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The Case of the Murderous Mister is the second installment of the old-time blackpool hotel accommodation radio show created by Ren French and Thomas blackpool hotel accommodation Adkins. The original production premiered last April . With an immensely likable cast, the French and Adkins have developed the show further, giving the characters and situations more depth while remaining true to the light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek approach to hard-boiled noir storytelling.
Suspense and comedy are blended together as the troupe of actors take on their radio roles before their live studio audience. Once again the focus of the story is told through the magic of the imagination, with the actors primarily using their voices to flesh out the nuances and details of their characters both the characters blackpool hotel accommodation of the story, as well as the actors in the studio. The subtleties drawn out there are quite an accomplishment, as we watch their individual back-stories develop, along with the thriller of the case.
Director Harold Gervais finds the precise line between campiness and homage. When actors are calling one another dollface, or declaring lines such as You not only got issues, you have volumes, it s difficult not to emphasize the laughs.
What: The second installment of the comic-mystery serial by Ren French and Thomas blackpool hotel accommodation Adkins, performed onstage as a live radio show. Harold Gervais directs the cast, which includes Richard Mayer, Leslie Boles, Ashton Akridge, Jake Bartush, Laurie blackpool hotel accommodation Kaufman, Kathryn Talbot, and James Howard Wright. Adult content.
blackpool hotel accommodation Nevertheless, the mystery of this installment does keep the audience guessing blackpool hotel accommodation to a point. The show opens with The Picayune s dapper reporter Clifton Monroe, again played with fast-talking savoir faire by Richard Mayer, catching wind of a series of murders on the New Orleans docks. Eager to scoop his nemesis at The Times-Democrat, Penny Peterson, he sets off to solve the case.
Trusty girl Friday, Matilda Parker, played with complete charm by Leslie Boles, does more than tag along she s the real unsung brains of the operation, but would never upstage the boss for whom she carries a torch. Together Boles and Mayer create a chemistry that makes them one of the most appealing teams to appear on the local stage.
As the case of the murdered prostitutes develops, Monroe and Parker take a tour through the shadier spots of old New Orleans, blackpool hotel accommodation brothels and docks, B-drinking nightclubs and sleazy joints. Ashton Akridge is introduced to the serial in a cute trouser role as Chip Parker, Mattie s spunky kid brother straight out of the Bowery Boys, who idolizes Monroe blackpool hotel accommodation and wants to be a Junior Ace Reporter.
Jake Bartush takes on a variety of chameleon-like roles, each growing more and more unsettling, adding to the suspenseful atmosphere. Laurie Kaufman brings an understated grace to Mama Pearl, whose flashback scenes provide blackpool hotel accommodation vital clues to the current mystery.
Kathryn Talbot adds her unique flair to things blackpool hotel accommodation as the anything-but-understated stripper Miss Sweet Pickle and the conniving madam Veronica Crutchfield. Her performance during one of the onstage commercials is a particular hoot as Talbot channels her inner Margarita Bergen .
And in what could be an easily overlooked performance, James Howard Wright adds layer upon layer as the announcer and narrator of the story. The details he draws out in a relatively simple blackpool hotel accommodation role become a master class in character study.
blackpool hotel accommodation By the time the resolution of The Case of the Murderous Mister is revealed, the show has turned a bit too heavily to a psychological thriller, and a fairly gruesome one at that. Nevertheless, for the most part, this episode of The Clifton Monroe Chronicles remains true to its original vision of a blend of screwball fun and character-driven caper. I look forward to the next installment.
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