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 Shear Madness is a comedy show which is recorded in the Guinness Book for the first, second, and third longest running play in the history of American theatre. The show invites locals and guests to come watch the show as armchair detectives to help solve the mystery. The mystery of a scissor stabbing murder of famed concert pianist who lives above the Shear Madness hairstyling salon. The show is a combination of improvisational humor and a mixture of audience interaction to solve the case in this unique show performance each night.
This show currently has three different performances in three different places including Las Vegas, Boston, and Washington DC. Internationally the show is shown in Spain, Greece, Poland, and Seoul, Korea. The show is known as an international phenomenon with productions in more than 37 US cities and 36 international productions. The show has also been translated into 11 different foreign languages. In total the show has been seen by more than 8.5 million people.
The production began in the summer of 1976 in Upstate New York. It was directed by Bruce Jordan who was a former high school teacher. Marilyn Abrams, who was also a former school teacher, was acting in the play. Abrams and Jordan became good friends and even after the play ended their friendship did not. When the first year of Shear Madness came around Jordan had to do a lot of work to it. He wanted the audience to be able to interact as much as possible with solving the case. Soon the play turned into a show that was different every time it was performed. A little bit later it occurred to Jordan that the play would do well as a comedy. Soon after that the play was a big hit in the three major cities, Boston, Las Vegas, and Washington DC. This is a show that you do not want to miss when vacationing in Las Vegas. It is a humorous play for the whole family.
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