It looks like the long-running stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps is headed off-Broadway. In a November 15 interview with The Washington Post, the show’s Tony-nominated director, Maria Aitken, confirmed the rumors that the comedy thriller will move from Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theatre to an unspecified off-Broadway venue, “where my producers optimistically think it will ...

Hilarious Hitchcockian whodunit The 39 Steps first took the Broadway stage on January 4, 2008. Three theaters, two Tony Awards and heaven only knows how many quick-changes later, the hit comedy spoof celebrated its 700th performance on November 10, 2009. The production, now playing at the Helen Hayes Theatre, celebrated as any show should: with really, really good cupcakes. Stars ...

After a run of almost two years in three different Broadway theaters, Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps has posted its closing notice. The comedy thriller, adapted by Patrick Barlow from the classic novel and film and directed by Maria Aitken, will play its final performance on January 10, 2010. The show will have played 771 performances upon closing, making ...

The tongue-in-cheek Broadway adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps sponsored an equally cheeky onstage competition: a Hitchcock lookalike contest! On September 15, three rotund (and very game) finalists took the stage at the Helen Hayes Theatre for the second annual event, and Steve Solis was declared the winner via audience applause. Afterwards, the hardworking 39 Steps cast and ...

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A lifetime of acting at theater companies across the country, in plays both classic The Merchant of Venice and up-to-date I Am My Own Wife, Mere Mortals, prepared Arnie Burton for one of the most unusual challenges of his career: juggling multiple roles—including lightning-fast quick changes—and slapstick stunts as part of the four-person cast of ... Read More...

Age: 38

Hometown: Hampshire, England

Currently: Making his Broadway debut as Richard Hannay, the dashing and debonair hero caught in a madcap web of murder and mystery in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The 39 Steps.

Blood Brothers: As the youngest of four brothers, two of whom became actors and directors themselves, Edwards declares performing to be "in ...