Run for Old Globe’s ‘Murder on Orient Express’ Extended Days Before Play Opens

Even before the first performance of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, the Old Globe Theatre’s play is a hit.

The run for the West Coast premiere, adapted for the stage by Tony Award–nominated playwright Ken Ludwig and directed by Peter Amster, has been extended for one week due to popular demand.

Previews start at 8 p.m. Sept. 7, with the official opening night on Sept. 12. The production now will continue through Oct. 13 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage at the Old Globe.

Tickets for the additional dates are on sale online.

The classic mystery unfolds on a train traveling through Europe, after a wealthy American tycoon is found dead in his compartment. The famous detective Hercule Poirot must sort through a train full of suspects and solve the murder in time to prevent more mayhem.

“Murder on the Orient Express is Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, and in Ludwig’s hands it delivers fresh jolts of excitement, suspense and surprise,” said Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. He added, “Peter Amster’s production puts a train onstage with uncommon invention and breathtaking imagery, and the cast is top-shelf.”

The cast includes Andrew Sellon (Asolo Repertory Theatre’s The Grapes of Wrath, Curtain Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet) as Poirot, Mylinda Hull (Broadway’s Mr. Saturday Night, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Helen Hubbard, Helen Joo Lee (Goodman Theatre’s Penelopiad, Asolo Repertory’s Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express) as Mary Debenham and Matthew Patrick Quinn (national tours of Hadestown, Finding Neverland) as Samuel Ratchett.