MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is the Playhouse’s third recent production penned by award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig, whose work has been produced on Broadway and at theaters across the country. Poirot solves the mystery with brilliance, just like always!”Ī grand-scale stage design with art deco details from the original Orient Express and an immersive soundscape will transport audiences to the exciting–yet deadly–train ride full of suspense even if they already know the story. Bouc, like the popular Christie character Hastings, tries to put the pieces together…without success. He has a foil in the character of Monsieur Bouc, who runs the Wagon Lit. “All of the Christie elements are there in this adaptation,” explains Director Risa Brainin.

With unsurpassed intelligence and a keen understanding of the criminal mind, Poirot uncovers clues to unmask the killer lurking in the midst. 29.)Īdapted from the world’s greatest mystery writer by Ken Ludwig, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS finds Christie’s beloved detective Hercule Poirot unraveling a tricky murder case that includes a train full of suspects. 25 at Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. Photo by Zach Rosing.ĬINCINNATI – Audiences will be on the edge of their seats when Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park presents Agatha Christie’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS beginning Sept. Andrew May as Hercule Poirot in the Indiana Repertory Theatre 2020 production of Agatha Christie’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

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