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''Clue The Musical'' is a musical with a book by Peter DePietro, music by Galen Blum, Wayne Barker and Vinnie Martucci, and lyrics by Tom Chiodo, based on the board game Clue. The plot concerns a murder at a mansion, occupied by several suspects, that is solved by a detective; the ending is determined by cards drawn by audience members that select the murderer, murder weapon and location of the murder. The piece has an interactive feature in which audience members randomly select cards that determine which suspect committed the murder, which weapon was used, and in what room the murder took place. Based on the cards drawn, the show has 216 possible endings, with some interchangeable dialogue between characters that is delivered as the story unfolds. A film version of the game was released in 1985, followed by a UK television series in 1990. In 1993, DePietro and Chiodo wrote the musical. After tryouts in Baltimore in 1995 and Chicago in 1996, the musical ran Off-Broadway in 1997, receiving mostly unfavorable reviews. Nevertheless, it continues to be produced regularly by community theatre groups.〔Dotson, Laura. ("Audiences won't leave Clueless" ), ''Vox'' magazine, February 16, 2006, accessed January 23, 2013〕 ==Productions== The musical premiered at the New Boston Street Dinner Theatre, in Baltimore, Maryland, from June 1995 through August 1995. Peter DePietro directed the production. ''The Baltimore Sun'' review stated: "The creators of ''Clue, the Musical'' have ... found a way to improve the game."〔Rousuck, J. Wynn. ("Musical 'Clue' makes good moves" ), ''The Baltimore Sun'', June 30, 1995〕 It then ran at the Organic Theater, Chicago, in April 1996, again directed by DePietro.〔Bommer, Lawrence. ("Clue The Board Game Now ''Clue The Musical'' " ), ChicagoTribune.com, April 19, 1996〕 ''Clue'' opened Off-Broadway at the Players Theater on December 3, 1997 and closed after 29 performances and 17 previews.〔Gutman, Les. ("A CurtainUp Review: ''Clue: The Musical''" ), Curtainup.com, December 4, 1997〕 The production was again directed and choreographed by DePietro, and the cast featured Denny Dillon (Detective), Robert Bartley (Mr. Boddy), Wysandria Woolsey (Mrs. Peacock), Ian Knauer (Professor Plum), Tiffany Taylor (Miss Scarlet), Michael Kostroff (Colonel Mustard), Daniel Leroy McDonald (Mrs. White) and Marc Rubman (Mr. Green). Reviews were mixed to unfavorable. ''The New York Times'' review asked, The ''Times'' criticized the lyrics and dialogue, commenting that "numerous jokes fall flat. At one point, though, (Detective ) and Professor Plum have a very nice volley of literary quotes".〔 The New York ''Daily News'' called it "excruciatingly unfunny" and quipped, "Inflicting such embarrassing material on a group of able-bodied actors and then supplying them with a variety of deadly weapons is a dangerous provocation. ... Making a musical from a board game is the kind of bizarre task that only a genius or a fool would undertake. And there is no sign of genius here. .... the songs are a dull pastiche of 1930s musicals".〔O'Toole, Fintan. ("Murder Musical Hasn't Got a 'Clue'" ), ''New York Daily News'', December 4, 1997, accessed December 17, 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clue (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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