'Room Service' Celebrates 100th Performance

The cast of the critically acclaimed comedy Room Service celebrated its 100 th performance on February 17th at the SoHo Playhouse. The milestone was marked with a celebration following the Saturday evening performance.

As previously announced, Room Service has extended their celebrated off Broadway run and will play thru March 25th. Presented by the Soho Playhouse & the award-winning Peccadillo Theater Company along with Jonathan Reinis Productions, Jeffrey Sine and The StoryLine Project, the show features a cast of twelve in what many consider the funniest American play of the 1930's. Dan Wackerman directs.

"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 Square hotel 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," according to notes.

Cast as the wily producer is David Edwards, fresh from the National tour of The Producers, is Jerry Coyle. Fred Berman, Dale Carman, Sterling Coyne, Scott Evans, Blythe Gruda, Kim Rachellle Harris, Robet O'Gorman, Louis Michael Sacco, Ray Thorne,  and Dennis Witt 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 the play 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 at 3 & 8PM; Thursdays and Fridays at 8PM; Saturdays at 3 & 8PM ; Sundays at 3PM ; Mondays at 8PM. All tickets are $65 with a limited number of "Cheap Seats" at $39.99.  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

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