New Tickets Available for Off-Bway Farce Room Service

By: Jan. 08, 2007
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The critically acclaimed comedy Room Service, produced by Soho Playhouse and the Peccadillo Theater Company along with Jonathan Reinis Productions, Jeffrey Sine, and The Story Line Project, will serve up a double-month portion of new tickets through March 25th for their extended engagement at Off-Broadway's SoHo Playhouse. The 1930's American play features a cast of twelve, directed by Dan Wackerman.

"A classic screw-ball comedy, Room Service centers around the efforts of an unscrupulous producer to find a backer for his new show. Holed up in a Times Squarehotel with nineteen hungry actors and a ballooning room service bill, he tries to forestall eviction by convincing the show's gullible young playwright to fake his own death. Meanwhile, an emissary from one of the country's wealthiest businessmen turns up with money to invest in the show; that is, until he discovers the hotel doctor bound and gagged in the bathroom. The situation goes from bad to worse as the much-abused hotel manager threatens to have the entire show confiscated by the sheriff on opening night," press notes state.

Cast as the wily producer is David Edwards, fresh from the national tour of The Producers. Fred Berman, Dale Carman, Sterling Coyne, Scott Evans, Blythe Gruda, Robert O'Gorman, and Kim Rachelle Harris are also featured in the company. Scenic design is by Chris Jones, costume design by Gail Cooper-Hecht and lighting design by Jeffrey E. Salzberg.

First produced on the Broadway stage in 1937 and directed by George Abbott, the original cast of Room Service included Sam Levene, Eddie Albert and Betty Field. In 1938, it was made into a movie starring the Marx Brothers, and in 1944, into a musical film entitled Step Lively, starring Frank Sinatra. Room Service was last seen in New York twenty years ago when the Roundabout Theater Company produced a revival starring Mark Hamill.

Room Service will play the following schedule: Wednesdays through Fridays at 8PM ; Saturdays at 3 & 8PM; Sundays at 3 & 7PM; Mondays at 8PM. Beginning January 31st the production will add a Wednesday Matinee at 3 and drop Sunday evening performances. All tickets are $65 with a limited number of "Cheap Seats" at $29.99. Groups of 10 or more receive up to 40% off! For tickets and more information, call the SoHo Playhouse at (212) 691-1555 or online at www.sohoplayhouse.com.

Photo by Carol Rosegg - Sterling Coyne, Robert O'Gorman, Fred Berman and David Edwards

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