Members of the cast and crew of the Scotch Plains Fanwood High School production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood got top-level advice and a glowing review from Tony Award-winning writer and lyricist Rupert Holmes Wednesday at the high school.
Holmes, who wrote the script and the music for the play, dropped by to talk with the cast and crew, answer questions and to listen to several songs. He’s a friend of a Scotch Plains family and heard the group was putting on the production and asked if he could visit before the show is put on next month.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a hilarious, interactive whodunit mystery musical that allows the audience to enter the action and become the ultimate detectives. The March shows are produced by the SPFHS Repertory Theatre.
The show is based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel of the same name. In a small town in England, Edwin Drood has been mysteriously murdered. But, who did it? There is a long list of suspects. Dickens died before he was able to reveal the culprit, so the audience finishes the story Dickens didn’t! It can end differently every night, depending on what the audience decides.
Tickets for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Production in March are on sale online starting February 5th at Droodspfhs.brownpapertickets.com.
Performances will be held on Friday, March 11th at 8:00pm, Saturday, March 12th at 8:00pm, Sunday, March 13th at 2:00pm, Thursday, March 17th at 7:00pm, Friday, March 18th at 8:00pm and Saturday, March 19st at 8:00pm. All shows take place at the Manya Ungar Memorial Auditorium at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, 667 Westfield Road, Scotch Plains.
To purchase tickets: Go online at Droodspfhs.brownpapertickets.com. Select your show (day/time) and seat and print out your ticket Prices are $17 for Adults, $14 for Students and $14 for Seniors (age 60 and up). Scotch Plains/Fanwood residents who have the Senior Citizen “Gold Passes” will be able to receive 1 free ticket. Contact Kathleen Sheehy for questions about “Gold Passes” or Handicapped Seating.
Onsite Ticket Ordering at SPFHS is available on Wednesday, 2/10 prior to the Choral Caberet concert from 6:30 to 7:30, Wednesday, 2/17 7pm- 8pm, Tuesday, 2/23 7pm – 8pm and Wednesday, 3/2 from 7-8pm. in the auditorium lobby of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, 667 Westfield Road, Scotch Plains. Any questions, please call Kathleen Sheehy 908- 342-0856.
(above) Tony Award winning author and lyricist Rupert Holmes sings a song from the musical “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” with the cast of the play at Scotch Plains Fanwood High School in Scotch Plains, NJ.
