WELLFLEET – A musical murder mystery full of invention and humor is coming to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater next week.
Opening July 5, Murder for Two runs through July 27, with performances at 8:00 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Two preview performances will also be held on July 3 and July 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The cast of two portrays 13 characters while accompanying themselves on the piano in this hilarious ‘whodunnit.’
Officer Marcus Moscowicz is a small town policeman with dreams of making it to detective. One fateful night, shots ring out at the surprise party of Great American Novelist Arthur Whitney, and the writer is killed.
With the nearest detective an hour away, Marcus jumps at the chance to prove his sleuthing skills. Marcus has a short amount of time to find the killer and make his name before the real detective arrives.
Matthew McGloin (The Suspects) is honored to perform in this joyful show and at WHAT for the first time.
Sam Krivda (Marcus) is excited to be making his WHAT debut. New York/Regional credits include Grey Gardens (11th Hour Theatre Co.), The Unexpected Guest, Love is in the Air (Morningside Players), Saturday Night Fever (Walnut Street Theatre), House of Setting Sun (Theater for the New City). Sam is a recent graduate of the Manhattan School of Music.
Sam Scalamoni (Director) is the director of the critically acclaimed National Tours of Elf the Musical which has played the Theatre at Madison Square Garden and the Kennedy Center.
Sam is currently developing the new musicals, A Thousand Faces, based on the life of film legend Lon Chaney, Unbelievable, about baseball legend Jackie Mitchell and a stage adaptation of MGM’s Summer Stock.
Sam directed the world premiere national tour of the new musical Noel with book by best-selling author of the Artemis Fowl book series, Eoin Colfer.
Sam has a long relationship with the classic musical Disney’s Beauty and the Beast which he has directed regionally, and he is the Associate Director of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast for Disney Theatrical Group on Broadway and world-wide, most recently in Shanghai.
He directed Les Misérables at Cortland Repertory Theatre, winning the SALT Award for Best Director of a Musical and won the Broadway World Award for Best Director of a Play for his direction of Agatha Christie’s An Unexpected Guest also at CRT.
Sam is a founding member and currently serves as the Artistic Director of Skyline Theatre Company, a professional non-profit theatre company in New Jersey.
Gary Adler (Music Director) is a conductor, pianist and composer in New York City. He served as the music director/arranger of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the world-famous Rockettes for eight years. He also music directed Avenue Q for its six year run on Broadway. As a writer, he received two 2005 Drama Desk nominations for his music and lyrics for the off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz.
For Disney Channel, Adler created the musical world for Johnny and the Sprites, starring John Tartaglia. He co-produced and arranged two albums for Broadway’s Telly Leung, and has toured extensively with Chita Rivera. He also arranged the dance music for the Jimmy Buffett musical, Escape to Margaritaville.
Those interested may pay WHAT You Want on the first Wednesday preview. Ticket holders for Opening Night on July 5 are invited to a pre-show raw bar with champagne toast, and a post-show reception. Post show talkbacks follow select Thursday performances. Visit what.org for dates.
Murder for Two is directed by Sam Scalamoni, with music direction by Gary Adler.
Opening night is July 5, at 8:00 p.m.
By TIM DUNN, CapeCod.com News Center
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