Catch Me If You Can Synopsis

Emma Vest
Bowyer
Broadway Research Paper

The epic story from Catch Me if You Can is a true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who stole over 2.5 million dollars in forged checks. He fled his home during high school after finding his mother with another man. He disguised himself as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer. He fell in love with a woman (we’ll call her Brenda (Frank has never mentioned what her name really was)), and he proposed to her. After she accepted Frank told her who he actually was. A short while later he was arrested and Brenda told him she would wait for him. He only served five years of his prison sentence and became one of the top authorities on document and check fraud at the FBI: the people who sent him to prison in
The music and lyrics were written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (they wrote the opening and closing numbers for Neil Patrick Harris at the Tony Awards). The book was written by Terrence McNally. Jack O’Brien directed the musical. Catch Me If You Can was choreographed by Jerry Mitchell who has collaborated with O’Brien in Hairspray and is well known for choreographing Legally Blonde. Aaron Tveit was the man who played Frank Abagnale Jr. the lead character and sings most of the songs in the show. He also was in 2012’s movie Les Miserables as Enjolras. Brenda is played by Kerry Butler who was also in the original production of Hairspray and Beauty and the Beast. Norbert Leo Butz is a Tony Award winning actor who played the part of FBI agent Carl Hanratty, he created the role of Fiyero and was in the original production of
Live in Living Color is the first song in the show and is sung by Abagnale Jr. and the chorus. The song The Pinstripes Are All That They See sung by Abagnale Sr. to his son about the clothes that you wear to create a specific persona you will get everything in life. Someone Else’s Skin is sung by Abagnale Jr. after finding out about his parent’s divorce and runs away deciding to change his name and life. When Frank gets his first job as a con artist he becomes a pilot at Pan Am and he and the chorus sings Jet Set. Agent Carl Hanratty sings the song Don’t Break the Rules. The song The Pinstripes Are All That They See sung by Abagnale Sr. to his son about the clothes that you wear to create a specific persona you will get everything in life after Jr realizes the perks of creating his new pilot life. After Frank Jr. finds out Frank Sr. is in some financial trouble he offers to help pay for it but Frank Sr. refuses and sings the song Butter Outta Cream. When Hanratty found out where Frank Jr.’s hotel room was he went inside but found that Frank Jr. had fled. This causes Hanratty to sing The Man Inside the Clues. At Christmas Frank Jr. is at a staff party and calls Agent Hanratty because he feels lonely. They sing Christmas Is My Favorite Time of Year. At a general hospital in Atlanta Frank Jr. sees how many nurses are there and