The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)

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Broadway musical musical comedy stage musical

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical by Rupert Holmes that playfully adapts Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel into an interactive, audience-vote-driven whodunit.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood 4
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
basedOn The Mystery of Edwin Drood (novel) ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Charles Dickens ⓘ
bookWriter Rupert Holmes ⓘ
broadwayProducer New York Shakespeare Festival ⓘ
broadwayRevival 2012 Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Imperial Theatre ⓘ
broadwayTransferDate 1985-12-02 ⓘ
composer Rupert Holmes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Rupert Holmes ⓘ
feature audience participation ⓘ
audience vote to choose the detective ⓘ
audience vote to choose the lovers ⓘ
audience vote to choose the murderer ⓘ
multiple endings ⓘ
genre interactive theatre ⓘ
metatheatre ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
lyricist Rupert Holmes ⓘ
metafictionalFrame performed by the Music Hall Royale company ⓘ
narrativeDevice play-within-a-play ⓘ
notableCharacter Edwin Drood ⓘ
John Jasper ⓘ
Rosa Bud ⓘ
The Chairman ⓘ
notableSong Both Sides of the Coin ⓘ
Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead ⓘ
Moonfall ⓘ
There You Are ⓘ
The Two Noble Kinsmen ⓘ
surface form: Two Kinsmen
originalBroadwayChoreographer Graciela Daniele ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector Wilford Leach ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadPerformer Betty Buckley ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadRole Alice Nutting ⓘ
Edwin Drood ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
premiereDate 1985-08-21 ⓘ
premiereLocation New York Shakespeare Festival ⓘ
premiereVenue Delacorte Theater ⓘ
revivalProducer Roundabout Theatre Company ⓘ
revivalTheatre Studio 54 ⓘ
setting Victorian era ⓘ
surface form: Victorian England

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Rupert Holmes → notableWork → The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) ⓘ
Rupert Holmes → wroteMusical → The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) ⓘ
Heather Angel → workedOn → The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
David Goldstein → notableWork → The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) ⓘ
subject surface form: Rupert Holmes
this entity surface form: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Michael Starobin → notableWork → The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chita Rivera → notableWork → The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Mystery of Edwin Drood