Cabaret & Concert NewsCharlotte Maltby, Liz Larsen, More Will Take Part in Concert Version of Ed Dixon’s Whodunit...The MusicalPeter Flynn will direct the evening.
By
Andrew Gans
November 19, 2019
Charlotte Maltby
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The concert premiere of Ed Dixon’s Whodunit...The Musical will be presented November 20 at 7 PM at The Green Room 42.
Directed by Peter Flynn (Smart Blonde, Curvy Widow), the musical comedy will feature Drama Desk Award winner Ed Dixon (Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose), Jonathan Cobrda (Frankenstein), Nick Kohn (Avenue Q), Duke Lafoon (Clinton The Musical), Liz Larsen (Beautiful, Hairspray), Charlotte Maltby (LesMisérables), and Karen Murphy (A Little Night Music).
Steve Marzullo is the musical director.
In Whodunit...The Musical, which is based on a novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart, a wealthy American spinster and her cockney maid take up residence in a country estate in the summer of 1931. The pair are joined by an odd butler who reveals that something strange has been going on. Guests arrive, and suddenly a dead body is found in the middle of the living room. And then another. When the detective shows up to investigate, things get reallystrange.
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage at Signature's Sunset Boulevard With Ed Dixon
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage at Signature's Sunset Boulevard With Ed Dixon
Broadway regular Ed Dixon, who plays the role of mysterious butler Max in the Signature Theatre's brand new resident staging of Sunset Boulevard, takes Playbill.com on an exclusive backstage tour of the DC-area venue. Read the Playbill.com story.
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How can so many musicians (20) fit in such a tiny space?
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Sean Thompson, Stephen Gregory Smith, Matthew Wojtal and William Diggle in the men's dressing room. No posing here.
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The running crew prepares Sheldrake's desk.
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Deck chief Michelle Kadikian. Now this is how you call a cue on stage right!
Fred Shiffman in a moment of quiet revelry. (Unusual.)
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The women's dressing room just before the glamor arrived... but not before one of the men did.
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A party in the green room, where it's always someone's birthday.
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Harry Winter gives proper top-of-the-head makeup tips.
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Jake Odmark explains the function of wardrobe.
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Maestro Jon Kalbfleisch with "a couple" of pre-show notes.
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Karma Camp gives choreographic encouragement to Sandy Bainum by the call board.
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Resident director Matthew Gardiner and production stage manager Kerry Epstein take note of the fact that I have forgotten to sign in while taking photos.
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Max Von Meyerling (me!) professes, yet again, his innocence.
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D.B. Bonds and Sandy Bainum share some Laffy Taffy. (Sandy gets around.)
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The wig room, where all acting begins... unless you're bald!
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Matt Conner plays carols in the Signature lobby with Shirlington Village twinkling behind him. Come see us at the Signature before Feb. 13!
