| Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical | |
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.jpg) Promotional poster of the Off-Broadway production | |
| Music | Various artists |
| Lyrics | Various artists |
| Book | Roger Kumble Lindsey Rosin Jordan Ross Schindler |
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Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical, known during its off-Broadway run as Cruel Intentions: The Musical, is a 2015 American jukebox musical based on the 1999 film Cruel Intentions, with a score made up of hit songs from the 1990s. The musical's book is by Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross Schindler; Kumble was the writer and director of the original film. The film Cruel Intentions is itself a modern-day telling of the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
After successful performances in Los Angeles and New York, the show made its Off-Broadway debut at Greenwich Village nightclub Le Poisson Rouge in November 2017. The show was the first theater production ever staged there, which offered bar and table service. Originally scheduled for a ten-week engagement, the show was extended three times, through April 2018.[1]
The show had its UK debut in August 2019 at the Palais du Variété Spiegeltent at Assembly George Square Gardens, part of the Edinburgh Fringe festival, starring Dominic Andersen as Sebastian and Rebecca Gilhooley as Kathryn Merteuil, produced by Bill Kenwright.[2] The show opened at The Other Palace in London in January 2024, where it was scheduled to run until May, starring Daniel Bravo as Sebastian and Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky as Kathryn. [3] As with the 2017 Off-Broadway run, Sarah Michelle Gellar reprises her role as the original Kathryn to ask patrons to turn off their phones before the show starts. [4]
- ^ Lefkowitz, Andy (February 20, 2018). "Cruel Intentions Musical Extends Off-Broadway Run for Third & Final Time". Broadway.com. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ "U.K. Premiere of Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical Begins August 1". August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ "Cruel Intentions Musical Will Play London's The Other Palace". October 24, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Michelle Gellar Revisits Her Cruellest Role". December 13, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2024.