American Psycho to close on Broadway

It has been announced that the Broadway transfer of American Psycho will close on 5th June 2016.

Having opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in April, the show will have played 81 performances.

Directed by Rupert Goold, American Psycho premiered at London's Almeida Theatre in December 2013. West End and off-Broadway runs were rumoured but never materialised. 

The cast includes Benjamin Walker, Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, Heléne Yorke, Theo Stockman, Brandon Kalm, Drew Moerlein, Krystina Alabado, Dave Thomas Brown, Jordan Dean, Anna Eilinsfeld, Jason Hite, Ericka Hunter, Holly James, Keith Randolph Smith, Alex Michael Stoll and Morgan Weed.

American Psycho to release Original London Cast Recording

Ahead of its Broadway transfer, it has been announced that American Psycho will release an Original London Cast Recording.

With a score by Duncan Sheik, the cast album will be released on 25th March 2016 from Concord Records. 

Starring Doctor Who's Matt Smith, American Psycho ran at London's Almeida Theatre between December 2013 and January 2014. A West End transfer was rumoured but never happened.

The London cast also included: Gillian Kirkpatrick as Patrick's Mother/Mrs. Wolfe, Cassie Compton as Jean and Susannah Fielding as Evelyn Williams. The London cast was completed by Ben Aldridge, Charlie Anson, Jonathan Bailey, Katie Brayben, Holly Dale Spencer, Simon Gregor, Holly James, Lucie Jones, Tom Kay, Eugene McCoy and Hugh Skinner.

Full casting announced for Broadway transfer of American Psycho

Full casting has been announced for the Broadway transfer of American Psycho.

The musical opens at New York's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 20th April (previews from 19th February).

Benjamin Walker (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, pictured) will star in the show as Patrick Bateman, a 1980s banker who leads a secret double life as a serial killer. 

Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) has been cast as Patrick Bateman's mother and Mrs. Wolfe, alongside Jennifer Damiano (Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark) as Jean and Heléne Yorke (Bullets Over Broadway) as Evelyn Williams.

Details confirmed for American Psycho's Broadway transfer

In July it was confirmed that American Psycho is transferring to Broadway next year. 

It has now been announced that the musical will begin previews at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 19th February 2015 with press night and casting to be announced.

Rupert Goold's production opened at the Almeida Theatre in December 2013 starring Doctor Who's Matt Smith as Patrick Bateman. The show was then going to open off-Broadway; however, the run was cancelled.

CONFIRMED: American Psycho transferring to Broadway!

It has been confirmed that American Psycho is transferring to Broadway next year! 

Rupert Goold's production opened at the Almeida Theatre in December 2013 starring Doctor Who's Matt Smith as Patrick Bateman. The show was then going to open off-Broadway; however, the run was cancelled.

Now it has been confirmed that American Psycho will open on Broadway in March 2016, with previews beginning in February. The theatre, exact dates and casting are yet to be announced. 

GOSSIP: Broadway's Kinky Boots & Newsies searching for West End homes

The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye has revealed that Broadway musicals Kinky Boots and Newsies are searching for West End homes.

Apparently Kinky Boot's producers are travelling to London to look around a couple of centrally located theatres in hope of securing a venue to open the show in next year. Kinky Boot's director and choreographer, Jerry Mitchell is currently in London with his latest show Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Baz claims that Disney musical Newsies is all set to go but can’t find a suitable available theatre.

Theatre Gossip: American Psycho for West End transfer later this year?

American Psycho's composer, Duncan Sheik, has revealed that the show could transfer into London's West End later this year. 

Speaking to San Francisco radio station KFOG-FM , Sheik said: "It looks like we're doing a West End transfer in the fall, and if that goes well, we'll bring it to America."

Confirmed: Matt Smith to star in Almeida's American Psycho, full casting announced

It has been confirmed that Doctor Who star Matt Smith will lead the cast as Patrick Bateman in the upcoming stage adaptation of American Psycho at the Almeida Theatre. 

The production, which opens on 12th December (previews from 3rd December) and runs until 25th January 2014, is a musical version of Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial novel about a self-possessed serial killer working on Wall Street in the 1980s. American Psycho was also famously adapted into a 2000 film starring Christian Bale.

Matt will be making his musical theatre debut in Rupert Goold's production. Rehearsals for the show begun today (7th October). American Psycho is composed by Tony and Olivier-Award winner Duncan Sheik with a book by playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa .

The cast also includes: Ben Aldridge, Charlie Anson, Jonathan Bailey, Katie Brayben, Cassandra Compton, Holly Dale Spencer, Susannah Fielding, Simon Gregor, Holly James, Lucie Jones, Tom Kay, Gillian Kirkpatrick, Eugene McCoy and Hugh Skinner.