PERFECT CRIME Celebrates 39th Anniversary Off-Broadway
The cast includes Catherine Russell, Drew Brock Baker, Randolph Curtis Rand, Curt Bouril, Patrick Robustelli, and Mark Epperson.
New York's longest running play, Perfect Crime, celebrated its groundbreaking 39th anniversary Off-Broadway at The Theater Center last weekend on April 18. Over the course of 15,547 performances, the twisty whodunit has become a New York City crime scene institution. Investigate this milestone by reserving tickets here.
The cast includes Catherine Russell, Drew Brock Baker, Randolph Curtis Rand, Curt Bouril, Patrick Robustelli, and Mark Epperson.
Perfect Crime stars Catherine Russell, who has been featured by the Associated Press as “The Off-Broadway force of nature.” Catherine's time spent in Perfect Crime comes out to over 31,000 hours, 1243 days, and 3.4 years of her life. In performance, she has kissed 162 men, shot a gun at 103 men, actors have fired 124,344 bullets, used 8,000 prop coffee cakes, and worked alongside 313 actors since the play premiered in 1987.
Catherine has performed in the show since its first performance, and has only missed 4 shows in the past 39 years. It's a feat that has landed her in the Guinness Book of World Records. Her incredible streak has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, and numerous other media outlets including People, which dubbed her “The Cal Ripken of Broadway.”
Uniquely, The Theater Center offers Live AI Translation for Perfect Crime in over 50 languages. Audience members from all cultures and continents can come to New York and see – and hear – a play VERBATIM as it is spoken (not on tape) in their native tongue, making Perfect Crime the most multi-cultural theater experience on or Off-Broadway.
The perfect show for CSI and Law & Order fans, Perfect Crime tells the story of brilliant but money-hungry psychiatrist and suspected cold-blooded killer Margaret Brent, her wealthy husband, deranged patient, and the handsome detective who's falling in love with her while trying to solve the crime. The production, written by the late Warren Manzi and produced by Armand Michael Hyatt, has the distinction of being the only show (on or Off-Broadway) that has run in New York City during the 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and now the 20s. The ‘urban legend' has managed to withstand the test of time – evolving with the changing styles, technology, culture, audiences, and various crises around it.
The Theater Center, the only Off-Broadway venue with a Broadway address, is in New York's Theater District. Since April 2005, it has offered Off-Broadway entertainment in a 20,000-square-foot complex featuring two theaters and rehearsal spaces. Hosting a variety of productions, acting classes, and events, The Theater Center features the Anne L. Bernstein Theater with Perfect Crime, New York's longest-running play, and Pied à Terre, a new play, as well as the Jerry Orbach Theater with shows like Friends! A Musical Parody and Singfeld! A Musical About Nothing.
Tickets for Perfect Crime are available by calling the box office at (212) 921-7862 or online at www.Ticketmaster.com.
