Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps

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Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps - A Tour de force!

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Schedule:

Tue., January 26, 8pm
Wed., January 27, 8pm
Thu., January 28, 8pm
Fri., January 29, 8pm
Sat., January 30, 2pm
Sat., January 30, 8pm
Sun., January 31, 2pm
Sun., January 31, 8pm

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LONGEST-RUNNING COMEDY ON BROADWAY
WINNER! 2 TONY AWARDS®!
WINNER! BEST NEW COMEDY, Olivier Award®
WINNER! UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXP., Drama Desk Award®

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RUN TIMES
Act One: 48 minutes
Intermission: 0:15 to 18
Act Two: 49 minutes
Total Run Time: 2:00 approximate

"Inventively astonishing, riotous & marvelous."
Clive Barnes, New York Post

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have Alfred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS. This 2 time Tony and Drama Desk Award winner is adapted by Patrick Barlow, directed by Maria Aitken and features sets and costumes by Peter McKintosh. The production is based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon and on the book by John Buchan.

Seeking a frivolous night out at the theatre, Richard Hannay is lured into a world of intrigue by a mysterious woman claiming to be a spy. When she winds up dead in his flat, he flees London with the police hot on his trail. This is a classic portrayal of one man’s flight from wrong accusation through a series of misadventures and old fashioned romance.

THE 39 STEPS features a cast of four actors who, against all odds, breathlessly and hilariously attempt to reenact all of the 100+ characters, locations and famous scenes in Hitchcock’s 1935 film thriller with just a few props and a lot of theatrical ingenuity and split second quick changes.

THE 39 STEPS opened to deliriously ecstatic reviews. Ben Brantley, New York Times, called the production, “Absurdly enjoyable! This gleefully theatrical riff on Hitchcock’s film is fast and frothy, performed by a cast of four that seems like a cast of thousands. The actors themselves seem to be having a helluva good time.

As does the audience.” Clive Barnes, New York Post, pronounced THE 39 STEPS "Inventively astonishing, riotous & marvelous." Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News, exclaimed, “Hitchcock probably never imagined his thriller had the makings of a hilarious comedy, but this show is a dizzy delight and an ingenious spoof, inventively directed by Maria Aitken. A fast-paced fun ride!”

Appropriateness Rating: "Fun for all ages."*

www.39StepsOnBroadway.com

*DSM requested "appropriateness" ratings from each show. The rating shown has been provided by the touring company's publicist.

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®2009 Craig Schwartz

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Ticket prices are $15 - $65 for individual tickets. To purchase click on either the big blue "get tickets here" button at left, or on the little 39 Steps poster thumbnail in the right-hand column.

This show is also offered as part of either a Classic or Custom subscription, or add-on to a subscription. To renew your current season subscription, simply log in at right, in the "My DSM" area. For new subscribers, or to view all of the 2010 Subscription details, click here.

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Fun facts -- Longest Running Comedy on Broadway!

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Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, Broadway's longest running comedy, plays its 700th performance tomorrow night, Tuesday, November 10, at the Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street). At that performance, the production will tie the runs of such legendary plays as The Miracle Worker (1959) and That Championship Season (1972). THE 39 STEPS also recently passed such long-running shows as Purlie (1970), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), The Children's Hour (1934) and August: Osage County (2007).

The show will conclude its Tony Award-winning two year run on January 10, 2010, when it will play its final performance on Broadway. THE 39 STEPS will have played 771 performances - the longest running Broadway play in seven years. THE 39 STEPS received its American premiere in September, 2007 at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston. The Broadway production opened January 15, 2008 at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre, moving to the Cort Theatre on April 29, 2008 and then to the Helen Hayes Theatre on January 21, 2009.

Now in its third smash year in London, a US national tour of THE 39 STEPS recently launched at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven. It will play engagements in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Baltimore, Atlanta and Washington, DC, among other cities. Adapted by Patrick Barlow and directed by Maria Aitken, THE 39 STEPS is based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon and on the book by John Buchan. THE 39 STEPS features a cast of four actors who, against all odds, breathlessly and hilariously attempt to reenact all of the characters, locations and famous scenes in Hitchcock's 1935 film thriller with just a few props and a lot of theatrical ingenuity and split second quick changes.

The production stars Arnie Burton (Man #2), Jeffrey Kuhn (Man #1), Sean Mahon (Richard Hannay) and Jill Paice (Annabella Schmidt / Pamela / Margaret). The company also includes Rob Breckenridge, Cameron Folmar and Nisi Sturgis. THE 39 STEPS opened to deliriously ecstatic reviews. Ben Brantley, New York Times, called the production, "Absurdly enjoyable! This gleefully theatrical riff on Hitchcock's film is fast and frothy, performed by a cast of four that seems like a cast of thousands. The actors themselves seem to be having a helluva good time. As does the audience." Clive Barnes, New York Post, pronounced THE 39 STEPS "Inventively astonishing, riotous & marvelous." Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News, exclaimed, "Hitchcock probably never imagined his thriller had the makings of a hilarious comedy, but this show is a dizzy delight and an ingenious spoof, inventively directed by Maria Aitken. A fast-paced fun ride!"

Cast Biographies

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ALLISON JEAN WHITE (Understudy) Credits include The House of Yes (Access Theatre, NYC); Tir na nOg (world premiere); The Crowd You're In With (world premiere, Magic Theatre); Heartbreak House (Berkeley Rep, BATCC nomination); Travesties, The Circle, The Imaginary Invalid, The Real Thing, A Christmas Carol (A.C.T.); Red Light Winter (WHAT). TV/Film: As The World Turns, This is MacBeth, Friends and Lovers. Ms. White spent a year as a core company member and next generation artist at The American Conservatory Theater. She is a graduate of Brown Universtiy and the A.C.T. M.F.A. Program.

CLAIRE BROWNELL (Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret) comes directly from the Broadway production. Also in New York, Brownell adapted, composed and performed in Dirge (Target Margin Theater). Regional credits include The 39 Steps (Huntington Theater); The Rivals and A Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theater); Bring Love to My Doorstep and Postcards From Earth (assistant director, Guthrie Lab); Twelfth Night (Montana Shakespeare Company). Originally from Montana, Brownell holds a B.A. from Carroll College and an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

SCOTT PARKINSON (Man #2) appeared in La Jolla's The Third Story, Broadway's The Coast of Utopia, and as the Stage Manager in David Cromer's acclaimed Our Town, plus Off-Broadway's Orson's Shadow (Barrow Street); The Third Story (MCC); Crime & Punishment (59E59/Writers' Theatre); Queen Margaret in Rose Rage: Henry VI 1, 2, & 3. Regional: Old Globe; Mark Taper Forum; Cassius in Julius Ceasar, The Persians (Shakespeare Theatre). Chicago: Goodman Theater; Chicago Shakespeare; Writers’ Theatre; The Court; Northlight. Other roles include: Hamlet, Richard II, Richard III, lago, Mercutio, the Fool, Puck, Octavius Ceasar, Prince Hal, Treplev, Tom Wingfield, Marchbanks, and Nathan Detroit. Jefferson Award. Featured interview, North American Players of Shakespeare.

SHEFFIELD CHASTAIN (Understudy) credits include Broadway's Is He Dead?, White Christmas, Off-Broadway's A Dangerous Personality (Perry Street Theater) and work at Actors Theatre of Louisville, San Jose Rep, Dallas Theatre Center, Berkeley Rep, Capital Repertory Theatre, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Florida Studio Theatre, Eureka Theater Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Los Angeles Theater Center, Sierra Repertory Theater, Shakespeare festivals in Alabama, Nevada, Santa Cruz, Vermont, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe. TV: Law & Order, Knights of Prosperity, Ed, Nash Bridges, As The World Turns. Film: Charmed & Dangerous and The Knight in Glass Armor.

TED DEASY (Richard Hannay) has appeared Off-Off Broadway in A Phoenix Too Frequent and The 7th of October. His regional career includes performances at Cincinnati Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Players Theatre, Indiana Rep, Syracuse Stage, GeVa Theatre, Yale Rep, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Delaware Theatre Company, Theatre Virginia, Two River Theatre, The Old Globe, among others, including four season with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Television and Film: All My Children, Guiding Light, Prophet of Evil, Secret Bodyguard and Silk Stalkings.

ERIC HISSOM (Man #1) is thrilled to be a part of The 39 Steps National Tour! Eric has appeared in Twelfth Night, Complete Works of William Shakespeare at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Man and Superman and Eastern Standard at Asolo Rep; Our Town and Hedda Gabler at Arden Theater Company; Macbeth and Arcadia at Folger Theatre; Eurydice at Milwaukee Rep; Melissa Arctic at Two River Theater Company; Around the World in Eighty Days at Syracuse Stage; The Mystery of Irma Vep at Cape Playhouse; China – The Whole Enchilada at New York Fringe Festival; and over 25 productions at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Film: Out of Time. Television: Mortal Combat, Sheena, One Tree Hill. Training: Florida State University; Asolo Conservatory; MFA.

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