Murder For Two to close off-Broadway on 29 June

The off-Broadway production of Murder For Two will play its final performance at New World Stages on 29 June. It was previously booking until 6 July 2014.

Murder For Two opened Off-Broadway at New World Stages on 06 Nov 2013, following previews from 23 Oct 2013.

The musical opened to mixed reviews: An ingenious miniature musical in the form of a snazzy vaudevillian double-act (NY Times); The show tries hard to be breezy (NY Daily News); As subtle as a gun to the head (Variety).

Directed by Scott Schwartz, the show currently stars Jeff Blumenkrantz and Brett Ryback ("LG15: The Resistance").

Featuring music by Joe Kinosian, lyrics by Kellen Blair, with book by Joe Kinosia and Kellen Blair, Murder For Two is a unique take on the murder mystery in which one actor (Ryback) plays the detective, one actor (Blumenkrantz) plays all the suspects and they both play the piano.

Great American novelist Arthur Whitney has been shot at his surprise birthday party. Officer Marcus, who longs to shed his shoddy reputation and finally become a detective, is thrown into a zany drawing room where the list of suspects reads like a who's who of crazy, from a wife who seems more concerned about who stole the ice cream than who murdered her husband to a twelve-member boys choir that is nine members short.

The creative team features scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Andrea Lauer, lighting design by Jason Lyons and sound design by Jill BC DuBoff.

Murder For Two played an earlier New York engagement at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre from 10 Jul - 25 Aug 2013, as part of Second Stage Theatre's Uptown season.

The show is being produced Off-Broadway by Jayson Raitt, Barbara Whitman, Steven Chaikelson and Second Stage Theatre.

- by Dom O'Hanlon