Drop Dead! by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore was produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Synopsis from Samuel French, Inc.
A cast of has been actors plan to revive their careers in Drop Dead!, a potboiler murder mystery directed by "Wonder Child of the
Broadway Stage" Victor Le Pewe (a psychotic eye twitching megalomaniac). At the dress rehearsal the set falls, props break, and
the producer and an actor are murdered. During the opening night performance, the murders continue. The remaining thespians
must save the show and their careers, solve the mystery and stay alive for curtain calls.