Making The Murdoch Mysteries Musical – Why is Everybody Singing?
Take a look behind the scenes of this groundbreaking musical episode
The latest episode in Season 17 of Murdoch Mysteries, titled "Why is Everybody Singing?" is a harmonious departure from the series' signature sleuthing, intertwining the intrigue of crime-solving with the enchantment of song and dance.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at all that went into the shooting of Canada's first-ever musical episode of dramatic television. Murdoch Mysteries' key cast and creatives bring fans behind the camera and into the special musical universe that was created in making Why Is Everybody Singing? Sit in on the table read, go into the recording studio and join in on all the dance rehearsals of what is lovingly referred to as the show's "Broadway Bootcamp."
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In the episode, while pursuing a missing man now presumed dead, Murdoch takes a call that alters his perception of the world. After heading into a lively alley, he's shot in the head and left for dead. Could this be the end of our favourite prim and proper lawman and inventor? Of course not, this is a musical.
Crabtree and Higgins find him with the faintest pulse clinging to life. As Brackenreid, Ogden, Watts and Hart rush to the scene and the constables question a newsboy, a beggar, various vendors and other witnesses, Murdoch hears their inquiries in song.
The musical accounts swoop and soar, confounding the detective who can't understand why everyone around him is singing instead of focusing on who shot him.