A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (musical)

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Broadway Playbill
Music	Steven Lutvak
Lyrics	Robert L. Freedman Steven Lutvak
Book	Robert L. Freedman
Basis	Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman
Productions	2012 Hartford 2013 San Diego 2013 Broadway 2015 US Tour

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder is a musical comedy, with the book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and the music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak. It is based on the 1907 novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman. The show opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre November 17, 2013, running until January 17, 2016. The Broadway production won four Tonys at the 68th Tony Awards in June 2014, including Best Musical.

The novel was also the source for the 1949 British film Kind Hearts and Coronets; however, apparently for legal reasons, that title was not permitted to be used.

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder premiered at the Hartford Stage, Hartford, Connecticut, running in October through November 2012, with direction by Darko Tresnjak. The cast featured Jefferson Mays, Ken Barnett and Lisa O'Hare. The musical is a co-production of the Hartford Stage and the Old Globe Theatre.

The musical then opened at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California in March 2013. Directed by Darko Tresnjak, the cast also featured Jefferson Mays, Ken Barnett and Lisa O’Hare.

The musical opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on November 17, 2013 after previews from October 22, 2013 with direction by Darko Tresnjak and choreography by Peggy Hickey. The production closed on January 17, 2016. The original cast featured Jefferson Mays (who would stay with the production for its entire run), Lisa O'Hare, Lauren Worsham, and Bryce Pinkham. Jefferson Mays plays eight roles, all of the D’Ysquith family. Its capitalization cost was $7.5 million, and in April 2015 the producers announced the recoupment of its entire Broadway production capitalization.

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