Dust and Shadow at Syracuse Stage June 2, 2027 - June 20, 2027

June 2 - 20, 2027 WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL Music by Jonathan Reid Gealt | Lyrics by Dustin Sullivan | Book by Kasey Marino | Based on the Sherlock Holmes Pastiche novel by Lyndsay Faye | Co-Directed by Madsie Flynn and Melissa Crespo | Produced in association with Amanda Dubois Productions and HudsonMann A new edge-of-your-seat musical thriller. Based on the harrowing novel by Lyndsay Faye, this new musical thriller pits literature’s most famous detective against history’s most notorious madman. London, 1888: The serial killer known as Jack the Ripper stalks the women of Whitechapel and leaves Scotland Yard chasing their tails. At 221B Baker Street, Doctor John Watson anxiously watches on while a dejected Sherlock Holmes, without mysteries to stimulate his uneasy mind, fends off boredom with his “seven percent solution.” When the pair is pulled onto the Whitechapel case to investigate a promising lead, Holmes is reinvigorated, but discovering the truth of the Ripper will lead him down alleys darker and more sinister than anything he has previously encountered. “Thrilling entertainment. Quite simply, a must for Holmes fans and Ripperologists alike.” – Caleb Carr, author of ‘The Alienist’