The 39 Steps - On Broadway

Felipe and I decided to celebrate our two year anniversary by going to see a show. This morning we went to the TKTS booth in Times Square (yeeesh is all I can say) with the intent of either getting tickets to The 39 Steps or Hamlet. As you can see - The 39 Steps won out. This play was originally a movie done by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935. It's story is about a man who finds himself embroiled in a mysterious spy plot and the suspect of a murder. The main character is Richard Hannay (played by Sean Mahon), he spends the entire time running from the police (who mistakenly suspect him of killing a young female spy) and trying to convince that there are "vital military secrets" that are imminently being stolen from the country.


Photo by Joan Marcus
The play is acted out by four actors: Jeffrey Kuhn, Arnie Burton, Sean Mahon, and Jill Paice. They did an amazing job playing over 150 characters! There's a bunch of videos on YouTube of the show - below is one where they're switching between characters:

The nice thing is that they're very comical about switching from character to character - they don't try to make it seem like genuinely different people. I highly recommend the show - it was such a good production. As a small bonus, we shared the audience with Dustin Hoffman! He walked right by me :D