Clue at The Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, December 2-7
By: Scott Holland
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Broadway Across America are proud to continue the 2025–26 Broadway in Miami series with the Miami premiere of CLUE, playing a limited engagement December 2–7, in the Ziff Ballet Opera House.
Led by Broadway director Casey Hushion (Associate Director of Mean Girls and The Prom, Associate Resident Director of Aladdin, choreography for the Netflix series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget. Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench? Celebrating 76 years since the beloved board game’s debut in 1949 and based on the fan-favorite 1985 Paramount Pictures movie and inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, CLUE is the ultimate whodunit that will leave you dying of laughter and keep you guessing until the final twist.
It was a pleasure to sit down with Adam Brett, who plays Wadsworth for this exclusive Hotspots interview:
At what age did you begin performing and how did it happen?
I started when I was 3 dressing up in costumes and parading to Broadway musicals in my living room, and then my parents put me into theater camp. I did my first show at 5, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and haven’t stopped since.
What was your first professional gig acting (a gig you got paid any amount of money for)?
When I was 12, I did a production of a small Christmas Show, and I played the young Ethan Claymore. That was my first exposure to acting as a professional actor. It was my first taste of what professional theater is.
When did you know performing would be your career?
It’s such a hard industry and I feel lucky that I can keep doing it, but it was never not be an option, so with perseverance and practice and patience I am going to keep forging that path and I take the opportunities when they come and I am grateful to have them.
Other than this show, what has been your favorite role so far?
I have done so many amazing shows, but the ones that got me into theater are my favorite. Jekyll and Hyde were one of those and I got to do a production of it 2 years ago and it healed my inner child, so I have to say that role. I played the role of Simon Stride.
What’s your fantasy role (a role you haven’t played but would die to play)?
I want to so desperately play Tevya in “Fiddler on the Roof,” but I think I have to wait a few more years for that.
Describe yourself in 3 words?
Quiet, gregarious, and old-soul.
What do you do for fun?
I love to cook; it’s one of my favorite things to do: making homemade pasta with my wooden cutting board. I love to read, currently I am reading Dracula. I also love watching movies.
Since we all grew up playing Clue and many of us saw the movie, is there extra pressure playing such an iconic character that almost everyone knows?
Extra pressure maybe, but it’s such a fun role and it’s a thrill and a rush. Everything is an homage to Tim Curry; and I am so grateful to play this role that he originated.
I saw the show last year and you are on stage almost the entire show, how do you keep the energy?
It goes by so fast and its such a rush, you have no time to process or rest. I think this show would be more difficult with an intermission. You have no time to rest, and my energy just keeps going and going.
Finally, what should our readers expect from this touring company of “Clue?”
They should expect a night of laughter. They will walk out with their bellies hurting from laughing so much. They will also walk out feeling full of life which is ironic since this is a play about death. I promise they will have a blast!
For more information on Adam, follow him on Instagram.com/Adam_Brett_ For more information on Clue, go to: clueliveonstage.com
To purchase tickets for Clue, which are $48 to $177, go online at Arshtcenter.org or at the Arsht box office by calling (305) 949-6722.
