Tag: Deathtrap

A Tight Script, Witty Dialogue, Devilish Plot Twists, and a Highly Skilled TheatreFest 2018 Cast Make Deathtrap a Delight
Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines “death trap” as “a structure or situation that is potentially very dangerous to life.” Ira Levin’s Deathtrap — now playing in the Titmus Theatre in Frank Thompson Hall in Raleigh, NC as part of N.C. State University Theatre’s TheatreFest 2018 — is a play about writing a play called Deathtrap; and… Read More ›
Lively and Eager Forest Moon Theater Cast Performs “Deathtrap” with Brio
The Forest Moon Theater at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, now in its third year, opened its first four-production season on Sept. 18th, with the venerable comedy-thriller Deathtrap by Ira Levin. Like other great comedy/mysteries, such as Arsenic and Old Lace, Ten Little Indians, and The Mousetrap, Deathtrap is already familiar to many audience members…. Read More ›

Forest Moon Theater Builds a Better Mousetrap, or Rather “Deathtrap”
“Is this a dagger I see before me?” The last time that we saw Wade Newhouse, he was in a certain “Scottish play,” and he was playing a character that was plotting a murder, and his wife was involved. And, yes, it was a dagger, “handle toward [his] hand.” Déjà vu? The Forest Moon Theater’s… Read More ›