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By Tim Brouk / For Based in Lafayette
“And Then There Were None,” 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25; 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26; noon Wednesday, Oct. 26, and Nov. 1, Harmony Theater, Hillsboro — Formerly known as Myers Dinner Theater, the Greater Lafayette dinner theater mainstay was renamed as The Harmony Theater. The venue near the border of Fountain and Montgomery counties holds a variety of lively live entertainment and with it being close to Halloween, Harmony Theater will present murder most foul in the form of “And Then There Were None,” a mystery show written by the queen of mysteries herself — Agatha Christie. Based on her book by the same name, Christie actually wrote the play herself several years after the original story’s success. The book and play were made into a BBC television series in 2015 as well. $43.60-$65. Tickets.
“You Have the Right to Remain Dead,” 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, and 5 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, Duncan Hall, 619 Ferry St., Lafayette — If you’re still hungry for more murder mystery dinner theater, do check out Lafayette Dinner Show’s latest production, “You Have the Right to Remain Dead.” The whodunnit, audience-participating show finds a rich Southern family torn apart by secrets — and now murder. The show stars April Hawkins as the frazzled Blanche LeToure, Adam L. Vester White as the pompous narrator, and Tom Westrick as Officer Bainbridge, a long-suffering cop that must make sense of the madness and colorful characters. Sounds like he could use some help from you. $50 and $65. Tickets.
Monster Mash on the Wabash, noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, downtown Lafayette — With temperatures cooling a touch, downtown Lafayette is finally ready to embrace fall and its best holiday — Halloween. The annual Monster Mash on the Wabash is a free street festival centered on Main Street that will feature a pumpkin patch, zombie crawl and costume contests for those wanting to celebrate early. Live music, food trucks and local businesses selling their wares(wolves) will sweeten the deal. Kids should bring their best costumes and largest candy receptacles for the first trick-or-treating of the week.
Doom Room’s Halloween Bash with Protrusion, Shoved into Traffic, Krocophile and Gouted Corpse, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, North End Pub, 2100 Elmwood Avenue, Lafayette — You can’t have a Saturday before Halloween without ringing ears, a sore body from moshing and headbanging, and the Doom Room. The local metal promoter has given Lafayette a Halloween party for the past 12 years, and the 2025 edition could be the most brutal of them all. A half local/half out-of-state lineup will include the car-crash chaos of Shoved into Traffic as well as Protrusion, the latest in a decades-long procession of awesome Lafayette death metal bands. Joining the spooky sonic fun will be Gouted Corpse, a Cleveland death metal quintet with one of my favorite band names ever, and Krocophile, a Michigan slam metal act. Slam metal is like the slower cousin of death metal that is heavy on guttural vocals and guitar riffs that “slam.” Between sets, there will be contests for best costume, best scream queen and best guitar shredding where local guitarists will make fretboards beg for mercy for prizes and glory. $10.
“The Phantom of the Opera” with Ken Double on the Wurlitzer theater pipe organ, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette — To celebrate the 100th anniversary of “The Phantom of the Opera,” the Long Center will present the classic silent horror film the best way it can be experienced — with the “mighty” Wurlitzer theater pipe organ amped up and played by Ken Double, a former Lafayette entertainer who performs on the lavish instrument like Picasso on canvas. $15. Tickets.
Tim Brouk is a longtime arts and entertainment reporter. He writes here (almost) weekly, tracking things to do for Based in Lafayette.
BONUS CUTS …
Comedian Tom Segura brings his “Come Together” tour to Elliott Hall of Music at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. Tickets for the Purdue Convos/Purdue Student Concert Committee show, here’s a link.
Purdue Victories & Heroes homecoming celebration and Purdue-Kentucky basketball exhibition game watch party, 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, Mackey Arena. Free, but registration is required for tickets.
Purdue Homecoming Parade, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. The parade starts at Memorial Mall before making its way down Mitch Daniels Boulevard and Martin Jischke Drive to the CoRec. Free.
Lafayette Police Department’s third annual Cops and Goblins Trunk or Treat event, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, Lafayette Public Safety Center, 601 Columbia St.
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