The cast of  Weatherford College's production of "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" prepare for opening night. The play takes place in a mansion in Chappaqua where a number of people have gathered for an audition. The characters involved in the audition are the same previously involved in a musical in which three chorus girls were killed by the so-called Broadway Slasher. The Slasher has never been found, but new evidence has prompted the police to reopen the case.

"The show has everything from Nazi saboteurs, secret passages, the blizzard of the century, homicidal maniacs and telephones that have gone dead from a series of electrical blackouts," said Nancy McVean, director. "It'll keep you entertained and laughing, for sure. It's hilarious."

The three performances of "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" are free, and the public is invited. Curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. each evening in the Alkek Fine Arts Center on the College's Weatherford campus, 225 College Park Ave. Doors open one-half hour before the start time.