Bedbugs (musical)

Bedbugs!!!
MusicPaul Leschen
LyricsFred Sauter
BookFred Sauter
Productions2014 Off-Broadway

Bedbugs!!! is an American musical comedy about a mad-scientist exterminator named Carly who accidentally mutates New York City's bed bug population with her super-insecticide, which she created out of revenge for her mother's bedbug-related death. The rock musical, written by Paul Leschen (Music) and Fred Sauter (Book and Lyrics), pays homage to 80s rock music, 80s films such as Gremlins and Ghostbusters, and features a side-plot about a Canadian pop singer called Dionne Salon (based on Celine Dion).[1] It opened off-Broadway at the Arclight Theatre on September 14, 2014 and closed on November 2, 2014. It has been compared to The Rocky Horror Show and Little Shop of Horrors.[2][3]

  1. ^ Sobel, Jon (September 15, 2014). "Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): 'Bedbugs!!!' the Musical by Paul Leschen and Fred Sauter". blogcritics. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Gates, Anita (September 30, 2008). "Enter Singing: Giant Bedbugs, Fancy Boys, Bank Robbers, Potato Farmers". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  3. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (September 15, 2014). "That Itchy Feeling? It May Just Be Love". The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2017.