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The Murder Mystery Party Experience
The top interactive murder mystery party company in new york city
At Broadway Murder Mysteries, we host private murder mystery party experiences in New York City and Los Angeles for groups of all sizes.
Our professional hosts will travel to your venue - whether a home, office, restaurant, or event venue - and turn it into the scene of an unforgettable murder mystery crime. Our professional actors lead a fully immersive, interactive experience where your guests become part of the story—not just spectators.
From the moment the mystery begins, our team handles everything: guiding the investigation, introducing twists and surprises, and keeping guests engaged from start to finish. Whether you're planning a corporate event, birthday party, fundraiser, or private celebration, we create an experience your guests will be talking about long after the killer is revealed.
Our NYC murder mystery party hosts are all professional trained actors who travel to Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island. We also travel nation-wide to host murder mystery parties.
What Is a Murder Mystery Party?
A murder mystery party is a live, interactive theatrical experience where guests work together to solve a fictional crime. Throughout the murder mystery event, participants gather clues, interrogate suspects, uncover secrets, and piece together the evidence to identify the culprit.
Unlike traditional party games or DIY murder mystery game kits, Broadway Murder Mysteries provides a fully hosted experience featuring professional actors, engaging storylines, and expert event coordination. We take care of the entertainment, allowing you to relax and enjoy the mystery alongside your guests.
The result is a one-of-a-kind event that combines the excitement of a true crime mystery, the energy of live theater, and the fun of a party into a truly memorable experience.
Why choose an interactive murder mystery experience for your next event?
Murder mystery parties are perfect for many occasions, including corporate event entertainment, office holiday party entertainment, birthday party entertainment, university welcome week events, holiday celebrations, and Halloween events.
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HOW OUR MURDER MYSTERY PARTIES WORK
Our murder mystery party NYC experiences are a guaranteed killer time for groups of all sizes. Here’s how the process works.
1. Choose Your Murder Mystery Party Mystery Theme
Select the themes that's right for your group from the 30+ themes we have available here. Whether you're planning a corporate event, birthday celebration, fundraiser, holiday party, or private gathering, we'll help you choose the perfect murder mystery party theme for your group.
2. Reserve Your Private Murder Mystery Party Date
Tell us when and where you'd like to host your interactive murder mystery party in New York City, We can bring the mystery to your home, office, restaurant, event venue, or other location of your choice. Our hosts are professional actors located in New York City and Los Angeles, and can travel to other cities as well!
3. We Handle the Murder Mystery Event Details
Our team coordinates the actors and murder mystery materials to ensure a seamless experience. Every party includes up to 20 suspect roles for guests to play, evidence files, a professional host to act as your Lead Detective and party guide, and a set of question menus to interrogate all the suspects. Additional guests can participate as detectives and interrogate suspects throughout your interactive murder mystery party.
We can help assign characters in advance so that your guests know how to dress according to their character’s costume recommendations, or roles can be assigned at the start of the murder mystery event.
4. The Event Run Down
Our professional actor(s) arrive in character and set the scene for an evening of suspense, laughter, and intrigue. Your Lead Detective will provide guests with their character booklet that includes all their secret information and a “script” to follow throughout the three rounds of interrogations and ultimate reveal.
If you are hosting your murder mystery party as part of a dinner party, we can integrate our 3 act structure around your meal. A sample 2.5 hour murder mystery event timeline is as follows:
- 6pm Guests arrive, mix and mingle and are assigned characters. Our Lead Detective will assign one of your guests as the murderer in secret.
- 6:30pm The Lead Detective will start the round of introductions and Round One interrogations.
- 6:45pm Appetizers are served.
- 7:00pm The Lead Detective will start round 2 interrogations.
- 7:15pm Dinner is served.
- 7:45pm The Lead Detective will start round 3 interrogations.
- 8pm Dessert is served as guests make their wagers on who the killer is. Then the Lead Detective will call on suspects to reveal their innocence, leaving the killer as the final reveal.
- 8:30pm End of “show”
WHAT OUR KILLER CLIENTS SAY...
Thank you to the entire crew at Broadway Murder Mysteries. Everyone has been so wonderful, responsive and thorough, and this has, by far, been the easiest holiday party to coordinate!
Ann S.
VERIFIED BUYER OMG what a fabulous time we had. Our host was amazing. Couldn’t imagine a better birthday event. I say run don’t walk and book them for your next event. From beginning to end it was great, professional, and well worth every penny. I am still over the moon.
Mark S.
VERIFIED BUYER Thank you so much for that and thank you for your level of professionalism with such an unruly bunch of people. Ontario is under a complete stay at home order due to such high covid cases and it was just what everyone needed to blow off some steam. Cannot thank you enough.
Rebecca L.
VERIFIED BUYER OMG what a fabulous time we had. Brandon was amazing. Couldn't imagine a better birthday event. I say run don't walk and book them for your next event. From beginning to end it was great, professional, and well worth every penny. I am still over the moon.
Patty F.
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What to Expect at Your Murder Mystery Party
Murder Mystery Party Duration :
Typically 1.5–2.5 hours
Actors :
1–4 professional actors depending on group size
Guests :
Flexible (from intimate gatherings to large parties, we’ve worked with groups as small as 6 and up to 250+)
Location :
We come to your home, restaurant, office, or chosen venue. Our hosts are based in New York City and can travel to other cities if needed.
Setup :
Minimal setup required — we bring the game materials, and all actors come dressed in costume.
Interaction Level :
Fully interactive and guided. Guests may participate to the level of their comfort.
Our Murder Mystery Private Party Packages
PRIVATE EYE PACKAGE
Our murder mystery party planner will help you choose the best theme for your group, coordinate the materials for your guests, and arrange for one of our professional hosts to lead an interactive murder mystery experience at the venue of your choosing. We’ll bring the talent and materials, you sit back and enjoy being part of the experience.
HYBRID HOMICIDE PACKAGE
Our NYC murder mystery party planner will help you choose the best theme for your group, coordinate the materials for your guests, and arrange for one of our professional hosts to Zoom in for your event to act as your lead detective. For parties outside of NYC and Los Angeles, this can be a great option to have a professionally planned and hosted party without the travel cost.
VIRTUAL MURDER MYSTERY PACKAGE
Our fully virtual murder mystery events are the perfect way to bring teams and families together from across the globe. All guests and the host will meet on zoom for a fully planned and guided virtual version of our standard murder mystery party event. Your NYC murder mystery party host will lead your group and keep the suspense.
FULL MONTY MURDER MYSTERY EVENTS
Our Full Monty murder mystery experiences are near full-scale productions with multiple actors who bring the show to your venue. These events are interactive, fully-scripted shows where our professional actors play the suspects and detectives, while your guests participate by interrogating our actors throughout the multiple acts of the show. We offer a variety of shows, including CLUE: Mystery at the Mansion, and officially licensed production.
CLUE: MYSTERY AT THE MANSION (Official License)
This is CLUE reimagined as a luxury, live, immersive theatrical experience — performed exclusively for your group, in your chosen venue, by Broadway-caliber talent. For two unforgettable hours, your guests don’t just watch a mystery unfold. They step inside it.
You’re invited to an elite investor celebration for a glamorous new hotel. The champagne is flowing. Deals are whispered. Then—the host is found dead. Guided by the universally recognized suspects from the world-renowned board game CLUE, and performed by Broadway-caliber talent, it's now up to you to solve the crime. In this two-hour immersive CLUE experience, guests step into the investigation—interrogating a cast of powerful suspects, uncovering secrets, and piecing together the truth. In the end, there’s only one question that matters: Who did it… where… and with what?
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MURDER MYSTERY PARTY FAQs
Here are answers to common questions about our private murder mystery party NYC hosting services.
New York City has many private and corporate event entertainment options. A murder mystery party is an excellent choice for groups looking to have some structure and entertainment for their event, while also allowing time to mingle. Our murder mystery parties are designed for guests to feel free to dress up and get into character, or sit back and enjoy the show around them.
Murder mystery parties are perfect for most occasions, including corporate holiday party entertainment, birthday parties, university welcome week entertainment, retirement parties, game nights, gala and fundraiser events, and more.
While we do have a list of recommended venues, we typically host our NYC murder mystery party experiences at whichever venue our clients chooses. We can host at a private residence, restaurant, event space, office and more.
Broadway Murder Mysteries is a women, LGBTQ-owned local New York business. We pride ourselves on exceptional service and our hosts are among the top professional immersive theater actors in New York City. We have a rigorous audition and training process for our hosts to ensure excellence for every event. We also write all our own murder mystery party themes and have more than 30 fun themes to choose from for any occasion.
While we do love to host private murder mystery events in New York City and nation-wide, we also offer a large selection of self-hosted murder mystery game kits available on our website.
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