Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!

In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure! The 39 Steps, was Broadway's longest running comedy, and played its 500th performance on Broadway, May 19th, 2009!

"A wonderful triumph of theatre!" -BBC Radio

"It's really not so much about a spoof of Hitchcock, which it is, of course; it's really an homage to the theater. Not the contemporary theater, where mermaids traverse the stage on wheels and gargantuan mechanical sets get bigger applause than the actors, but the nostalgic version that survives on greasepaint and hammy actors. It's a valentine to that kind of creativity and imagination, of doing so much with so little..." - The New York Times

"THEATER AT ITS FINEST... 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." – Ben Brantley, The New York Times

"The most entertaining show on Broadway!" –Liz Smith, The New York Post

"INGENIOUS! A DIZZY DELIGHT!" –Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News

"RIOTOUS & MARVELOUS!" –Clive Barnes, The New York Post

"Whirlwind funny business!" –Michael Sommers, The Star-Ledger

"A giddy display of theatrical invention!" –David Rooney, Variety

"comedy of the highest order!" –Roma Torre, NY1

"About the cleverest show on Broadway in a long time!" –David Richardson, WOR Radio

"Rollicking Fun! Hugely Entertaining!" - Sunday Times

"Clever, very funny, imaginative and brilliantly acted!" -The Guardian

"Dizzyingly entertaining show!" - Daily Telegraph

The 39 Steps was first produced on stage by North Country Theatre in April 1996 at the Georgian Theatre, Richmond, North Yorkshire. It subsequently toured extensively throughout the UK courtesy of Charles Vance. This latest version, adapted by Patrick Barlow from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon was first performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on June 17, 2005, directed by Fiona Buffini. The original London production of The 39 Steps by arrangement with Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Limited, opened at the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn on August 10, 2006 and transferred to the Criterion Theatre in the West End on September 14, 2006, directed by Maria Aitken. The 39 Steps was first produced on Broadway by the Roundabout Theater Company under Todd Haimes, Artistic Director; Harold Wolpert, Managing Director; Julia C. Levy, Executive Director; in association with Bob Boyett, Harriet Newman Leve/Ron Nicynski, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Manocherian Golden Productions, Olympus Theatricals/Douglas Denoff and Marek J. Cantor/Pat Addiss; and the Huntington Theater Company; opening on January 15, 2008 at the American Airlines Theater in New York City, directed by Maria Aitken.

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ANNABELLA SCHMIDT/PAMELA/MARGAET
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