The 39 Steps News

The other day during the press screening of Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones , I happened to notice that Jackson made a cameo appearance in the movie.

Tickets to see ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S THE 39 STEPS at the Curran Theatre! ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S THE 39 STEPS "Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have...Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, Broadway's most intriguing, most thrilling, most riotous, most UNMISSABLE comedy smash! The mind-blowing cast of 4 plays ...

THEATRE: Direct from the West End comes Alfred Hitchcock's classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, recreated by Patrick Barlow as the smash hit Olivier Award Winning Best New Comedy.

WOULD the ulcer John Buchan was suffering from whilst penning The 39 Steps have burst from indignation had he seen his spy thriller transformed into a comedy caper? Or would the Scottish-born author have curled up the corners of his British stiff upper lip in pride and joined in the audience's thunderous applause? Patrick Barlow's script has ...

Alfred Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps' Four actors play 150 roles in adapter Patrick Barlow and director Maria Aitken's fast-paced, quick-change whodunit based on the Hitchcock classic.

There is very little to choose between Broadway and Hollywood these days. Theatrical producers seem to think that audiences want the sort of spectacle they see on the big screen.

Alfred Hitchcock fans, take note. The hit Broadway show "The 39 Steps" is coming to San Francisco, and John Clark has the scoop, including interviews with the director and the writer of the adaptation.

For Patrick Barlow, who adapted "Alfred Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps,' " the production is never over.

Good e-e-evening, ladies and gentlemen. For your entertainment, the master of suspense will be subjected to shameless sendups in the hope that theatergoers will fall down laughing at "The 39 Steps." A giddy homage to the characters, MacGuffins, jolts and twists in Alfred Hitchcock's films, this Broadway smash promises a jolly good time for movie ...

All the World's a Soundstage: STC serves up a Hollywood mashup of As You Like It.

Work by Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Milligan and Alan Bennett will be brought to the stage in Bradford next year.

The director of The 39 Steps puts As You Like It in the conceptual setting of a Hollywood sound stage.

A group of unique directors and the essential works that you've got to see. Sergio Leone Leone's career is remarkable in its unrelenting attention to both American culture and the American genre film, exploring the mythic America he created with each successive film examining the established characters in greater depth.

The Main Library's Alfred Hitchcock fall film series, "The Master of Suspense: Alfred Hitchcock Classics," continues this week with a screening of Hitchcock's 1935 thriller, The 39 Steps .

Alfred Hitchcock was not a very funny man. Yes, he had a sense of humor but his talents lay in darker areas fraught with tension, suspense and mystery.

The Los Angeles County Museum commences a veritable cinematic feast this weekend titled simply "Hitchcock: The British Thrillers," beginning with the original The Man Who Knew Too Much , followed by Murder! , Sabotage , The Secret Agent , The 39 Steps , Number 17 , The Lady Vanishes and Young and Innocent .

Sir Alfred Hitchcock, the undisputed master of murder, mayhem and the macabre, always said that his mission in life was "to scare the hell out of people." Nobody did it better.

Sunday, November 8, 2009 7:39 p.m. Vote 0 Votes If you climb the plot of "The 39 Steps," which is infused with elements of film noir and madcap humor, you will discover a play that elevates legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's work to comedic heights.

As a character actor, ROBERT RUTLAND'S versatility has taken center stage in such plays as "Women Who Steal" at Rochester's Geva Theatre Center and "The Mystery of Irma Vep," and "Tuna Christmas," both at the former Studio Arena Theatre.

Broadway's hit comedy, The 39 Steps, makes it National Tour Debut at the Shubert Theater in New Haven during an exclusive Connecticut engagement running November 5-7, 2009.