Overview

Synopsis

Ruthless is the story of a naive 1950s housewife, Judy, and her adorable but sociopath 8-year-old daughter Tina. Encouraged by her manager, Sylvia, Tina will do ANYTHING to get the lead role in her school play “including murdering the leading lady!" In Act II, while Tina spends time at a reform school for psychopathic ingenues, Judy discovers from her adoptive mother that her birth mother was a famous actress. Judy decides that she should be famous as well and becomes a Broadway diva.

Show Information

Lyrics
Joel Paley
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1992
Genres
Comedy, Dark Comedy, Parody
Time & Place
1950s
Cast Size
small
Ideal For
All-Female Cast, Includes Child, Adult, Mature Adult, Young Adult Characters, Small Cast

Lead Characters

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Tina Denmark

Lead, Female,

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Judy Denmark

Lead, Female,

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Sylvia St. Croix

Supporting, Female, Mezzo-Soprano

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