Thanks to the neat structure of Ken Ludwig’s adaptation and this show’s lush staging, the 1934 murder mystery sweeps viewers onto a train and into another era.

Woke jokes, drama jokes and 9/11 jokes commingle in Giselle Bonilla's movie about romance and revenge among faculty at a high school.

I sat so close to the theater screen when I saw “Mercy” that I felt like the image was going to fall on top of me. This isn’t my normal