Murder for Two | |
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Music | Joe Kinosian |
Lyrics | Kellen Blair |
Book | Kellen Blair, Joe Kinosian |
Murder for Two is a musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Kellen Blair and book and music by Joe Kinosian. The musical is a whodunit for two actors, who both sing and play an onstage piano. One actor performs the role of a policeman investigating a murder, and the other performs the roles of all the suspects and other characters. [1]
The musical premiered at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2011, [2] where it won a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical. [3] From 2013 to 2014, it ran off-Broadway at the McGinn/Cazale Theater and New World Stages in New York, [4] where it was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, [5] as well as an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. [6] The original Off-Broadway cast featured Jeff Blumenkrantz as the Suspects, and Brett Ryback as Marcus. The production was directed by Scott Schwartz. [7] The musical toured the United States in 2015, [8] has been licensed for performances in St. Paul, [9] Fort Worth, [10] Boston, [11] and Seattle, [12] and has been performed abroad in Canada, [13] the United Kingdom, [14] Argentina, [15] and Chile. [16]
Murder for Two | |
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Music | Joe Kinosian |
Lyrics | Kellen Blair |
Book | Kellen Blair, Joe Kinosian |
Murder for Two is a musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Kellen Blair and book and music by Joe Kinosian. The musical is a whodunit for two actors, who both sing and play an onstage piano. One actor performs the role of a policeman investigating a murder, and the other performs the roles of all the suspects and other characters. [1]
The musical premiered at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2011, [2] where it won a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical. [3] From 2013 to 2014, it ran off-Broadway at the McGinn/Cazale Theater and New World Stages in New York, [4] where it was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, [5] as well as an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. [6] The original Off-Broadway cast featured Jeff Blumenkrantz as the Suspects, and Brett Ryback as Marcus. The production was directed by Scott Schwartz. [7] The musical toured the United States in 2015, [8] has been licensed for performances in St. Paul, [9] Fort Worth, [10] Boston, [11] and Seattle, [12] and has been performed abroad in Canada, [13] the United Kingdom, [14] Argentina, [15] and Chile. [16]