Curtains
May 3 – 20, 2018
by Kander & Ebb, Book by Peter Stone, Additional Material by Rupert Holmes
This Broadway musical mystery features a dazzling musical score by the legendary team Kander and Ebb (Chicago, Cabaret) and nominated for 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book & Best Original Score. The chief sleuth, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, with a secret affinity for musical theater, investigates the murder of a Broadway-bound theater company’s tremendously untalented star on opening night. Could the culprit be the hard-edged lady producer, one of the recently divorced songwriting team, the egomaniacal British director, or the seemingly sweet ingénue? Curtains will have you on the edge of your seat – laughing!
Based on the original book and concept by Peter Stone, the musical is a send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts and follows the fallout when Jessica Cranshaw, the supremely untalented star of Robbin’ Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call. It is up to Lt. Frank Cioffi, a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan to save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself. Cioffi also dreams of being in musical theater. The show opened on Broadway to mixed reviews, though several critics praised the libretto and the character of Lieutenant Cioffi, who critic Ben Brantley called “the best damn musical theatre character since Mama Rose in ‘Gypsy’, and the best role of David Hyde Pierce’s career.”
Frank Cioffi – Michael Silvestri
Niki Harris – Amy Morris
Carmen Bernstein – Cherie Albury
Georgia Hendricks – Francesca Guanciale Jay
Aaron Fox – Nathan Daugherty
Sidney Bernstein – Lou Russo
Christopher Belling – Michael McGuigan
Bambi Bernet – Skylar Jay
Johnny Harmon – Lee Holmes
Oscar Shapiro – Jerry Slutzky
Daryl Grady – Dave Malloy
Bobby Pepper – Jason Ensor
Jessica Crenshaw – Colleen Boylan
ENSEMBLE
Sarah Rowell, Patrick Eland, Chloe Mastro, George Kolitsas, Lee Catalfomo, Jesse Cordero, Michelle Stratton, Connor Coyne, Veronica O’Reilly, Colleen Boylan
Artistic Director/Designer………………………………………… Jason Fortner
Musical Director ………………………………………… Emi Stefanov
Stage Manager ……….…………………….………. Colleen Boylan/Gabe O’Reilly
Props/Dressing ……………………………………….…………………….. FWP Staff
Box Office …………………………………………Elizabeth Lott, Deborah Black
Marketing Director/Assistant Musical Director ……………………..……. Nathan Daugherty
Social Media ………………………………………………..…………. Colleen Boylan
House Manager …………………………………….……….…………. Nancy Russo
COMING SOON!
