Synopsis:
Two con men make a $50K bet in this musical
that'll have you laughing, humming and guessing to
the end! Based on the popular 1988 film that starred
Michael Caine and Steve Martin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
is a raucous musical comedy centering on two con men
living in the French Riviera. The first, a small-time
crook named Freddy Benson, swindles women by waking
their compassion with fabricated stories about his
grandmother's failing health. The other is suave,
sophisticated con artist Lawrence Jameson, who also
makes his living by talking rich ladies out of their
money, but on a much grander scale. After a fateful
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. Rather
than work together, they agree on a settlement: the
first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target
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! Dirty Rotten Scoundrels reunites members
of the creative team who brought the comedy The Full
Monty to Broadway a few seasons back with such stunning
results: composer/lyricist David Yazbek, director
Jack O'Brien and choreographer Jerry Mitchell. Add
in a company led by two-time Tony winner John Lithgow
and featuring favorites like Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie
Rene Scott, Joanna Gleason and Gregory Jbara and you've
got a sure-to-be surefire Broadway hit!