Review: In ‘Dial M for Murder’ at Drury Lane, figuring out whodunit was never the point

Review: In ‘Dial M for Murder’ at Drury Lane, figuring out whodunit was never the point

Ever an astute observer of pop culture, Fran Drescher’s title character in the 1990s sitcom “The Nanny” once complained that the TV crime drama “Columbo” reveals whodunit in the first five minutes, and you spend the rest of the episode wondering which of Peter Falk’s eyes is made of glass. Of course, she’s right about the formula, while missing the point of this particular flavor of thriller: the drama lies not in working out the identity of the…