Review: Dastardly Deathtrap remains relevant in hands of skilled actors and director

Even after 45 years, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap still deserves its reputation as a venerable stage thriller because it delivers on its promise of thrills, surprises and laughs.

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Sidney Bruhl, the murderously devious playwright in Levin’s thriller, says a successful whodunnit has “a juicy murder in act one,  unexpected developments in act two, and offers sound construction, crackling good dialogue, and laughs in all the right places.” With this observation, sly old Levin is describing his own play which has at least one murder, several surprises most people won’t see coming, some delightfully bitchy dialogue, and a hilarious, scene-stealing psychic character.