New York, NY: Perry Street Theatricals recently completed a successful first-read of the new musical, To Catch a Thief, at Open Jar Studios, 48th & Broadway, on December 18, 2023. The new work plans to arrive on London’s West End in 2025, with a Broadway premiere expected sometime in 2026. The new musical features book and lyrics by BTC artistic director, Peter Sham (Lend Me A Tenor: The Musical and Sherlock Holmes and the Great Royal Goose Chase!), and a musical score by award-winning composer, Kevin Purcell (Rebecca: The Musical and The Stranger From Seville).

To Catch a Thief is David Dodge's most famous novel, and rightly so, Alfred Hitchcock firmly cinched its place in the annals of crime fiction by adapting it into an Academy Award-winning, classic film starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Set on the French Riviera, the story centers on John Robie, an American expatriate and skilled gymnast, who once upon a time was "Le Chat," the famous and elusive cat burglar who worked the South of France. The legend of Le Chat grew with each crime. Following the war, Robie retires to a quiet life in France and vows to leave his past behind. His retirement is shattered when a copycat burglar commits a string of robberies that puts the police on Le Chat's trail again. Robie must catch the phony Le Chat before the police catch him.