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#1

Help! Do you know this musical??

Here's what we know:

Mid to Late 80s/Early 90s
Pre-Broadway workshop production, never made it to Broadway
French maid is one of the characters
Based on a "bad movie"
One of the actresses was a young Donna Devlin or someone with a similar name.

Any ideas what it might be?? Musical theater dorks UNITE!
#5

re: Help! Do you know this musical??

I would say Clue as well, but I do have issue with you saying it was based on a "Bad Movie".

The movie was and still is a wonderful 90 minutes


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#6

re: Help! Do you know this musical??

The French Maid reference immediately made me think Clue.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#7

re: Help! Do you know this musical??

Clue was later in the 90's, wasn't a Pre-Broadway workshop but an actual Off-Broadway production, Mrs. White is NOT a French maid in the show but rather a man in drag as a frumpy maid, it is NOT a bad movie, and although Denny Dylan (the closest name I could think of to be almost like the name given) played the detective she was not young. I really don't think it could be Clue. It literally fits NONE of the criteria.
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#8

re: Help! Do you know this musical??

I think that we have already ruled out CLUE...it was too successful. We are attempting to piece together vague information given to us by a friend about a musical that she was in but refuses to give the name of.

Any other ideas that you may have would be awesome!
Thanks.
#9

re: Help! Do you know this musical??

"No Way To Treat A Lady" fits a lot of the clues. Late 80's, was produced (and reviewed by the Times) but never made it to Broadway, was a pretty bad movie and had a French Maid in it.

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