Review: ‘Deathtrap’ grips audience with polished performance at Wildish Theater

SPRINGFIELD —Does the name Ira Levin ring a bell? 

It will if you’re old enough to remember “Rosemary’s Baby.” Levin wrote the novel and the screenplay, plus a slew of other blockbusters, including “The Stepford Wives.” His play “Deathtrap” opened on Broadway in 1978 and stayed open for four years to become the longest-running comedy-thriller to this day.

A well-polished local production of “Deathtrap” by The Not Ready for Retirement Playersopened last Friday at…