Show Plot Curtains

Author: Rupert Holmes (with additional contributions from the original creator, Peter Stone), Music: John Kander, Lyrics: Fred Ebb (with additional lyrics by Rupert Holmes and John Kander)

Setting: The Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts

Time Period: 1959

Summary: Curtains is a backstage murder-mystery musical comedy that follows Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, a police detective and musical theatre fan. He investigates the murder of an untalented leading lady during her opening-night curtain call. He quarantines the cast and crew, solves the crime, and helps improve the show.