A Downton Abbey Whodunnit Comes to Good Theater in AN INSPECTOR CALLS
by Robert Diamond - October 17, 2017 Good Theater continues its 16th season with J.B. Priestley's award-winning An Inspector Calls, opening November 1 and playing through November 26 at Good Theater's home, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland....
BWW Interview: Billy Mitchell Talks VILLAIN: DEBLANKS
by David Clarke - March 22, 2017 Billy Mitchell's hilarious VILLAIN: DEBLANKS makes a triumphant New York City return tonight at Feinstein's/54 Below. Tonight's sold out show features Kathleen Turner, Morena Baccarin, Lesli Margherita, Michael Potts, Maulik Pancholy, and Micah Stock and will benefit New York Civil Liberties Union....
BWW Review: SHEAR MADNESS at Good Theater
by Dan Marois - January 29, 2018 Good Theater tops the mystery theater genre with a production of Shear Madness...
BWW Review: KILLALOT: AN IVY MEADOWS MYSTERY
by Michael T. Mooney - December 04, 2018 KILLALOT is the very model of a modern medieval mystery. In her her sixth outing, Ivy Meadows continues to try to balance sleuthing and stardom....
Shows Added To MURDER FOR TWO Run At Playhouse On Park
by Stephi Wild - January 21, 2019 After a string of sold-out shows in Murder For Two's opening week, Playhouse on Park has added two additional performances to its calendar. The added shows are Saturday matinees at 2pm, on January 26 and February 2, respectively. Murder for Two is an uproariously funny musical murder mystery with ...
Photo Flash: First Look at the UK Tour of THE MOUSETRAP
by Julie Musbach - February 18, 2019 Get a first look below at the 2019 UK Tour of The Mousetrap, the legendary whodunnit and record-breaking murder mystery from Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie, starring Gwyneth Strong (Only Fools and Horses) as Mrs Boyle, directed by Gareth Armstrong....
National Institute Of Circus Arts Presents Third Year Graduation Performance
by A.A. Cristi - November 21, 2018 We are looking for someone… someone important maybe, or maybe not? We don't know who it will be, we may not even know what we are searching for…...
DanceCo Premieres WHICH WITCH IS WHICH?? This October
by A.A. Cristi - June 26, 2018 Following the success of its first self-produced performance, Expectation Station at the Avalon Theatre last October, DanceCo is premiering Which Witch is Which?? to Minnesota audiences....
BWW Review: ROPE is Riveting at the SHAW FESTIVAL
by Michael Rabice - June 28, 2019 The Shaw Festival has a great history of producing murder mysteries and this season we are lucky to have Patrick Hamilton's play 'ROPE.' Probably more well known as the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Jimmy Stewart, ROPE had it's start in 1929 on the British stage. It's twist lies in the fact t...
Wake Up With BWW 4/3: Idina Menzel Headlines Kennedy Center Gala, and More!
by Stephi Wild - April 03, 2019 Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Get over the hump today by catching up on the latest Broadway news!...
BWW Review: SHEAR MADNESS at The Kennedy Center Celebrates 30 Years of Killings
by Sam Abney - March 16, 2018 Few productions can claim to be as much of an institution as Shear Madness is to Washington, D.C. Celebrating 30 years at the Kennedy Center, this show has become once of theater's most notorious tourist traps. This comedic caper whose plot can vary wildly each night incentivizes repeat viewings to ...
Tickets Now On Sale For CURTAINS at Darlington Hippodrome
by Stephi Wild - February 18, 2019 Tickets are on sale now for the smash hit musical comedy Curtains starring Jason Manford at Darlington Hippodrome from Monday 11 to Saturday 16 November....
Cozy Cottage Set Is Home To SLEUTH At Possum Point Players
by Stephi Wild - January 28, 2019 All are welcome to visit a lovely English country home now on stage for Possum Point Players production of the Tony Award winning mystery, "Sleuth." A classic tale of suspense, audience members might only occupy the edge of their seats as the play continues Feb. 1, 2 and 3. Friday and Saturday shows...
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP Opens at Montecasino Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2017 Opening tonight, Jonathan Roxmouth, one of the biggest names in South African theatre, stars with the inimitable Weslee Swain Lauder in THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP as they have never been seen before. The acclaimed play is conceived and written by Charles Ludlum, and is directed by Elizma Badenhorst wit...
BWW Review: SOMETHING'S AFOOT at Dutch Apple Dinner Theater
by Rich Mehrenberg - January 12, 2018 There haven't been many popular mystery musicals over the years. I suspect it has something to do with a conflict of genres. Effective mysteries are cerebral. Audience members must perform mental gymnastics in order to outwit the detective. Musicals (with the exception of Sondheim) often prioritize ...
VR Theatrical Announces Sidesplitting THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP for Pieter Toerien's Montecasino Theatre and Theatre On The Bay this Winter
by David Fick - April 28, 2017 DOWNTON ABBEY and the TWILIGHT saga collide in Charles Ludlam's spoof, THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, which will be presented in South Africa by VR Theatrical by special arrangement with Samuel French....
BWW Review: ROPE is Riveting at the SHAW FESTIVAL
by Michael Rabice - June 28, 2019 The Shaw Festival has a great history of producing murder mysteries and this season we are lucky to have Patrick Hamilton's play 'ROPE.' Probably more well known as the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Jimmy Stewart, ROPE had it's start in 1929 on the British stage. It's twist lies in the fact t...
Photo Flash: First Look at the UK Tour of THE MOUSETRAP
by Julie Musbach - February 18, 2019 Get a first look below at the 2019 UK Tour of The Mousetrap, the legendary whodunnit and record-breaking murder mystery from Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie, starring Gwyneth Strong (Only Fools and Horses) as Mrs Boyle, directed by Gareth Armstrong....
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP Comes to Montecasino Theatre from 5 July
by A.A. Cristi - June 20, 2017 Jonathan Roxmouth, one of the biggest names in South African theatre, stars with the inimitable Weslee Swain Lauder in THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP as they have never been seen before. The acclaimed play is conceived and written by Charles Ludlum, and is directed by Elizma Badenhorst with an original sco...
Brooklyn Theatre Co. presents THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2017 The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a hilarious, interactive whodunnit mystery musical that allows the audience to enter the action and become the ultimate detectives. The show is based on Charles Dickens' unfinished novel of the same name. In small town of Chesterham, England, the young and charming Edwi...
BWW Review: THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND Rings Down the Curtain on Bad Habit Productions
by Nancy Grossman - March 25, 2017 Bad Habit Productions is about to drop the final curtain after ten years of delivering award-winning theater, but they are not taking the easy way out. Director Dawn M. Simmons and an ensemble of eight actors make sense of Tom Stoppard's 1968 comedy whodunnit, THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND, even as they ...
CLUE: ON STAGE Comes To Powell High School Tomorrow
by Alan Henry - November 08, 2018 CLUE: ON STAGE is coming to Powell High School, running Nov. 9 to Nov. 10. ...
Casting Announced For STILETTO BEACH and SO HERE WE ARE As Part Of Queen's Theatre Hornchurch's Essex On Stage Season
by Stephi Wild - August 07, 2019 The Queen's Theatre Hornchurch is bringing Luke Norris' (Royal Court, Paines Plough) acclaimed So Here We Are home to its Essex roots this autumn. It plays alongside the world premiere of Sadie Hasler's (Pramkicker, Fran & Leni) hilarious comedy Stiletto Beach as part of Queen's Theatre Hornchurch's...
Centerstage Theatre Presents THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2019 Centerstage Theatre presents the farcical murder mystery, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, a hilarious whodunit that will keep you guessing and laughing all at once!...
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Lakewood Theatre Company's MURDER ON THE NILE
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2017 Lakewood Theatre Company continues its 64th season on January 6, 2017 with Agatha Christie's murder mystery masterpiece, Murder On The Nile. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!... |