Read the coverage →A Killer Night in Studio City is a highly entertaining night out that escape room fans, mystery lovers, and theatergoers alike will thoroughly enjoy.
A Killer Night in Studio City
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Read the complete review“As the mystery unfolds around them, guests enjoy dinner curated by Vitello’s, while live performances of iconic 1950s music transform the evening into something part stage comedy, part murder mystery, part supper club, and part Hollywood time machine. Who could resist something like this?!”
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Step Inside the Mystery
Dinner, music, comedy, and deadly secrets await inside Vitello’s.
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Critical Response
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Read the coverage →Smoothly helmed by Noah Blake with an eye to creating a campy description of a Hollywood that never existed but was lionized in multiple films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, A Killer Night in Studio City achieves its goal of entertaining and amusing.
Read the coverage →I love out-of-the-box events, and that’s exactly what A Killer Night in Studio City is. This is a very different night of theatre for LA. It’s interesting on several different levels. I’ve been a restaurant and theatre critic for decades now, and this is a first for me!
Read the coverage →This new play written by Kevin Allen Jackson and Kristine Dickson is a classic story of what the movie biz was like during its remaining glory days of old Hollywood.
Read the coverage →The highlight of the evening is the music, performed by the musically talented cast who perform such popular ditties from the past as “Johnny One Note,“ “I Did It my Way,” “You Don’t Own Me” and “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,
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A Night to Remember
Interview Series
In Conversation with Noah Blake
Noah Blake discusses the production, its characters, and the personal journey behind returning to Vitello’s.
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Interviews & Conversations
Radio
KPFK Arts in Review
An interview about the creation of A Killer Night in Studio City.
September 11, 2026 · Approximately 30 minutes
Podcast
Stage Whisper
Co-writers and co-producers Kevin Allen Jackson and Kristine Dickson discuss the production on Whisper in the Wings.
Episode 1831 · September 17, 2026 · 41 minutes
Production Gallery
Inside the Mystery
A glimpse inside the glamorous—and dangerous—world of Hollywood in 1958.
Press & Features
In the Spotlight
Video Feature
Halloween Every Night
Go inside A Killer Night in Studio City with performance footage and interviews about the story and its creation.
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The Hollywood Reporter
A Killer Night in Studio City’s opening night appears in The Hollywood Reporter’s entertainment-events gallery.
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BroadwayWorld
A Killer Night in Studio City is featured in BroadwayWorld’s Los Angeles theatre coverage.
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TheaterMania
David Gordon previews the immersive murder mystery and explores Noah Blake’s return to a venue closely connected to his family’s history.
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