ZERO HOUR to Transfer to Off-Broadway's DR2 for Open-Ended Run

ZERO HOUR, a play tracing the life of stage and screen actor Zero Mostel, will transfer to Off-Broadway's DR2 theatre next month to begin an open-ended run, according to a report in Variety. ZERO HOUR is currently playing at Theatre at St. Clements for an engagement through January 31, 2010.

ZERO HOUR opened on November 22nd to rave reviews, and the strictly limited engagement is set to run through January 31st at Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street). Three-time Academy Award nominee Piper Laurie directs ZERO HOUR, which was originally produced in Los Angeles, where it received the Ovation Award for Best New Play.

Starring Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel, ZERO HOUR is set at Mostel's West 28th Street painting studio where a naïve reporter attempts to interview the famously volatile actor, prompting an explosion of memory, humor, outrage, and juicy backstage lore. It is July 1977 and the actor is giving his final interview before leaving for the pre-Broadway tryout of The Merchant in Philadelphia. Mostel only played one performance as Shylock before his sudden death at the age of 62.

ZERO HOUR traces Mostel's early days growing up on the Lower East Side as the son of Orthodox Jewish immigrant parents, through his rise as a stand-up comedian, from the Borscht Belt to Manhattan's most exclusive supper clubs, and from the devastation of the blacklist to his greatest Broadway triumphs, most notably as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and working through his love-hate relationship with Jerome Robbins. ??The Off-Broadway premiere of ZERO HOUR is produced by Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes in association with The Peccadillo Theater Company.

For more information about ZERO HOUR, visit www.ZeroHourShow.com.