Ruthless! The Musical is an all female musical with music by Marvin Laird and book and lyrics by Joel Paley that spoofs Broadway musicals, like Gypsy and Mame, and movies such as The Bad Seed and All About Eve. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1992.
The musical opened off-Broadway at the Players Theatre on March 13, 1992 and closed January 24, 1993 after 342 performances. It was directed by Joel Paley with musical direction by Marvin Laird. (Laird was later the musical director for the Broadway revivals of Annie Get Your Gun (1999) and Gypsy (2003)). The central role of Tina was played by Laura Bell Bundy, and featured Natalie Portman and Britney Spears as understudies.
Ruthless! The Musical was then produced in Los Angeles at the Canon Theatre, where it opened on November 15, 1993. A recording was made by the 1993 Los Angeles cast on Varèse Sarabande and released on March 29, 1994.
The show won the 1993 New York Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical. The musical has had a number of professional productions, particularly in regional theatre. Ruthless! The Musical played at the Colony Theatre, Miami, Florida, in January and February 1995, directed by Paley.
Ruthless can refer to:
Ruthless is a solo album released by Bizzy Bone on March 4, 2008.
Feeling ruthless like a rude guest,
Ruthless.
We're in the corner
Like flowers on the wall growing really small,
Really small, really small, really small.
They're all suckers for a chick who really rocks it hard.
We're all suckers for Ruthie.
Don't they remember how we said "She's gonna be a star"?
We'll be pining for Ruthie.
Hanging around, giving too much away.
Maybe we should go now. Go now.
This is a test, but it seems as if her best,
Just isn't good enough.
We're all gushin, but I swear we really mean it, man.
We're all sucking up to Ruthie.
We're all licking at the blood, comes from her playing
hand.
We all wish we were Ruthie.
We're all suckers for a girl who can really play guitar.
We're all suckers for Ruthie.
We're all crying for like "Pack up and get in the car."