CLUE: The Showcase

A Big Apple Murder Mystery

A murder mystery told in ballroom. For one night we took over the Salmagundi Club — a brass band up Fifth Avenue, a podcast desk running the investigation, and a cast who stayed in character until the final bow.

Photos

The Salmagundi Club's portrait-lined staircase and chandelier, lit for the evening.

A brass band leads the cast across Fifth Avenue in a New Orleans-style second line.

Three cast members in character costume climb the steps to the Salmagundi Club as the band plays behind them.

A prop table set with dollar-sign money bags, a trench coat and a rolled document before the show.

Two hosts at a red velvet table with microphones, presenting the show's true-crime podcast framing.

A performer in an orange prison jumpsuit dances past a body lying on the floor.

A dancer in a trench coat and fedora partners a performer in a flapper dress, both arms raised.

Black and white: a seated performer in glasses and a partner in suspenders play a scene around a single chair.

A couple perform under blue light, the follower in a deep blue gown, the gallery's paintings behind them.

A dancer in a red tiered skirt and headscarf extends with her partner under teal stage light.

The cast take their bow with hands raised as the audience applauds around them.

Guests dancing at the after party back at the studio under pink and blue light.

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Casting for the next show opens to studio students and to students of outside instructors.

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