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Jim Brochu, author and star of Off-Broadway's ZERO HOUR, is set to do a live interview on Westchester's WVOX Radio (1460 AM) this Wednesday, January 6th at 6:40 p.m. Brochu will discuss the creation of the play as well as his portrayal of theatre legend Zero Mostel with Dan Miller in the "Spotlight on Theatre" segment on Miller's popular weekly talk show "In Focus." The interview can also be heard live at www.wvox.com. New York Governor David Paterson and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo both agree that WVOX is "the most influential radio station in New York state."
ZERO HOUR opened on November 22nd to great reviews, and the 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.
