A Killer Party (Reprise)

Role in the Story
The true culprit is finally uncovered to be none other than Varthur's twin brother, Arthur, who reveals that Varthur's plays were all plagiarized from him and that he attempted the murder as an act of vengeance and to regain his rightful place as a play writing king.

Performers

 * Michael James Scott as Arthur McArthur

Lyrics
[ARTHUR]

My name is Arthur, Arthur McArthur

It's spelled like "Varthur" but without the "V"

That little difference makes all the difference

When there's a twin stealing your identity

Happened all my life, so I thought tonight I would rewrite history

Which is why I created this mystery

A killer party, oh

A killer party, whoa

It was Arthur, not Varthur, who wrote all your shows

You don't even know how deep this sibling rivalry goes

Well, he kept at it

Until I'd had it

I snapped and shot at him in point-blank range

Except I missed him

And went to prison

Where I've written plays to deal with my deep-seated rage

What I didn't know is my clever bro

On another power trip would steal and take credit

For every manuscript

He was a phony, oh-ho-ho

I want my Tony, whoa

I've been locked in the basement since I got parole

So I wrote this play as a way of regaining control

I had planned to cut the power while you all were eating dinner

Forcing Varthur to come down so I could kill him in the basement

I would put on all his clothing then come up to join the party

And you'd never know that I was his identical replacement

What I didn't know, of course, was that his guests would try to kill him

And that Clarke instead of Varthur would be coming down the stairwell

I let Clarke pass in the dark and grabbed a ladle from the kitchen

And I clonked my brother with it as a very final farewell

I knew Clarke would find the fuse box so I hid inside the closet

And decided I'd switch bodies as soon as I was able

While you two were checking out the soup I tried but couldn't swap it

But while the rest took a steamboat, I took his place at the table

At my killer party, oh

A killer party, whoa

I put clues in the story

I layered them in

Take the "E" from the word "twine" and you get "twin"

Throw the stamp and fuse box

The kid who talks like Gavroche

The plagiarizing bombshell

The steward doing ASL

Almost got off scot-free

Can't believe she caught me

I was made in the shade

If it wasn't for that meter maid

Resources

 * https://genius.com/Killer-party-a-killer-party-reprise-lyrics