American Psycho: The Musical Tickets

Who says all the gory musical fun has to be left to the likes of Sweeney Todd? American Psycho: The Musical follows Patrick Bateman, the filthy rich investment banker who has a less-than-gold standard secret – he’s a serial killer. Bateman has a luxurious lifestyle in the 1980s, with designer clothes and access to New York City’s most exclusive restaurants and clubs. But people in his circle keep disappearing.

If the music and lyrics of American Psycho: The Musical sound familiar, perhaps you’re familiar with the work of Duncan Sheik. The composer is best known for Spring Awakening, which won the Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestration.

American Psycho: The Musical also had a veteran book writer at the helm, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, most commonly known from TV projects, including The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Glee, and Riverdale. It’s only fitting that a musical writer and a multi-faceted story writer came together for this collaborative effort.

What to Watch For

• Duncan Sheik isn’t just known for musical theatre work. His song “Barely Breathing” was on the Billboard 100 list for 55 weeks after he released it in 1996.
• In an interview with Charlie Rose, Bret Easton Ellis, who wrote the book the film was based on, Ellis explained that people misunderstand his purpose in writing the book. Ellis asserts that American Psycho is supposed to be a black comedy.
• There was so much stage blood used during the Broadway run of the musical that costumes were ruined from being over-laundered. That’s a problem for a show that needs a particular 1980s couture look.
• The Broadway production of American Psycho: The Musical used much more blood than the one on the West End. In the U.K., the show leaned more heavily into projections or demonstrative blood than liquid-stage blood.