"Curtains," a musical send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 and 9 and 2 p.m. Nov. 10 at Salisbury High School, 500 E. Montgomery St., Salisbury Township.

Director and costume designer is Lehigh Valley actor-director Will Windsor Erwin, who describes "Curtains" as "a play within a play."

When an actor in "Robbin' Hood of the Old West" is murdered on opening night, Lt. Frank Cioffi, a police detective and music theater fan, is brought in to solve the case. The show must go on and so do the laughs.

The book is by Rupert Holmes, with lyrics by Fred Ebb and music by John Kander, with additional lyrics by Kander and Holmes.

"Curtains" had its world premiere in 2006 in Los Angeles, opened on Broadway in 2007 and received eight Tony Award nominations, with David Hyde Pierce, who played Lt. Frank Cioffi, receiving the leading actor in a musical Tony. The Broadway run concluded in 2008.

Songs in the musical include "Wide Open Spaces," "The Woman's Dead," "In The Same Boat," "It's A Business," "I Miss The Music," "A Tough Act To Follow" and "Thataway!"

The cast includes Dane Galbraith, John Leiderman, Carolyn Boulay, Abigail Garrigan and Hali Letlow.

Ticket information: 610-797-4107

High School Musicals is an occasional series in the Focus section that previews musicals being presented that are being considered for the annual Freddy awards presented at the State Theatre for the Arts, Easton.