Shear Madness

Shear Madness

"Shear Madness" is one of the longest-running nonmusical plays in the world, [http://www-tech.mit.edu/V119/N48/Shear_Madness.48a.html STAGE REVIEW: Shear Madness - Consistently Different - The Tech ] ] owned and created by Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan. "Shear Madness" is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running play in American theater history. [ [http://www.chicagocritic.com/html/shear_madness.html Shear Madness ] ] [ [http://calendar.boston.com/events/show/603637 Shear Madness - Stage II at Charles Playhouse - Boston.com ] ]

Creation and Plot

Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan acquired rights for a murder mystery originally titled "Scherenschnitt," written by Swiss playwright Paul Portner, and made it into "Shear Madness." The play is set in a unisex hair salon in the city in which it plays. The landlady Isabel Czerny who lives above the shop is murdered and the audience gets involved in the action by questioning the actors and attempting to solve the crime. The characters include a flamboyant hairdresser and his flirty yet ditsy assistant, along with a prim and proper uptight older lady and an older man who is a "used antique dealer." The ending of the play is different every night as audience members hear clues, question the characters and solve the crime. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1058537 Shear Madness: Performing Arts, Theater and Dance Events in Washington, DC on washingtonpost.com's City Guide ] ] The outcome is not always the same . The audience is not aware that they are actually deciding the ending, and not just voting on who they think did it.h

Performance History

"Shear Madness" opened in Boston at the Charles Playhouse Stage II in January 1980. The Boston production is the second longest running non-musical play in the world (after "The Mousetrap"), and the production at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. is the second longest running play ever, having opened in August 1987.

Performance Locations

References

External Sources

* [http://www.shearmadness.com Shear Madness Official Website]
* [http://www.shearmadnesslv.com Shear Madness Las Vegas Official Website]


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