Catch Me If You Can Tickets

As you would recall, Catch Me If You Can, the movie, was based on the life of one, Frank Abagnale, Jr. perhaps the best known con artist of all time! The movie itself was inspired by Abagnale’s autobiography. Abagnale’s life has been magically transformed into a musical by the winning team of Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, with both doing the theatrical score, while the libretto is by Terrence McNally. The musical had its Off-Broadway showings in Seattle in 2009 and were such instant success that the musical was produced on Broadway in 2011. It had its Broadway premier in April 2011 at the famous Neil Simon Theatre. It was here that the marvelous piece of theater was nominated for countless awards, with Norbert Leo Butz winning both the abovementioned awards. In addition to him, the other original Broadway cast members are, Timothy McCuen Piggee, Brandon Wardell, Nick Wyman, Kerry Butler, Tom Wopat, and Aaron Tveit.

  Since Catch Me If You Can is largely based on the movie of the same name, it is only prudent to remind ourselves of that marvelous movie. As mentioned earlier, the movie is basically on the exploits of Abagnale, who before the end of his teenage years had already pulled off some unbelievable cons like posing as Louisiana parish prosecutor, a Georgia doctor, and a Pan American World Airways pilot. His biggest "achievement" however remained check fraud. He must have been the most successful check forger of the 20th century, since those who arrested him had to later employ him to catch other check forgers! Leonardo DiCaprio played the role of Abagnale and the other major star in the movie was, Tom Hanks. Nathalie Baye, Martin Sheen, Amy Adams, and Christopher Walken, also became part of this great Hollywood project. This, another successful project of none other than the mighty Steven Spielberg, was even appreciated by the real Abagnale. The movie and the musical, Catch Me If You Can, are both based on Abagnale’s autobiography. Catch Me If You Can tickets must be bought today as the musical will take you on an unbelievable and almost mysterious life of Abagnale, one of the biggest con artists ever! Abagnale, today is an honorable member of the society and a successful security consultant. He was born in Bronxville, New York, to a French mother and American father. His parents divorced while he was still young and his father, Frank Abagnale, Sr. became his first role model. This is not to suggest that his father was a con artist, too. He would however become his son’s first victim when his credit card was used by Abagnale, Jr. for paying for his dates, running in debt of thousands of dollars. Catch Me If You Can will truly be an eye-opening, albeit a humorous experience! At the height of his "career" Abagnale passed forged checks worth well over $2 million and not just in the United States but in 25 different countries of the world. This is however not to suggest that he was never arrested; arrested twice, he got away on both occasions. And all of this before he celebrated his 21st birthday. He was however nabbed again and this time around he had to serve less than five years behind bars, before he was employed by none other than those who had nabbed him in the first place, FBI. Today, he is a consultant for them and runs his own consultancy company. The musical is all about his flashy, fast-paced life of an imposter. So watch the greatest true story ever on stage by buying Catch Me If You Can tickets now!