American Psycho: A Bloody Good Show

It takes a bit of time into the first act to accept that you're witnessing a Broadway show about a serial killer, but once you move past that theme, American Psycho really packs a punch. It's not that you ever become desensitized to the destruction, or forgive the immorality of this disturbed mortal; rather, the show boasts so much to look on and marvel at that you spend the 2.5 hours hoping for more of pretty much everything.

Because without such a troubled and tortured and complicated Patrick Bateman -- skillfully and delicately portrayed by Benjamin Walker -- the themes about capitalism and materialism wouldn't come through so loudly and so clearly. Questions in the early parts of the show about what you're watching fade away, only to reemerge at the end, only after you've been wooed and wowed by a protagonist in search of his own identity and purpose. But that initial curiosity turns into comfort with time.

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