Melbourne,
(ANI):
'American
Psycho" a
novel
by
Bret
Easton
Ellis,
which
was
adapted
into
a
movie
starring
actor
Christian
Bale,
is
now
set
to
be
made
into
a
Broadway
musical.
It
is
a
story
about
Patrick
Bateman,
a
fictional
Wall
Street
banker
who
is
obsessed
with
designer
clothes,
Phil
Collins,
rape
and
murder.
The
musical
has
been
in
development
since
2008
after
producers
David
Johnson,
Jesse
Singer,
Nate
Bolotin
and
Aaron
Ray
bought
the
rights
to
adapt
the
1991
novel.
“Think
about
Malcolm
McDowell
singing
songs
during
'A
Clockwork
Orange".
He
sang
'Singing
in
the
Rain"," the
Herald
Sun
quoted
Duncan
Sheik,
the
new
show"s
composer,
comparing
his
musical
to
a
brutal
attack
scene
in
the
1971
film.
Sheik,
who
won
a
Grammy
and
two
Tonys
for
writing
the
songs
in
the
Broadway
hit
'Spring
Awakening",
and
playwright
Roberto
Aguirre-Sacasa
signed
on
in
February
and
have
completed
the
first
act,
with
a
full
draft
expected
by
early
next
year.
“There
are
murders,
and
they
are
on
stage
in
full
view
of
the
audience,"
Aguirre-Sacasa
said.
“An
axe
and
a
chef"s
knife
will
be
used.
I
think
there"s
going
to
be
a
lot
of
blood,"
he
stated.