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Murder Mystery Shows
Exciting moods, shocking hooks – and for some, even a catchy song! Get captivated by these murder mysteries... all the way to the surprise ending. | Image: And Then There Were None (Tristram Kenton)
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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
Full-Length Play, Drama 3w, 8mAnd Then There Were None
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 8m
A dark thriller in three acts. One of Christie’s most foreboding tales and a masterpiece of dramatic construction, this classic play’s growing sense of dread and unfaltering tension will keep you guessing to the very end.
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The End of the Line, or Beauty Meets the Beast
Tom Chiodo
Full-Length Play, Comedy 3w, 5mThe End of the Line, or Beauty Meets the Beast
Tom Chiodo
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 5m
A wacky yet spellbinding mystery unfolds when Dr. Heinrish von Schtooptenstein, founder of the Society for the Advancement of Beauty Through Tissue Research, unleashes his human experiments.
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Murder For Two
Joe Kinosian, Kellen Blair
Full-Length Musical, Comedy 2any gender (adult)Murder For Two
Joe Kinosian ,Kellen Blair
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 2 any gender (adult)
The perfect blend of music, mayhem and murder! In this hilarious 90-minute show, 2 performers play 13 roles — not to mention the piano — in a witty and winking homage to old-fashioned murder mysteries. The New York Times calls it "Ingenious!"
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Clue: The Musical
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, Comedy 3w, 5mClue: The Musical
Tom Chiodo ,Peter DePietro ,Wayne Barker ,Galen Blum ,Vinnie Martucci
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 5m
A fun-filled family musical that brings the internationally popular game to life, Clue: The Musical invites the audience to help solve the mystery of who killed Mr. Boddy, in what room, and with what weapon.
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The 39 Steps
Patrick Barlow, John Buchan
Full-Length Play, Comedy 1w, 1m, 2any gender (adult)The 39 Steps
Patrick Barlow ,John Buchan
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2 any gender (adult)
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
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The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes
Leslie Bricusse
Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy 5w, 11mThe Revenge of Sherlock Holmes
Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 5w, 11m
In this exciting original musical based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s characters, Holmes and his perennial arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty, face off in a series of cat-and-mouse games.
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Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot
Ken Ludwig
Full-Length Play, Comedy 5w, 3mKen Ludwig's The Game's Afoot
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 3m
It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous.
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A Shot in the Dark
Marcel Achard, Harry Kurnitz
Full-Length Play, Comedy 3w, 5mA Shot in the Dark
Marcel Achard ,Harry Kurnitz
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 5m
"A bubbling, saucy comedy... A light, tasty souffle." - The New York Times
"Naughtiness has rarely been so belligerently honest." - The New York Herald Tribune
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To Die For
Caroline Smith
Full-Length Play, Comedy 2w, 1mTo Die For
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 1m
Best-selling historical romance writer Carla Woods lives in a Gothic mansion and enjoys playing dangerous mind games with her secretaries. One dark and stormy night, a mysterious, dark, and handsome man shows up at her door.
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Whodunnit
Anthony Shaffer
Full-Length Play, Comedy 3w, 7mWhodunnit
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 7m
"A torrent of merriment ... heavy with excitement, crackles with repartee, rings the bell with epigrams, and detonates depth charges of laughter.... Converts the theatre into a discotheque of explosive delight ... [with] enough riotous surprises to s…
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City of Angels
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy 8w, 8mCity of Angels
Cy Coleman ,Larry Gelbart , David Zippel
Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 8w, 8m
A smart and stylish film noir musical, Tony Award winner City of Angels captures the gritty sights and sounds of Hollywood’s classic detective movies, all set to a brilliant, bluesy jazz score.
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Corpse!
Gerald Moon
Full-Length Play 1w, 4mCorpse!
Gerald Moon
Full-Length Play / 1w, 4m
Think of Sleuth crossed with Deathtrap crossed with a Feydeau and you'll have an idea of the wild and crazy, unpredictable hijinks in this hit play.
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Rope
Patrick Hamilton
Full-Length Play, Drama 2w, 6mRope
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 6m
In this harrowing suspense thriller, a sociopathic university student persuades his weak-minded friend to assist him in the murder of a perfectly harmless fellow undergraduate.
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Baker Street
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy 2w, 4m plus ensembleBaker Street
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , Jerome Coopersmith ,Marian Grudeff , Raymond Jessel
Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 4m plus ensemble
In this musical mystery, Sherlock Holmes explores turn-of-the-century London as he delves into a dangerous and colorful case involving murder, jewel theft, deception, explosives and show business.
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'But Why Bump Off Barnaby?'
Rick Abbot
Full-Length Play, Comedy 6w, 4m'But Why Bump Off Barnaby?'
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 4m
This lunatic show poses a fascinating mystery. When Barnaby Folcey is murdered at a family gathering at Marlgate Manor, it transpires that he had a motive to murder everybody else, but no one had a reason to want him dead.
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The Bat
Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood
Full-Length Play, Comedy 3w, 7mThe Bat
Mary Roberts Rinehart ,Avery Hopwood
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 7m
In this popular American mystery play, incident is piled on incident with skill and plausibility, and it is impossible to know who the real criminal is until the final curtain. This thriller revolves around Cornelia Van Gorder, a maiden lady of sixty, who rents the summer home of a banker reported k…