The Game's Afoot Nominated for Edgar Award

Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot has been nominated for an Edgar® Award as Best Play by The Mystery Writers of America.The 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2011 and will be presented to the winners at the 66th Gala Banquet, April 26, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.The Game’s Afoot, a comedy-thriller, made box office history during its word premiere at the Cleveland Play House last November.According to the Cleveland Plane Dealer, “Ludwig's holiday whodunit about American actor William Gillette, who made a fortune playing Sherlock Holmes, became the top-selling show in Play House history."Set in December 1936, The Game's Afoot begins as Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it’s up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.Pictured: William Gillette and his cast of "Sherlock Holmes" discover a clue in the Cleveland Play House production of Ken Ludwig's "The Game's Afoot (or Holmes for the Holidays)," directed by Aaron Posner, on stage in the Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare, November 25 - December 24, 2011. Pictured from left: Patricia Kilgarriff, Lise Bruneau, Eric Hissom, Donald Sage Mackay, Rob McClure, Mattie Hawkinson. Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni.