On Dec. 3 London’s Almeida Theatre will welcome a Broadway performance different from anything it has ever seen before.
The sinister story of Bret Easton Ellis’ charmingly handsome serial killer, Patrick Bateman is finally making its way to the stage.
“American Psycho” was published in 1991 and was later turned into a film starring Christian Bale in 2000.
The novel caused a great deal of controversy due to its graphic violence and sexual nature.
Bale portrayed Bateman’s character perfectly, from his physical attributes to his haunting emptiness.
Unfortunately, he won’t be taking part in the Broadway adaptation of the novel.
Sorry ladies.
However, Doctor Who’s Matt Smith will be taking the role as Ellis’ bloodthirsty Manhattan businessman.
Smith will be leaving his role as the eleventh doctor in the long-running British sci-fi classic “Dr. Who” this Christmas to join the cast members of “American Psycho.”
Other cast members include Ben Aldridge, Charlie Anson, Jonathan Bailey, Katie Brayben, Cassandra Compton, Holly Dale Spencer, Susannah Fielding, Simon Gregor, Holly James, Lucie Jones, Tom Kay, Gillian Kirpatrick, Eugene McCoy and Hugh Skinner.
Rupert Goold will be directing while Tony award-winning composer Duncan Sheik, will be composing the music for the show.
Sheik won two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for his work in the 2006 musical “Spring Awakening.”
“The show is an interesting piece because it’s kind of a thriller in a way, but there’s obviously a lot of social satire and a lot of humor and clearly a lot of dark stuff about the human psyche and the human condition in this time of late capitalism,” Sheik said in an interview with Broadway.com.
Important members of the creative team also include Es Devlin, in charge of set design and Katrina Lindsay, in charge of costume design.
Lynne Page will be choreographing, and Paul Arditti will be taking charge of the sound design.
Both Goold and Sheik hope the show is successful enough to make its way to New York audiences.
The play premieres Dec. 3, opens to the public Dec. 12 and runs through Jan. 15, 2014.
