Perfect Crime

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Perfect Crime (1987), a thriller by Warren Manzi. [47th Street Theatre, still running.] Author and psychiatrist Margaret Thorne Brent ( Cathy Russell) and her psychiatrist husband, Harrison (Manzi), are interviewed by Inspector Archer ( Perry Perkkanen), who is investigating a local murder. Archer soon becomes obsessed with Margaret, her work, her patients, and her link to the crime. When Harrison is murdered, Archer proves that Margaret did it and arrests her, even though he has fallen in love with the brilliant murderess. The little thriller opened without fanfare, gathered a few appreciative reviews and, without ever becoming a hot ticket, survived into the next century. It is estimated that Russell played Margaret over four thousand times. Perfect Crime holds the record for Off Broadway's longest‐running nonmusical.

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