Murder for Two

Murder for Two is a musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Kellen Blair and book and music by Joe Kinosian. The musical is a whodunit for two actors, who both sing and play an onstage piano. One actor performs the role of a policeman investigating a murder, and the other performs the roles of all the suspects and other characters.^[1]

Murder for Two
Music	Joe Kinosian
Lyrics	Kellen Blair
Book	Kellen Blair, Joe Kinosian

The musical premiered at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2011,^[2] where it won a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical.^[3] From 2013 to 2014, it ran off-Broadway at the McGinn/Cazale Theater and New World Stages in New York,^[4] where it was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical,^[5] as well as an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.^[6] The original Off-Broadway cast featured Jeff Blumenkrantz as the Suspects, and Brett Ryback as Marcus. The production was directed by Scott Schwartz.^[7] The musical toured the United States in 2015,^[8] has been licensed for performances in St. Paul,^[9] Fort Worth,^[10] Boston,^[11] and Seattle,^[12] and has been performed abroad in Canada,^[13] the United Kingdom,^[14] Argentina,^[15] and Chile.^[16]