Shear Madness

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Shear Madness is a long-running interactive comedic whodunit play in which the audience helps solve a murder mystery that changes with each performance.

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instanceOf comedy
interactive play
play
whodunit
adaptedBy Bruce Jordan
Marilyn Abrams
basedOn Scherenschnitt
basedOnWorkBy Paul Pörtner
countryOfOrigin United States
feature audience participation
improvisation
multiple endings
topical humor
firstProducedIn 1978
format interactive theatre
genre comedy
mystery
whodunit
hasProductionIn Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Egypt
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Luxembourg
Mexico
Morocco
New Zealand
Panama
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United States
Venezuela
hasSetting hair salon
narrativeFocus murder mystery
notableCharacteristic clues can change from show to show
ending changes with each performance
notableProductionLocation Boston
Chicago
Kennedy Center
Off-Broadway
Washington, D.C.
originalLanguage English
plotElement audience helps solve a murder
suspects among characters in the salon
premiereLocation Lake George, New York
linked to: Lake George
productionType long-running stage production

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Charles Playhouse notableProduction Shear Madness