Clue on Stage

It’s possible that Clue, the Parker Brothers murder mystery game, is the only board game in history that will ever be successfully dramatized, and its Agatha Christie-style whodunit structure has already inspired a farcical 1985 film and a popular stage musical. Now that film, which has amassed quite a cult following since its release, has been turned into a new comic play, hitting the stage at Sandpoint’s Panida Theater this weekend. Written by Sandy Rustin, the show not only captures the breakneck slapstick pacing of the movie but the investigative fun of a long night hunched around a Clue game board, trying to identify the killer. Was it Miss Scarlet with the candlestick in the library? Or Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with the rope? You’ll have to buy a ticket to find out.

Thu-Sat, Oct. 22-24 at 7:30 pm and Sun, Oct. 25 at 3:30 pm • $16/adults, $8/ages 18 and under • Panida Theater • 300 N. First St., Sandpoint • panida.org • 208-263-9191