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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Musical review – no frights, no thrills … this mashup is a mystery

Scarlett Strallen (centre) in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Musical at Theatre Royal Bath.
Jumbled … Scarlett Strallen (centre) in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Musical at Theatre Royal Bath. Photograph: Manuel Harlan

Alfred Hitchcock had confirmed his place in Hollywood’s film-making firmament by the time he launched his anthology of TV stories in 1955. The episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents were half-hour nuggets from his chilling imagination – cautionary tales of adultery, crime and comeuppance, bookended by his own wry commentaries.

The series gripped American and British audiences alike with its killer twists. If only that were the case with this musical homage composed by Steven Lutvak, with a book by Jay Dyer.

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