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Zero Hour
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Jim Brochu

1 m

Comedy

BEST PLAY! 2006 – Los Angeles Stage Ovation Award Winner
BEST SOLO SHOW! 2008 – Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nomination
TOP TEN PLAYS 2008 SEASON! – Florida Sun Sentinel
BEST PLAYWRIGHT! 2007 – Backstage West Garland Award Winner
Set in theatre legend Zero Mostel’s painting studio on West 28th Street, a naïve reporter attempts to interview the famously volatile artist, prompting an explosion of memory, humor, outrage and juicy backstage lore. Mostel is remembered for his comedic genius and his definitive roles, but in the 1950's he was equally known for his place on the infamous Hollywood blacklist. Mostel's swagger, ferocity, intelligence and fantastic wit is brought back to the stage in this volcanic tour-de-force.

“Singularly captivating. Zero Hour is a success. It brings Mostel back to life, just the way his fans want him.” –The New York Times

“Very funny. Brochu's living restoration has brought Mostel's larger-than-life personality back into the spotlight for a laugh-filled, much-welcomed presentation.” –The Associated Press

“It all flows and provides plenty of big laughs as well as hushed drama. After a while, you stop caring whether a particular line is Brochu’s or Mostel’s; all you know is that you’ve been privy to the work of a great comedian.” –The New Yorker

"Critics Pick and FOUR STARS!!! We owe Jim Brochu a debt of gratitude for Zero Hour, an extraordinary act of reincarnation that restores the outsize actor to us in all of his daunting dimensions. From the moment that Brochu spins around to face the audience, he is a Hirschfeld drawing come to pulsing life! You can’t help being swept up in the tornado of energy as Brochu’s star turn conjures forth a Zero larger than life and death.” –TIME OUT New York

“The rumors of Zero Mostel's death have apparently been greatly exaggerated. Jim Brochu recalls his subject so uncannily in looks, voice and anarchic spirit that one immediately wants to see him in revivals of "Forum" and "Fiddler." Thirty-two years after Mostel's untimely death, it's a pleasure to have him back on the boards.” –The New York Post

“Captivating! Frequently funny and always engaging, Brochu evokes the kind of prickle on the back of the neck usually delivered by David Lynch movies.” –Variety

“Zero Hour captures Mostel's rich contradictions in a loving but unvarnished homage as entertaining as the man himself. Brochu reintroduces us to the funny, fantastically contrary Mostel in all his biting intelligence and imperfection….Fantastically Funny!” –Los Angeles Times, Critics Choice

“Zero Hour is an impressive tour de force - a fitting tribute to an irreplaceable force of theatrical nature and a suitably outraged account of the cultural and political purges known as McCarthyism and their invidiously anti-Semitic effect. Mostel is peremptory, anarchic, outrageous, reflective, furious and very funny; Brochu peppering his script with the great comic's best quips. The amount of material and insight Brochu packs into the show is impressive, entertaining and salutary and his Zero is a moving tribute and a cautionary tale, well told.” – San Francisco Chronicle, Critics Choice

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