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 Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:52 pm
Unless I'm mistaken and I hope someone will correct me if I am, The Mousetrap is still running on London's West end and is the longest running play in the world, as it started in 1952. For some reason, it ran in New York, but not for too long. We don't have mysteries running on Broadway or Off Broadway very much.
We have suspense plays, but not really mysteries. I think The Pillowman applies, though I haven't seen it so I don't know for sure. There is or was a mystery playing at the Duffy Theatre entitled Perfect Crime. When I saw it, I hated it. The Mystery of Edwin Drood can't really be called a mystery since the audience votes for the killer. I think the last mystery might've been the musical Nick & Nora, which was very intricate and that might've been the reason it didn't last long. I really liked Deathtrap, but again, that's not a mystery.
Oh, one thing. I saw the Mousetrap twice. Once at summer camp and again in 2000 on the West end. It still holds up and it's a fair show, though some people might not think so. One more thing about it, why haven't they made the movie yet? Surely the stipulation that they make it after it ends its run should be cancelled because it's not gonna happen. Unless it is over, and then I ask again, where's the movie of the movie?
Does anyone have any other thoughts about mysteries on stage?
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:07 pm
It's not really a mystery, but Lucky Stiff has some mystery themes in it.
Actually, the Mystery of Edwin Drood counts, (it's dubbed "the solve it yourself mystery" [even though you don't really solve it by yourself])
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:20 pm
Of those, the only one i've seen is deathtrap. That had the same aura, the same kidna feel as a mystery, but i suppose you're right. Technically it's not a mystery.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:32 pm
There are several plays I failed to mention. Rupert Holmes has written several plays that arguably are suspense/mystery themed plays: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Accomplice, and Solitary Confinement. the last is arguably a mystery. Sherlock's Last Case was also a mystery, as the title implies. Moose Murders is one of the biggest bombs in Broadway history and it was a mystery. Equus could be called a mystery because it involves a psychiatrist talking to 17 year old alan Strang and finding out why he blinded several horses. The Real Inspector Hound is a satire of mysteries, though it does have mystery elements. It's also a fantastic play and the first Tom Stoppard play I ever saw. My mother was in a production of it Off-Off Broadway. And Sleuth, not quite a mystery, though it does answer the question of a disappearing corpse. Stephen Sondheim wrote a play that ran two or three seasons ago that closed rather quickly. I have no idea whether it was a mystery or not, though I think it might've been in that scheme.
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 7:45 am
Actually there's a murder mystery play playing right next to the theatre playing Chicago. I think it's called A Perfect Murder...Don't quote me on the title.
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:56 am
I think you mean Perfect Crime. Believe it or not, this play -- if it's still running and I'm afraid it might be -- is as old as Phantom of the Opera or older. I didn't like it, but it's still running or had a rather long run. It's a mystery, but not in the traditional way. Less suspects than you'd expect.
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:17 am
Something's Afoot it a pretty funny one
but it's never been on broadway.
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:17 am
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