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Cruel Intentions: The Musical Set for Limited Off-Broadway Engagement

The show is a stage adaptation of Roger Kumble’s 1999 cult hit film.

Bethany Rickwald
Off-Broadway
Janel Parrish and Jennifer Damiano in a scene from the previous pop-up NYC engagement pf Cruel Intentions: The Musical.
Janel Parrish and Jennifer Damiano in a scene from the previous pop-up New York City engagement of Cruel Intentions: The Musical.

(© Jenny Anderson)

Cruel Intentions: The Musical, the stage adaptation of Roger Kumble’s 1999 cult hit film, created by Jordan Ross, Lindsey Rosin, and Roger Kumble, will return to New York for a limited engagement at (Le) Poisson Rouge beginning November 17. The production celebrates its official opening night on December 11 and will play through January 29.

Set to the greatest pop and rock hits of the '90s and songs from the film’s iconic soundtrack, Cruel Intentions: The Musical will feature immersive stage direction by Lindsey Rosin and choreography by Jennifer Weber, with music direction and arrangements by Zach Spound. Casting will be announced shortly.

The story is a modern-day telling of the classic 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The original film was produced by Neal Moritz and released by Columbia Pictures on March 5, 1999. It starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Joshua Jackson, Eric Mabius, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Christine Baranski.

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