YOU’RE KILLING ME…
WITH THE BEST OF BROADWAY, THAT IS
The world premiere of the new digital musical A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical — a send-up of the murder mystery genre — is available starting today, August 5. The nine-episode series can be purchased for $12.99 here. Today the first three episodes are available. The series continues on August 12 & 19, just to keep you edging. It runs about 85 minutes total, and there is bonus material — including bloopers, which is fantastic given all of the Broadway talent on board.
The company includes Jessica Keenan Wynn as Detective Case, Michael James Scott as Varthur McArthur, Krystina Alabado as Lily Wright, Carolee Carmello as Justine Case, Drew Gehling as Cameron Mitchelljohn, Jackie Burns as Joan McArthur, Laura Osnes as Vivika Orsonwelles, Jarrod Spector as George Murderer, Alex Newell as Shea Crescendo, Miguel Cervantes as Clarke Staples and Jeremy Jordan as’¦Jeremy Jordan.
The production features a score by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen, book by Kait Kerrigan, direction by Marc Bruni, costumes by Bobby Pearce, music production by Billy Jay Stein, and video post-production by HMS Media.
And, Broadway Records has announced the release of the original cast recording of A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical, which will be available digitally on Friday, August 21st.
When Varthur McArthur, the artistic director of a failing theater in Duluth, invites his troupe of disgruntled actors and collaborators to the first read of an “immersive murder mystery dinner party,” no one knew that he would be the victim. Or did they? Enter eager, determined, and untested Detective Justine Case. After sequestering the guests into separate rooms (because, you know, social-distancing), she gets down to finding out whodunnit, uncovering secret affairs, life-long grudges, backstage drama, and a lot of musical theater song and dance. Sifting through lies and red herrings and a truly baffling murder mystery script left by the deceased, Case vows to find the truth and secure her future as a great detective.
