“Columbo” Stage Adapation Going to Broadway!

It was announced today that there will be a stage adaptation made of the classic TV series Columbo that will be presented on Broadway. Entitled Columbo Takes the Rap, this theatrical mystery promises to be a great night of theater and was already a hit at the International Mystery Writers festival in Owensboro, Kentucky where it was presented last month in June of 2007.

The stage adapation of the series will able written by William Link who created the show along with Richard Levison, bringing the cigar-smoking detective, with his easily distractable ways, to life. The original televisioin series ran from 1971 to 1978 on a regular basis and then began to run more sporadically from 1989-2003 when it finally ended its run.

The play Columbo Takes The Rap will be produced by Zev Buffman, of such shows as Private Lives, and will begin on a national tour before it hit Broadway next year, in 2008. The role of Columbo will not be played by Peter Falk, who played the role in the long-running television series, but instead will be played by Norm Boucher, a Chicago-based actor who also played the role at the Mystery Writers Festival. For your chance to see this great show, make sure you get tickets at stubhub.com today!

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