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The Mousetrap’: Snowed In, With A Murderer On The Loose

How well can we really know someone,? We know what they tell us, what they want us to see. And for those who are evil or manipulative, the outer appearance can be just an illusion. Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at Gulfshore Playhouse’ toys with the audience like a cat plays with a mouse before killing it, while occasionally feeding us red herrings.

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Bill Hirschman
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Hoary, Dependable Mousetrap Springs Again At The Maltz

The Mousetrap at the Maltz is indeed a hoary old chestnut chock full of clichés which weren’t even new when it bowed in 1952. But director Peter Amster and his cast wisely don’t try to fight it or update it. Instead they embrace it with gusto and with hardly a post-modern wink other than playing up everyone’s suspicious facets with a gleeful melodramatic flair that is usually, but not always under control.

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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