A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Steve and I saw A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder the other day.  Absolutely loved it!   Hilarious Victorian tale of revenge and succession.  The pre-show talk describes it as Sweeney Todd meets Monty Python at Downton Abbey, and it's perfectly true!

Monty Navarro is a distantly removed heir of the D'ysquith family.  His mom was disowned for marrying for love.   There are 8 in the line above him and he successfully offs each of them in very creative ways.   There are two love interests, amazing costuming, and all of the D'ysquiths that Monty kills are played by the same actor (both men and women)!

The music is witty with terrific harmonies, reminiscent of Gilbert and Sullivan.   The lyrics remind me of the works of Stephen Sondheim.

We we ahead and purchased the soundtrack right after the pre-show talk before the show began!  It's really worth seeing!