The Bergen County Players to Stage GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER

The Bergen County Players presents "Getting Away With Murder" - a comedy thriller written by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth. Under the direction of Ellyn Essig, "Getting Away With Murder" will be performed at the Little Firehouse Theatre, 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell from Saturday, October 24th through Saturday, November 14th. The curtain for Friday and Saturday performances will rise at 8 pm with Sunday matinees at 2 pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office during regular box office hours.

While certainly better known for their musicals "Company" and "Merrily We Roll Along", co-playwrights Stephen Sondheim and George Furth also scored a hit with this killer of a comedy thriller! When members of a group therapy circle arrive to find their therapist murdered and evidence that one of them did it, they must work through their neuroses and discover the killer before, one by one, they are bumped off. "This is the first time that Sondheim, the master craftsman of the musical theater, has attempted a straight play. The man who concocted barbershop murders in "Sweeney Todd", fractured fairy tales with "Into the Woods" and wrote anthems for presidential "Assassins" has always had a sense for the macabre. An avid game enthusiast as well, he gets the chance here to combine vocation and avocation." NY DAILY NEWS

A BCP Life Member, Essig's previous directing credits here and elsewhere include "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Catch Me If You Can" and "A Christmas Carol". She is the current BCP Decor Chair and has served as Set Decor designer for 23 BCP main stage productions, her efforts resulting in a Perry Award for "Table Manners" (2005) and Perry Nominations for "Angel Street" (2008) and "Ruthless!" (2014).

The talented cast of "Getting Away With Murder" includes James Lugo (Martn Chisholm) of Congers, NY, Mark Bogosian (Greg Reed) of Tenafly, Rachel Alt (Dossie Lustig) of Ridgefield, Earle Ziff (Vassili Laimorgos) of Englewood, Joanne Guarnaccia (Pamela Prideaux) of Englewood Cliffs, Arno Austin (Dan Gerard) of Bergenfield, Elaine D'Addezio (Nam Jun Vuong) of New Providence, Joseph Sanchez (Roberto) of Paterson, James Lesko (Dr. Berring) of Englewood, Pauline Quinones (Charmaine) of Elmsford, NY and Kenneth J. Rivera (J.R.) of Teaneck.

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