler in the '80s. Grandiloquently titled Jerry Springer: the Opera, the British musical was, like its talk-show inspiration, controversial, full of profanity, alleged blasphemy, and spectacles such as a line of singing, tap-dancing Ku Klux Klan members. He just acts out a little more. The piece, he says, is "a daring critique of what we have become as a society" through self-obsession and greed. Picture: Janelle McMenamin. The final scene of the film and the way you get there contradict what the film has shown so far, and the temptation is to think that everything happened only in the protagonist’s head, Patrick Bateman. That is very much depicted in the last scene when disgruntled Patrick spits out the fact about a society ruined in the vanity of materialism. Berlage says Starlight Express "reinforces gender stereotypes" with its characterisations of the "male" and "female" trains. This winter, it’s time to revel in your dark side with American Psycho The Musical. "The American tribal love-rock musical", as it is subtitled, seems weird to Baldock. Is this about English politics? What constitutes a weird musical is inevitably subjective. One of the songs was Out for Blood, about killing a pig. Another unlikely musical dealing with murder is Thrill Me: the Leopold and Loeb Story. McMullen says, "The version of it is atrocious" and calls the show "godawful". A group of non-conformists are living on an asteroid and kidnap a space garbageman to deepen their gene pool. "We're so far removed from it: it's quite psychedelic and a little bit inaccessible to some people.". It was quickly cemented as one of the most ambiguous and confusing films in cinematic history. American Psycho American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. Whether it will survive the passing of the baby-boomer generation remains to be seen. 30 June – 3 July 2021BUY TICKETS: https://canberratheatrecentre.com.au/show/american-psycho-the-musical/“I’m into, oh, murders and executions, mostly. And the story's themes of sexism and misogyny have made for intense discussion among the creative team. A group of non-conformists are living on an asteroid and kidnap a space garbageman to deepen their gene pool. Carrie: the Musical - based on Stephen King's novel about a bullied high school girl who wreaks revenge through telekinesis - was also short-lived in its original Broadway run but was notorious as a bomb with many technical problems. And they mirror his own initial responses. But despite this, and its slight storyline, he says it is still "very powerful" with its make-love-not-war theme. Behold our 9-step, 30-product American Psycho grooming regimen: 1. Urinetown is one such musical, a self-aware show referencing musical theatre conventions and forms and other pop culture. Apparently, as Cole Porter in a rather more conventional show put it, "anything goes". To be fair, the film signposts this strange relevance. The film brilliantly distills the extremes of the novel and gets all the large concepts across successfully. Patrick Bateman admits at the outset of the film that there is no real him, that he's constructed an illusion of a person. Urinetown is one such musical, a self-aware show referencing musical theatre conventions and forms and other pop culture. The first is something like, "What in the world - how can that be a musical?" But it has a storyline of its own and something to say. Your ad blocker may be preventing you from Another unlikely musical dealing with murder is Thrill Me: the Leopold and Loeb Story. There are plenty of other weird shows in the history of musical theatre. "It's the story of a human being in an existential crisis and what it means to live in a capitalist system." The Who's Tommy and Pink Floyd - The Wall, both inspired by albums from The Who and Pink Floyd, respectively - are also decidedly strange. Stephen Dolginoff's two-person show is based on the true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two young men whose obsessive relationship and desire to prove their superior intellects led them to try to commit the "perfect crime" by kidnapping and murdering a 14-year-old boy. American Psycho takes place during the late 1980s and centers on Patrick Bateman (Bale), a 27-year-old Wall Street hotshot driven by greed and an insatiable bloodlust. ', "Nobody really thought any further than that. Perhaps scariness and singing just don't mix well. Additionally, he says, alluding to a notorious passage in the book, "There are no rats in this production." Horror properties don't always make successful musicals (the well-known adaptations of Phantom of the Opera and Jekyll & Hyde feel more like melodramas with horror elements). But at night, Patrick takes part in a darker indulgence, and his glitzy, glamorous facade slips away. Another show McMullen felt was unnecessary was Octomom: the Musical. An offbeat show more to McMullen's liking is the Stephen Sondheim show Merrily We Roll Along, which, like its source play, was told backwards, starting in the jaded, unhappy present and ending in the past when its characters were young and idealistic. The latter, another Lloyd Webber show, has been frequently produced and frequently revised. A film adaptation starring Christian Bale was released in 2000 to generally favorable reviews. ', "He looked at me like I'd lost my mind, and after the longest pause said, 'Hal, this is just about cats. One of the songs was Out for Blood, about killing a pig. Like Merrily in its original production, some gambles with strangeness are swift flops - and not all get the renewed attention Sondheim's show did. And they mirror his own initial responses. Based on Bret Easton Ellis ’ 1991 controversial best-selling novel, American Psycho, and the 2000 film of the same name, American Psycho – The Musical is a chilling, yet wickedly comedic insight into a society driven by capitalism, self-image and wealth. AMERICAN PSYCHO is a film that I could easily write a thesis paper on, but that’s not why you are reading this review. American Psycho deals with the superficiality of the society and extreme shallowness of oneself that clouds belief of an individual. The familiar albums no doubt smoothed the path for the shows. Whether it will survive the passing of the baby-boomer generation remains to be seen. Its director, Alex Berlage, says he gets one of two reactions when he mentions the show. Flashing back, the 1989 movie comedy The Tall Guy showcased Elephant!, a fictional musical based on severely deformed Joseph "the Elephant Man" Merrick. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan investment banker. If people enjoy a show, the oddness doesn't much matter. In the latter, Earthlings are now all blue-skinned test-tube babies to eliminate discrimination. Based on a Roman Polanski comedy horror film also known as The Fearless Vampire Killers, features composer Jim Steinman's Total Eclipse of the Heart, a hit for Bonnie Tyler in the '80s. Another show McMullen felt was unnecessary was Octomom: the Musical. 9,515 were here. Based on the cult 1988 movie, it's about a high school girl whose relationship with mysterious outsider JD turns increasingly dark as they start murdering the popular kids. Closer to home, he's similarly dubious about the idea of Shane Warne: The Musical. McMullen says, "The version of it is atrocious" and calls the show "godawful". Heathers: the Musical IS a boy-meets-girl love story, but not the conventional kind. "It's as though a group of theatre people were sitting around and one said, "Hey, why don't we do a musical about a group of singing cats?' The cast perform on roller skates, often singing and skating at high speed (which has led to many injuries in productions). Perhaps Berlage's first reaction to American Psycho - how can that be a musical? Like Merrily in its original production, some gambles with strangeness are swift flops - and not all get the renewed attention Sondheim's show did. The publication of the novel did not initially prove sweet vindication for Ellis. Directed by Mary Harron. “ [American Psycho]…initiated because of my own isolation and alienation at a point in my life. '", Ku Klux Klan members dance in Jerry Springer: the Opera. But Bret Easton Ellis's novel about a 1980s yuppie Manhattanite who is also a serial killer has been brought to the musical stage. Closer to home, he's similarly dubious about the idea of Shane Warne: The Musical. Picture: Marina Neil, "It's as though a group of theatre people were sitting around and one said, "Hey, why don't we do a musical about a group of singing cats? Berlage says Starlight Express "reinforces gender stereotypes" with its characterisations of the "male" and "female" trains. We also know that American Psycho is a cult classic and very well-regarded by a lot of individuals, but as Christian Bale admitted in the interview, the cast at the time didn’t. Financially, an even bigger Broadway flop than Carrie was Dance of the Vampires. A cautionary tale set in a world focused on money, status, brands and excess; Patrick Bateman examines life devoid of meaning, lived by people who otherwise have everything. Picture: Supplied. American Psycho is a dark and biting satire on 80's excess and toxic masculinity. It's not about the talent involved either: some big names have taken their creativity to strange places. It has, however, had many European productions and many rewrites. Will Huang as JD in Heathers: the Musical. … “American Psycho‘s social criticism is purely sophomoric—horrifying only for its author’s utter lack of narrative skill. The acting was great, the movie was well shot, it was… Cinafilm has over seven million movie reviews and counting … Mary Harron’s “American Psycho” is a searing satire of yuppie culture and the excess of the 1980s. McMullen finds another unusual show to be "awful" and "over the top". In the latter, Earthlings are now all blue-skinned test-tube babies to eliminate discrimination. "Why the hell?!" It's not necessarily about a show's artistic or commercial success: it can be acclaimed or derided, a hit or a flop. American Nightmare review by Meth-Dude - Despite a rather rushed and weak last act, American Psycho is a pretty good movie. "He looked at me like I'd lost my mind, and after the longest pause said, 'Hal, this is just about cats.'" Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale) adapted it and Tony Award winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening) wrote the music and lyrics with 1980s hits from Phil Collins and other artists also incorporated. And, as noted, he prefers his offbeat shows when they have something to say. [Are] those cats Queen Victoria, Gladstone and Disraeli?' While Cats became a huge hit, there was always something decidedly odd about it - even before the 2019 movie version that some people viewed under the influence of various mind-altering substances for added strangeness. But it has a storyline of its own and something to say. Based on the cult 1988 movie, it's about a high school girl whose relationship with mysterious outsider JD turns increasingly dark as they start murdering the popular kids. As some 80's pop music plays from overhead, the men dance while strobe lights flash and some women on stage wave around prop guns like something out of a grind house flick. Perhaps Berlage's first reaction to American Psycho - how can that be a musical? A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies. The piece, he says, is "a daring critique of what we have become as a society" through self-obsession and greed. However, a new production coming to Canberra Theatre Centre this June begs to differ. Favorite Scenes from the movie "American Psycho". Most men are not chain-saw killers; they only act that way while doing business. Heathers: the Musical IS a boy-meets-girl love story, but not the conventional kind. 30 June – 3 July 2021BUY TICKETS: https://canberratheatrecentre.com.au/show/american-psycho-the-musical/“I’m into, oh, murders and executions, mostly. Stephen Dolginoff's two-person show is based on the true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two young men whose obsessive relationship and desire to prove their superior intellects led them to try to commit the "perfect crime" by kidnapping and murdering a 14-year-old boy. Is this about English politics? Horror properties don't always make successful musicals (the well-known adaptations of Phantom of the Opera and Jekyll & Hyde feel more like melodramas with horror elements). Perhaps scariness and singing just don't mix well. American Psycho is a 2000 American black comedy slasher film co-written and directed by Mary Harron, based on Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel of the same name. Berlage says, "In my opinion it should never have been made - it's an example of a piece and concept that don't go anywhere. While what constitutes a weird musical is open to debate, American Psycho surely qualifies as one. The first is something like, "What in the world - how can that be a musical?". American Psycho - Database BY DUNCAN SHEIK – ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA Memorabilia Available American Psycho is a musical with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik and a book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The show even manages a (fictional) twist. The Rum Tum Tugger (Jordan Kelly) in Cats. American Psycho has meaty ideas, which Berlage likes to have in any theatrical undertaking. It's not necessarily about a show's artistic or commercial success: it can be acclaimed or derided, a hit or a flop. Towards the end of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel, Bateman takes a moment to muse on Trump Tower, admiring it as it stands “tall, proudly gleaming in the late afternoon sunlight.” American Psycho: A Post Modern Horror American Psycho – Choosing Knives. As inspirations for a musical theatre show go, American Psycho might seem an unlikely one. Its director, Alex Berlage, says he gets one of two reactions when he mentions the show. The show even manages a (fictional) twist. The familiar albums no doubt smoothed the path for the shows. With Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis is a criticism of American culture, gluttony, and wealth. Berlage says he's taken the story and "subverted it" by approaching it through a feminist lens. But, he says, people who have read the book respond more positively. A decades-long drought has led to strict control of resources: all lavatorial activities must be performed - and paid for - using public toilets owned by the megacorporation Urine Good Company. While Cats became a huge hit, there was always something decidedly odd about it - even before the 2019 movie version that some people viewed under the influence of various mind-altering substances for added strangeness. Dave Evans as Bobby with Alison Noble as Hope in Urinetown. The latter had a score by Galt McDermot, who'd enjoyed a big hit with Hair. - is one useful measure. Patrick Bateman, our protagonist, works on Wall Street, bringing us through the horrifically shallow existence that comes with his picturesque Wall Street life. The show has a bunch of people costumed as singing, dancing cats doing various performance turns in the hope of being the one selected to ascend to the Heaviside Layer. "Nobody really thought any further than that." It depends.” Patrick BatemanBased on Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 controversial best-selling novel American Psycho and the 2000 film of the same name, this sexy, dark, disturbing and downright hilarious musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young, handsome and wealthy investment banker living in epicenter of excess: Manhattan, NYC, during the Wall Street Boom of the late 1980s.With impeccable taste and unquenchable desires, Patrick and his elite group of friends spend their days in chic restaurants, exclusive clubs and designer labels. There are plenty of other weird shows in the history of musical theatre. The Who's Tommy and Pink Floyd - The Wall, bothinspired by albums from The Who and Pink Floyd, respectively - are also decidedly strange. American Psycho – The Musical is coming to Canberra Posted on 4 February, 2020 Of all the cult movies, you’d be forgiven if American Psycho wouldn’t be your first choice for a musical adaptation. His characters think, talk, and act like GQ mannequins, and Ellis’ incantation of brand names allows him to traffic in just the stuff he pretends to abhor. American Psycho has meaty ideas, which Berlage likes to have in any theatrical undertaking. Many other strange musicals have been produced - and they are still coming. [Are] those cats Queen Victoria, Gladstone and Disraeli? Among the freaky failures are Into the Light (1986), about discovering the truth about the Shroud of Turin and Via Galactica (1972), set in the year 2972. As a literary offering, American Psycho found few defenders—most notably Norman Mailer, a man who had made a fine career courting controversy—but Roger Rosenblatt of the New York Times spoke for most critics when he called the book “the most loathsome offering of the season.” Another Canberra director, Chris Baldock, agrees that Cats is strange. Apparently, as Cole Porter in a rather more conventional show put it, "anything goes". The latter, another Lloyd Webber show, has been frequently produced and frequently revised. - is one useful measure. Specifically, it's about an obsolete steam engine running against modern trains to impress a first-class carriage. The Australian production is scheduled to come to Canberra in late June, depending on coronavirus restrictions. Last year, Mommie Dearest: the Musical premiered. It was supposed to be an Andrew Lloyd Webber-ish spoof, but a few years ago Laurent Petitgirard composed a serious opera, Elephant Man, about Merrick. Slap on a cold facial ice pack. But, he says, people who have read the book respond more positively. Now, it would not be a surprise if a musical version of the story eventuated. This is no boy-meets-girl love story. Berlage says, "It's such a wacky idea" - but the show mixes its humour with weighty themes such as corruption, environmentalism and class. It was supposed to be an Andrew Lloyd Webber-ish spoof, but a few years ago Laurent Petitgirard composed a serious opera, Elephant Man, about Merrick. A decades-long drought has led to strict control of resources: all lavatorial activities must be performed - and paid for - using public toilets owned by the megacorporation Urine Good Company. It's been 20 years since American Psycho hit theaters April 14, 2000. The 90s films, especially, saw the deconstruction and the shattering of the fake glass façade that was the great American dream after decades of glorification.To sum it up, the idea overarching this is the refusal of the illusory, the materialistic and a recognition of the embrace of mundanity in the modern age, something that was our trade-off for said materialism. Lestart, an Elton John-Bernie Taupman show based on Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, came and went. It's not necessarily about a show's artistic or commercial success: it can be acclaimed or derided, a hit or a flop. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan businessman. American Psycho is the modern equivalent of The Great Gatsby, where money is king and shallow appearances are the only thing that matter. And the story's themes of sexism and misogyny have made for intense discussion among the creative team. Financially, an even bigger Broadway flop than Carrie was Dance of the Vampires. He asks rhetorically, "Why the hell would you want a musical of Jerry Springer?" What constitutes a weird musical is inevitably subjective. The Australian production is scheduled to come to Canberra in late June, depending on coronavirus restrictions. The official account of AMERICAN PSYCHO, THE MUSICAL. /images/transform/v1/crop/frm/gDsCKgEkcTgTg7ZZhL6wDp/7a598e2e-1f54-4b29-8999-8544b63b23f6.jpg/r1_0_3997_2258_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg, Alleged Page killer still in hospital nearly three weeks on, Police investigate death at South Coast beach, Limited numbers for Canberra's Anzac Day dawn service, ESA responds to calls for help after storm hits Canberra, Celebrating Canberra on its 108th birthday, Largest community-owned solar farm now a sun deal. The latter had a score by Galt McDermot, who'd enjoyed a big hit with Hair. But Bret Easton Ellis's novel about a 1980s yuppie Manhattanite who is also a serial killer has been brought to the musical stage. Meet Patrick Bateman, the man with it all; the Wall Street job, the raging ego and, of course, the secret serial murders. What constitutes a weird musical is inevitably subjective. American Psycho grooming regimen: “After I change into Ralph Lauren monogrammed boxer shorts and a Fair Isle sweater and slide into silk polka-dot Enrico Hidolin slippers I tie a plastic ice pack around my face and commence with the morning’s stretching exercises. They all drop their Platinum American Express cards on top of the bill. Berlage says, "In my opinion it should never have been made - it's an example of a piece and concept that don't go anywhere. McMullen finds another unusual show to be "awful" and "over the top". As Lloyd Webber might have said to Prince, it's just about trains. Berlage says, "It's such a wacky idea" - but the show mixes its humour with weighty themes such as corruption, environmentalism and class. This is no boy-meets-girl love story. As Lloyd Webber might have said to Prince, it's just about trains. And so is Canberra director Jim McMullen's distinction between "weird and accessible" and "weird and inaccessible". In the cult horror film American Psycho directed by Mary Harron, and originally a novel written by Bret Easton Ellis, we can see a post modern rendering of a classic ‘slasher’ horror film. It seems not. Veteran US theatre director Hal Prince once said in an interview that when Andrew Lloyd Webber first played the score of Cats for him, "I looked at him curiously and said, 'Andrew, I don't understand. Lestart, an Elton John-Bernie Taupman show based on Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, came and went. He asks rhetorically, "Why the hell would you want a musical of Jerry Springer?". As much as I want to go into the psychology behind Bateman’s actions, the significance of the music choices or how this story is relevant to society today, I think it’s important to also touch upon how incredible this new release on 4K HD is. American Psycho is based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis and directed by Mary Harron.
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