Tag: podcasts
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Mystery Theatre has Moved
Find PSMT at its new domain. Launched during the height of the first COVID wave, Prime Stage Mystery Theatre was initially designed to fill a gap left by live theatre performances during those dark months of social distancing. Thus, the theatre company known for “bringing theatre to life” took on the new mission of “bringing…
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Frankenstein Week:
Print, Audio, & Video PreviewsIf this past weekend was Frankenstein Weekend (see my previous post if you have any doubts about that), then this week must be Frankenstein week. At least it looks that way judging from the advanced media attention that Prime Stage Theatre’s all-new production of Frankenstein has been getting. Out today are previews from three of…
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A Trap Full of Monsters:
The Return of Prime Stage Mystery Theatre“It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.” The above advice comes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes and the father of modern detective fiction. And it will be good…
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Prime Stage Mystery Theatre:
Bringing Mystery to the Virtual StageAgatha Christie had quite a formula. She didn’t discover it. Others employed similar elements before her, and many more have practiced it since. But Christie perfected it with her cozy who-done-its featuring Hercule Poirot. Above: Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) explains his solution to the story’s mystery in Sidney Lumet’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on…
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Countdown to Mystery: Locked Doors
A woman enters a room. Closes the door. Then, from inside, a voice cries “Murder!” When her father breaks down the door, he finds her bleeding on the floor. She is alone. The windows are barred. There is no other exit. Yet the perpetrator is gone! And so begins The Mystery of the Yellow Room…