Based on Roy Horniman's novel Israel Rank, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder finds Monty Navarro, a British commoner, discovering that he's ninth in line to inherit the Earldom of Highhurst and electing to murder the members of the odious D'Ysquith family standing in his way. In the process Monty keeps a mistress, Sibella Hallward, and courts the comely young Phoebe D'Ysquith.

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder is a musical comedy with music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman, and a book by Freedman. It is based on the 1907 fictional novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman.

The show opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre November 17, 2013, running until January 17, 2016. The Broadway production won four Tony Awards at the 68th Tony Awards in June 2014, including Best Musical.

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第一幕

洗煙囟工人伯特帶我們來到櫻桃街，("Prologue/Chim Chim Cher-ee")那裡住著一家品斯家族，他們的孩子珍和米高又把一個褓姆氣走了。("Cherry Tree Lane part 1")他們對褓姆自有一個看法，("The Perfect Nanny")他們的父親佐治則堅持要找一個管得住子女的褓姆，("Cherry Tree Lane part 2")這時仙子褓姆瑪麗來到，她自稱是絕對稱職的適合者。("Practically Perfect")在一次跟伯特的遊玩中眾人領略到這神奇褓姆的特別之處，("Jolly Holiday")此時我們對品斯家族才有一定的認識：事事要求嚴格的佐治、女權爭取者卻不大能跟家人溝通的品斯太太溫妮佛，還有兩個活力充沛的孩子。("Cherry Tree Lane (Reprise)/Being Mrs. Banks/Jolly Holiday (Reprise)")

瑪麗又借一次喝藥教小孩解決問題的方法，("A Spoonful of Sugar")第二天他們跟佐治去上班，卻反而讓其覺察到自己理想的轉變。離開之時，瑪麗借一個每天請人餵鳥的老婆婆說了一個道理。("Feed the Birds")在一次去購物的時候，瑪麗跟小孩們來到一間奇怪的唐鋪，瑪麗再次施展魅力把搞得貼貼服服　－　全靠一個字。("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious")佐治因決策問題被上司罵了個滿堂紅，回到家便拿孩子們出氣，孩子們繼而發脾氣激怒了玩具，結果被審判，還好到最後還是有驚無險。("Temper, Temper")瑪麗這時感覺到風向改變並依約離開，她向伯特說，她已替這家族完成了一半路程，其他的靠他們自己了。("Chim Chim Cher-ee (Rooftop duet)")

第二幕

("Entr'acte: Run Away")

溫妮佛請來了佐治少年時的褓姆安德魯斯小姐，並強調紀律、禁止遊玩。("Brimstone and Treacle part 1")這與瑪麗的方法大相徑庭，孩子逃出出來遇著伯特，他跟二人去玩風箏，瑪麗卻踏著風箏線回來了。("Let's Go Fly a Kite")這時佐治在因看見安德魯斯小姐心生畏懼，其太太安慰，二人的思想終於開始改變。("Good For Nothing/Being Mrs. Banks (Reprise)")瑪麗為了對抗安德魯斯小姐而回來，二人爭論誰之方法較好，("Brimstone and Treacle part 2")結果當然是瑪麗勝出。她又帶兩個小孩去跟煙囟工人們(伯特也有份)玩兒。("Step in Time")當佐治解決掉銀行的問題後("A Man Has Dreams/A Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise)")，終於大團圓結局，("Anything Can Happen")瑪麗也再次離開品斯家族；伯特臨走前和品斯先生交待了人生觀。眾人望著遠方送走瑪麗，並看著她化成一支流星閃爍而去。("A Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise)/A Shooting Star")

　在本集故事中，神犬巴迪（汤姆·艾弗瑞特·斯科特 Tom Everett Scott 配音）已成为拥有五个可爱宝宝的狗爸。喜欢嬉哈音乐的B-Dawg（斯凯勒·吉桑多 Skyler Gisondo 配音）、可爱的RoseBud（阿比吉尔·布莱斯林 Abigail Breslin 配音）、稳健的Bud-Dha（多米尼克·斯科特·凯伊 Dominic Scott Kay 配音）、爱玩泥巴的MudBud（斯宾塞·福克斯 Spencer Fox 配音）以及大块头Budderball（乔什·佛雷特 Josh Flitter 配音），这五个狗宝宝继承了狗爸巴迪的优良品质，勇敢神勇。然而令人意想不到的是，巴迪夫妇居然遭到了狗贩子的绑架。他们的五个神犬小巴迪们，展开了一场营救父母的神奇大冒险。 　　本片是迪士尼推出的“神犬也疯狂”系列影片的第六部作品。

In this musical, an enigmatic masked woman catches the roving eye of a wily playboy gambler at a masquerade ball. If he knew that she was using her wiles as bait and was planning to reform him of his gambling womanizing ways after catching him, he may have head for different waters.