If you’re dying for some killer comedy, check out ICandy and Haus of Ham in their first dinner theater/drag show collaboration, “Murder ‘she’ Wrote,” held in the Arena dance floor at ICandy.
You won’t find Jessica Fletcher in the house, because you play the detective. Dress as your favorite PI, gumshoe or crime solver for added fun.
The premise for this nightmare on 12th Street is the final competition for a soap spot among six queens who, with their ghoulish figures, pull no punches — or knives either, for that matter. And what better way to open the competition than with a complimentary champagne toast? But watch out, one glass in the room is laced with poison. These girls are obviously dying to be here.
This isn’t a typical murder-mystery dinner party, if you’re recalling The Golden Girls episode “The Case of the Libertine Belle,” where Blanche is accused of murder and Sophia declares, “If you want a mystery, you shoulda tried the pink dressing at the salad bar.” That type of party involves more mystery and less murder than this one, where drag queens drop faster than Chris Christie’s poll numbers.
For $30 you get a dinner of salad, choice of one of four entrée selections and dessert, plus your champagne for the opening toast. It also covers show costs and embalming fluids where needed. Some of the drag numbers are hysterical but hopefully you won’t die laughing. Death scenes sometimes are longer than the song itself and deserve their own Emmy nominations.
Final performances are Oct. 29 and Nov. 1. For more info, search “Murder she Wrote” on FB. And make sure your affairs are in order. You never know when it’s going to be your last supper.