

Initially, Freddy asks Lawrence to teach him the trade, and Lawrence agrees, giving Freddy a subservient role in the cons while teaching him. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels began life as a 1988 non-musical comedic film, starring Michael Caine, Steve Martin and Glenne Headley. The film tells the story of two con artists who prey upon wealthy women tricking them out of their money: Lawrence Jameson, a well established, educated, upper class resident of a French Riviera resort, and a young unvarnished, underachieving newcomer, Freddy Benson, who upon arriving in the resort is impressed by the older man’s success at the game, and his resulting lifestyle and worldly belongings. Now, for those who are willing to read further, and interested: the details. The 1988 film starred Steve Martin and Michael Caine. This show is definitely worth the price of a ticket. It all works, not only producing an energetic, effervescent, delightful musical comedy, but also permitting two extraordinarily gifted young talents (Sabrina Hebert and Eoghan McDowell) to shine as stars for the first time. She in turn, breaking from another long-standing Camelot practice of relying primarily on a limited, exclusive and discreet group of actors, employing them again and again in role after role, instead elected to cast two vibrant young newcomers in key roles.

Rains’ great choices began with the selection of director Olivia Harrison, who was given the freedom to cast the roles and imprint the production with her own imaginative, creative vision. Breaking from Camelot tradition in the past, when most artistic decisions were made top-down from the artistic director, and pressed upon the rest of the company’s production crew and cast, Rains trusted his chosen production team to use their respective talents and skills to make creative and artistic decisions thus incorporating exceptional contributions from a collection of brilliant collaborators to produce one of the best shows in Camelot Theatre’s long history. Rains did a fantastic job of picking a play and choosing a talented director, designers & production team members. If this show represents a fair example of what’s ahead for Camelot Theatre, the company (and its audience) can look forward to a GREAT future.

It is the first Camelot show completely under the control of new artistic director Roy Rains and marks the beginning of a new era for the theater. I got that big charge when I saw the opening night performance of Camelot Theatre‘s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Friday evening, Sept. electrical outlet and come away with a big jolt of energy. When I see a really good theatrical show, it’s like I’ve been jacked into an a.c. Camelot Theatre’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: A New Era Ushers In Two Surprising Fresh Stars in An Effervescent Comic Musical – by Lee Greene With striking images taken from NASA missions to Earth’s orbit and accompanied by Strauss’ epic tone poem “Also sprach Zarathustra,” this event is not to be missed.Camelot Theatre's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels features veteran Erik Connolly (left) in his best Camelot role yet, and provides star turns for newcomers Sabrina Hebert & Eoghan McDowell. Join us for the world premiere of the second film in our HD Odyssey series–this time focused on our planet. Houston Symphony presents: Orbit- an HD Odyssey A hilarious battle of cons ensue, that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end.īook by Jeffrey Lane and Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek The Hobby Center for Preforming Arts presents: Dirty Rotten Scoundrelsīased on the popular 1988 film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels follows two men living on the French Riviera and, of course….a dame.

The extraordinary ensemble cast includes James Black as the novelist Trigorin and Josie de Guzman as the actress Arkadina.Ĭlick here to learn more or purchase tickets:
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