Murder for Two, book and music by Joe Kinosian, book and lyrics by Kelllen Blair, directed with zip and panache by Scott Schwartz with choreography by Wendy Seyb, gives us two piano virtuosos, each accompanying the other, in a marvelous musical farce. Brett Ryback plays the interrogator of murder suspects and Jeff Blumenkrantz, a great farceur, plays at least a dozen suspects, male, female, old and young, all neatly defined caricatures, flipping from one to the next, changing attitude, physicality, voice, movement and small costume adjustments in the manner of Charles Ludlum in Irma Vep and Cliff Saunders in The 39 Steps. It’s a real tour de force, a feat not to be missed.
Fine, simple set by Beowulf Borritt, lighting by Jason Lyons and costumes by Andrea Lauer, and the patter of the songs all work perfectly together to give us one of the most fun shows in town, with non-stop laughter.
