Artist:
Accomplice
Genre: Broadway
Background:
Accomplice is a play written by Edgar award winning Playwright Rupert Holmes. He is the writer behind the Tony Award-winning 1986 musical, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." The crux of the Accomplice storyline is finding out who is doing what to whom. This Agatha Christie-style "thriller" convinces us to tamper with the plot like a Rubik's Cube till the end.
The play is shocking one moment and hilarious the next. The story is about two wealthy out-of-town couples who find themselves alone inside a dark, mysterious English moorland mansion, all the characters are at each other's throats. The audience is compelled to try and outguess all the surprising twists and turns penned by the innovative Rupert Holmes.
Accomplice is directed by Simon Levy. Levy is a Producing Director/Dramaturg with the Fountain Theater in Los Angeles. He is an acclaimed and multiple award-winning director/writer/producer. He directed last season's Master Class for the Fountain Theater that ran for 8 months, and won the 2004 L.A. OVATION Award for Best Production. He directed last season's L.A. Times Critics' Choice production, “Daisy in the Dreamtime,” for the Fountain, and also directed, “Awake and Sing” for International City Theater In Long Beach
The talented cast of ACCOMPLICE features J. Paul Boehmer, Larry Cedar, Lisa Pelikan and Samantha Raddock. The play begins with Janet and Derek quarreling in their cozy living room. Janet is dressed in a strapless black dress and high heels, she is trying frantically to poison her spouse's drink. Does she succeed or does she fail? As she covers Derek's corpse with a quilt, his hand rises and grabs her throat. But fortunately this is only a dress rehearsal with her lover John for the crime they have planned. This is followed by lots of lusty thumping and squeals from under the quilt. John frisks off and Janet discovers a tape recorder under the table on which her husband has recorded every murderous word and thump. The twists and turns continue for the entire duration of the play and the audience is left guessing - what will happen next?
Accomplice has brought together an award-winning team of designers. The set is design by Desma Murphy. The costumes are designed by Shon LeBlanc. The sound design is by Drew Dalzell and the lighting design is by Kathi O'Donohue. This play has all the makings of a thrilling and enthralling show. If you want to enjoy this great play, buy your tickets now from your on-line ticket vendor and drop in.
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