John Shartzer News Today

In the play, through May 5 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre, six well-heeled individuals with a lot to lose show up for a fancy dinner party on a stormy night and are unwillingly pulled into a game of cat and mouse. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair reviews.

The script is filled with pratfalls, sight gags, puns and “Dad jokes,” but what makes this play work is the backstory and the personality given to each character and each role contributes something to the plot.

When Elisabeth Yancey grew up playing the Hasbro game Clue, she didn’t realize she was preparing for her career. Yancey plays the role of Yvette the Maid in the national tour of CLUE, which will have an extended stay from April 9-14 at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State Street in downtown Columbus).