Charles Dickens probably didn’t envision his final novel—a bleak, unfinished murder mystery—starting a new life more than 200 years later as a musical comedy. But the stage version of “The Mystery of ...

2013 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Musical Jim Norton 2013 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Musical Stephanie J. Block 2013 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a ...

You can call it the Droodspeed. Rupert Holmes’ 1985 musical “The Mystery of Edwin Drood transformed the Goodspeed Opera House into a British music hall of the 1870s. The front of the balcony area in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rupert Holmes is a mystery. He also writes them. The songwriter, playwright and novelist is the author of “The Mystery of Edwin ...

On June 8, 1870, Charles Dickens spent most of the day working on his latest novel. Normally Dickens would confine his writing to the morning hours, but on this day he met his close friend John ...

I caught the original 1985 Public Theater production of Rupert Holmes’ musical version of Charles Dickens’ “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” in its initial run in Central Park and on opening night on ...

Betsy Wolfe recommends making decisions with your gut. "I've really tried to pick pieces and new projects that inspire me, that I know will help me grow," Wolfe says of the artistic choices she's made ...

Winner of five Tony Awards in 1986, Rupert Holmes' interactive musical elaboration on Charles Dickens' unfinished final novel returns in this Roundabout Theater Company production featuring Chita ...

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood debuts tonight on PBS as a part of its Masterpiece series. It will air at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific, 8 p.m. Central and Mountain in most markets, but you should check local ...