If you're looking for a musical with the laurels of Downton Abbey and the morals of a mongoose, look no further! A Gentleman's Guide To Love & Murder-the new comedy of manners (well, bad manners) that has won unanimous raves
Monty Navarro has just received some really great news! He's a long-lost member of a noble family and could become the next Earl of Highhurst. There are only eight minor issues, namely the other relatives who precede him in line for the title. So Monty does what any ambitious, highborn gentleman would do: he sets out to eliminate them one by one, all while juggling his mistress (she's after more than just love), his fiancee (she's his cousin, but who's keeping track?), plus the constant threat of landing behind bars! But it will all be worth it if he can slay his way into Highhurst Castle... and be done in time for tea.
Tony winner Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife, Gore Vidal's The Best Man) gives one of the most gasp-inducing performances ever attempted on the American stage, playing all eight doomed heirs who meet their ends in the most creative and hilarious ways. Mays leads a knockout cast alongside the delightfully debonair Bryce Pinkham (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) as Monty, the scoundrel whose greatest weapon is his charm. Don't miss this unabashedly raucous new show that Charles Isherwood of The New York Times calls "among the most inspired and entertaining new musicals I've seen in years!"
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' is, at heart, a clever and jolly 90-minute frolic about a mouse of a disinherited Brit who kills his way up the noble Edwardian family tree until he becomes lord of the manor...Alas, this musical-comedy trifle runs a very leisurely 2-1 / 2 hours, not 90 minutes. This fact should not dissuade patient theatergoers who want to relish Jefferson Mays in one of those performances that people will be talking about all season...composer-lyricist Steven Lutvak and author-lyricist Robert L. Freedman deliver saucy impudence of bright operetta pastiche...inkham's Monty seems awfully dull in early flashbacks, but gets more dashing as the character gets sure of himself. Lisa O'Hare, a big talent, brings fascinating confidence and comic timing as Monty's married lover, while Lauren Worsham matches her aplomb as his aristocratic fiancee.
The best part: the two leads. Bryce Pinkham sings like a dream and brings great appeal to the murderous Monty. 'I Am My Own Wife' Tony winner Jefferson Mays musters big laughs as Monty's victims. Casualty number one, a bucktoothed priest, croaks with just the right mix of hilarity and the macabre...Finally, there's the score, and, alas, it's a bit of bore. Composer Steven Lutvak wrote lyrics with Freedman. Their songs are consistently cute - and that's it. There's not one number that really stands out and at times the music actually slows down the action.
2013 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2015 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
2017 | US Tour |
North American Non-Equity Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jefferson Mays |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Bryce Pinkham |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Robert L. Freedman |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Design | Alexander Dodge |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Darko Tresnjak |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Lauren Worsham |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Robert L. Freedman |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Steven Lutvak |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Steven Lutvak |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Bonnie Comley |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Aaron Rhyne |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Dan Moses Schreier |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jefferson Mays |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jefferson Mays |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Bryce Pinkham |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway of Off-Broadway) | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreographer | Peggy Hickey |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Linda Cho |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Darko Tresnjak |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Lisa O'Hare |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Philip S. Rosenberg |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Alexander Dodge |
2014 | The Hewes Awards | Hewes Design Award | Linda Cho |
2014 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance | Lauren Worsham |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Robert L. Freedman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Linda Cho |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Darko Tresnjak |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | HELLO Entertainment |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Four Ladies & One Gent |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | John Arthur Pinckard |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Greg Nobile |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Stewart Lane |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Bonnie Comley |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Exeter Capital |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Ted Snowdon |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Ryan Hugh Mackey |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Cricket-CTM Media/Mano-Horn Productions |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jamie Bendell |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Dennis Grimaldi |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Margot Astrachan |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | True Love Productions |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Michael T. Cohen |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joe Sirola |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joseph Gleberman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Carson Gleberman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | William Megevick |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Green State Productions |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | The Hartford Stage |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | The Old Globe |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jamie deRoy |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joey Parnes |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | S.D. Wagner |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | John Johnson |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | 50 Church Street Productions |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joan Raffe |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jhett Tolentino |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jay Alix |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Una Jackman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Catherine Adler |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Fred Adler |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Rhoda Herrick |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Kathleen K. Johnson |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Megan Savage |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | ShadowCatcher Entertainment |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Ron Simmons |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Steven Lutvak |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Robert L. Freedman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Bryce Pinkham |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jefferson Mays |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lauren Worsham |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Alexander Dodge |
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