Buffalo Theater: Strong performances buoy lesser-known Kander & Ebb musical
(Image above: Lisa Ludwig, front and center, anchors a stellar cast)
As Kander and Ebb musicals go, Curtains may not be the first that comes to mind. Those would be Cabaret and Chicago.
Curtains, a show-biz murder mystery, is the last that Ebb contributed to, as he died in 2004 (original bookwriter Peter Stone had also died in 2004). Kander finished the project with Rupert Holmes, famous for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, though probably more famous for “Escape (If You Like Pina Coladas).”…