The International Mystery Writers' Festival has announced casting for two of its main productions coming up June 12-22. The "lost" Agatha Christie play, Chimneys will be directed by Tony Award winner Brian Bedford. Actors include Chris Sullivan (Goodman's The Ballad of Emmett Till), Larry Yando (Scar in Disney's national tour of The Lion King), John Librizzi (who played detective Mickey Ryan in Ed McBain's Final Curtain during the 2007 International Mystery Writers' Festival), John Lister (The Crucible at Steppenwolf), Leslie Bevan (About Face Theatre's Winesburg, Ohio and Wedding Play) and (in the role of the "dashing hero and romantic lead") Tim Gregory (the founder of Provision Theater Company in Chicago).
The new Sherlock Holmes play The Final Toast by Stuart Kaminsky will be directed by Mark Bellamy, artistic director of the mystery theatre Vertigo Theatre, in Calgary, Alberta, with featured actors Raymond L. Chapman (a veteran of many Chicago and American regional productions) as Sherlock Holmes; Mick Weber (another respected Chicago veteran) as Mycroft; Chicagoan Sean Cooper as March; and regional actor Mark McCarthy as Dr. Watson. With such a strong Chicago connection, maybe the cast will be decked out in da Bears sweatshirts?
Also, Curtains, the comedy musical whodunit currently performing at New York's Al Hirschfeld Theatre is winding down its run, with final performances scheduled for the end of June. The cast is headlined by David Hyde Pierce as Lieutenant Frank Cioffi.
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