A Killer Party (Song)

Role in the Story
Theater director Varthur McArthur finally announces what he believes will be his latest theatrical hit: A Circus Steamboat Murder, which is a murder mystery musical that takes place on both a circus and a steamboat. Throughout the number, he sends out invitations to our main cast, detailing what roles they will be playing in the initial read-through during a dinner party at his house.

Performers

 * Michael James Scott as Varthur McArthur
 * Drew Gehling as Cameron Mitchelljohn
 * Alex Newell as Shea Crescendo
 * Krystina Alabado as Lily Wright
 * Miguel Cervantes as Clarke Staples
 * Laura Osnes as Vivika Orsonwelles
 * Jarrod Spector as George Murderer

Lyrics
[VARTHUR]

I run a theatre

A classy theatre

And I've been doing it for thirty years

Like Lincoln Center

But my center

Has got a dollar store, a nail salon, and Sears

If you haven't guessed

It's in the Midwest

But no less inferior

We serve the Philistines

On Lake Superior

So what's exciting

Is I've been writing

A piece of theatre never seen before

It's beef and basil

Meets razzle dazzle

With someone lying dead upon the dining room floor

Served with canapes

Is the greatest play

In my theatre's history

I've written a great murder mystery

[ALL]

A killer party, oh, oh, oh

A killer party, whoa, oh, oh

[CAMERON]

There'll be mayhem

And meatballs

[SHEA]

A fight to survive

[VARTHUR]

It's my killer party

And I've never felt so alive

I've sent a letter

[LILY]

An invitation

[VARTHUR]

With everything a guest would need to know

[CLARKE]

And in the letter is information

[VIVIKA]

About the role that I'll be playing in the show

[VARTHUR]

And I soon amassed

The most perfect cast

In my theatre's history

[ALL]

To star in a great murder mystery

[VIVIKA]

It's called "The Circus Steamboat Murder"

[GEORGE]

What?

[LILY]

You know, that really is a clever theme

[CAMERON]

There is a circus inside a steamboat?

[GEORGE]

What?

[SHEA]

How did he know that this is a designer's wet dream?

[ALL]

Murder on a boat

Merrily they float

Trapped alone like baby rats

With lions, a ringmaster

Clowns, and some acrobats

A killer party, oh, oh, oh

A killer party, whoa, oh, oh

There'll be motives and Malbec

A fight to survive

[VARTHUR]

It's my killer party

And I've never felt so alive

[ALL]

A party, a party

A great dinner party

Tonight

A killer party, oh, oh, oh

A killer party, whoa, oh, oh

There'll be secrets and salads

A sensual tryst

Turns out that Oliver

Ain't the best twist

Misdirects and missteps

Sausages and suspects

Ingenues and intrigue

This'll make us major league

[VARTHUR]

Ready now to run it

Now let's see whodunnit

[ALL]

It's a fight to survive

[VARTHUR]

And I've never felt so-

Resources

 * https://genius.com/Original-cast-of-a-killer-party-a-killer-party-lyrics