Top left, Sage Smith, playing musical composer Roger Hopewell, holds up Helga, the maid, during Saturday’s performance at the Fredericksburg Theater Company. Top right, Daniel Hofmann plays Eddie McCuen, a comedian auditioning for a show, in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Left, the cast of The Musical Comedy Murder of 1940 takes a bow during Saturday’s performance. From left, Jobby Johnson, David Turner, Sage Smith, Sara Holliday, Allison Bible, Daniel Hofmann, Tyson Zinsmeyer, Pamela Bowmer, Priscilla Castañeda and Lily Brewer. – Standard-Radio Post/Annie Bresee