![]() ![]() ![]() This show-within-the-show is full of fourth wall breaks and audience participation, and before it begins, the characters mill about the stage and interact with the entering crowd. The cast plays music hall actors performing The Mystery of Edwin Drood (announced in an extended spooky voice, with wavy hands). The cast of ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood.’ Photo courtesy of Workhouse Arts Center. The show was the first on Broadway to have a “choose your own adventure” ending, with multiple options determined by votes from the audience. The show opened on Broadway in 1986 and was revived in 2012, receiving Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards for both runs. The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton is currently showing the madcap musical by Rupert Holmes (The “Pina Colada” song guy), inspired by Charles Dickens’ final unfinished work of the same name and by Victorian-style music hall performance. ![]() I have apparently been living under a rock for 44 years because until last weekend I had never seen The Mystery of Edwin Drood. ![]()
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