The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 show poster

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at Woodstock Playhouse

Dates: (7/23/2015 - 7/25/2015 )

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Woodstock Playhouse

103 Mill Hill Road, at Playhouse Lane
Woodstock,NY 12498

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Phone: 845-679-6900

Tickets: $32-$44

Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

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A Comedy By John Bishop

An ingenious and wildly comic romp which enjoyed a long and critically hailed run both on and Off-Broadway. Poking antic fun at the more ridiculous aspects of "show biz" and the corny thrillers of Hollywood's heyday, the play is a non-stop barrage of laughter as those assembled (or at least those who aren't killed off) untangle the mystery of the "Stage Door Slasher." "…a kind of crossbreeding of Charles Ludlam The Mystery of Irma Vep and Terrence McNally It's Only a Play seasoned with a soupcon of NOISES OFF." —NY Times. "…enormous fun…Its strength comes in part from the sheer diamond wit and diamante showbiz glitter of Bishop's writing. Even his corn is succulently served." —NY Post. "…Bishop gives us a nakedly silly and relentlessly convoluted murder-mystery plot, with twist piled on twist till you have to give way and start laughing at the silliness…it's hugely enjoyable." —Village Voice. "MURDERS is the intelligent person's kind of nonsense." —NY Magazine.

Dates & Times: Thurs. 7/23 8:00 p.m., Fri. 7/24 8:00 p.m., Sat. 7/25 8:00 p.m.

Presented by: Woodstock Playhouse Productions Professional Summer Cast

Length: Approximately 2 hours 10 minutes with one 15 minute intermission

Presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016 ; Tel. 212-683-8960; Fax 212-213-1539; www.dramatists.com
Sponsored by Jack T. Creviston

As a landmark playhouse site in the pages of American Theatre History, the Woodstock Playhouse today is a Not-for-Profit theatre under the ownership & directorship of the Pan American Dance Foundation, Inc., which also owns and operates the New York Conservatory for the Arts of Hurley, NY. The organization has invested their years of growth to purchase, enclose, revitalize and preserve the Woodstock Playhouse, a treasure of national theatrical history, for the current & future generations.

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John Bishop

Ages: Rated PG, murder mystery antics!

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