Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 2004 musical comedy, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the 1988 film of the same name. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005 and ran for 626 performances despite mixed reviews.
- Opened
- 2005
- Performances
- 627
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Productions1 on Broadway
| 2005 | Imperial Theatre Original. March 3, 2005 · Jack O’Brien | 627 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 2 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Dirty Rotten Scoundrels matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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18 passages naming Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Both John Lithgow as the old-time crook and Norbert Leo Butz as the upstart criminal had their grand moments, but Butz got the Tony award for Best Actor in a Musical. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p319
Mitchell, Jerry Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Full Monty, The Gypsy Hairspray La Cage aux Folles Legally Blonde book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p390
In 2005 Gleason was nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her featured actress performance in the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as wealthy Muriel Eubanks, a role written with her in mind. book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p306
This year’s highlights included songs from 9 to 5, The Wild Party, High Fidelity, Rent, Young Frankenstein, Mamma Mia, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Rent, Wicked, and Miss Saigon, along with Sherrie Sheppard's rousing rendition of “Proud Mary.” book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p204
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 627 performances Opened March 3, 2005 Closed September 3, 2006 book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p460
Similarly, in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005) and Spamalot (2005), characters also often break the fourth wall. book:cambridge-companion-to-the-musical-cambridge-companions-to-music-the-the-cambrid#p385
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