Mystery Shows?

[magictodo123]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 9:00am

So I was reading about unsolved mysteries, and it made me wonder...what are some mystery plays/musicals that have been performed? 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 9:31am

Ten Little Indians
Witness for the Prosecution
DeathTrap
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 9:31am

Ten Little Indians
Witness for the Prosecution
DeathTrap
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

[magictodo123]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 9:56am

dramamama611 said: "Ten Little Indians
Witness for the Prosecution
DeathTrap
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
"

Thank you! 

[Andy51]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 10:52am

Some, including Mary-Louise Parker, describe The Sound Inside as a mystery.

[magictodo123]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 10:59am

Andy51 said: "Some, including Mary-Louise Parker, describe The Sound Inside as a mystery."

I just read the plot and I'm intrigued! Thank you! 

[ggersten]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 10:59am

Sleuth

Dial "M" for Murder

City of Angels 

Baker Street

Curtains

 

[nmartin]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 11:02am

Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer is great fun.

There was also a mystery I saw in the 80's on Broadway called Corpse by Gerald Moon that I really liked.

Dial M for Murder Frederick Knott is also good.

 

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 10/13/19 at 3:21pm

The Woman In Black
An Inspector Calls
Night Must Fall

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[Lot666]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 11:58am

The Woman in White

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 12:02pm

And Then There Were None

[BIG BALONEY]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 12:44pm

Sure wish we had some decent mystery plays written and produced instead of what's the current trend. The problems with revivals are most mystery fans know the outcome. I also miss the boulevard comedies that made it fun to go to the theatre.

[carolinaguy]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 12:50pm

There was also Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Getting Away with Murder, though the main mystery there was why anyone thought it needed to be on Broadway.

[musicaltheatrechick]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 1:26pm

The musical, Something’s Afoot.

[jagman1062]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 8:03pm

carolinaguy said: "There was also Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Getting Away with Murder, though the main mystery there was why anyone thought it needed to be on Broadway."

I couldn't agree more!

About 20 years ago there was a show called Voices in the Dark with Judith Ivey.  I thought it was tedious, but people around me seemed to enjoy it.

 

[LLW2]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 8:15pm

The Mousetrap.

[markypoo]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 8:16pm

Whodunit? 1983

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 8:19pm

Would these qualify?

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
To Kill a Mockingbird

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 9:28pm

I too am over the current race related plays we seem to be getting. I miss a brilliantly plotted mystery.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 9:34pm

SouthernCakes said: "I too am over the current race related plays we seem to be getting. I miss a brilliantly plotted mystery. "

Can you explain what one has to do with the other? I also think many (myself included) believe “the current race related plays we seem to be getting” is a sign of progress. Something perhaps to be celebrated rather than bemoaned. 

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 9:44pm

That’s your opinion! I, for one, am over the “race play” that basically is meant to make me feel bad for being a white theatergoer. I’m opened minded, but I’d rather see an interesting story or plot rather than a show with a “message.”

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 9:56pm

Well, ideally a play can have a message and a plot. I must’ve missed the plays you’ve experienced.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 10:21pm

Redhead (musical)
Dr. Cook's Garden
Ladies in Retirement
Dangerous Corner
Rope
Moose Murders
Entertaining Mr. Sloan
Loot

Some of the above are not so much "whodunit?" as "will they get caught?" The culprit(s) are revealed early.

In the 1980s, there was a theater in Chelsea that did little but mysteries and thrillers. I directed two of the above titles for them. You might try googling Apple Corps Theatre; you'll get a list of six of the dozens and dozens of plays they did over the years. I don't know why those six are listed, but you could check them out.


 

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 10:39pm

I just find in the Trump Era theater has be leaning very heavily into these plays that involve race and are “provocative.” If that’s your thing, no biggie. Just isn’t mine. I just miss seeing like August: Osage County twice in a month because it’s that’s good and interesting! (saw Estelle Parson and Phylicia Rashad.)

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 10/14/19 at 10:45pm

BIG BALONEY said: " Sure wish we had some decent mystery plays written and produced instead of what's the current trend. The problems with revivals are most mystery fans know the outcome. I also miss the boulevard comedies that made it fun to go to the theatre."

I think TV has replaced both of those functions. So-called "procedurals"--which are really modern whodunits--dominate television drama and the sitcom largely replace those boulevard comedies. And why not? Actors AND writers make far more money from a hit TV series than most straight plays.