Alfred Hitchcock News

SUSAN GORDON, who played DANNY KAYE'S young daughter in the well-loved 1959 film 'THE FIVE PENNIES' will attend the 2 PM matinee of 'DANNY AND SYLVIA: The Danny Kaye Musical', on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH and then join the musical's stars, BRIAN CHILDERS AND KIMBERLY FAYE GREENBERG, on stage for a chat and to recreate the musical counterpoint of 'Goodnight, Sleep Tight Medley' (Lullabye in Ragtime/The Five Pennies) from the film.

Roger Michell will direct Patrick Hamilton's classic thriller Rope running from 10 December 2009 - 6 February 2010, with press night on 16 December. Designs are by Mark Thompson with lighting by Rick Fisher and sound by John Leonard. Rope will be produced at the Almeida in association with Sonia Friedman Productions. Booking for Rope, sponsored by Aspen Re, is now open.

What are THE 39 STEPS? You have only 39 performances left to discover the secret before Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS plays its final performance on Broadway.

Twitter Watch shines a BWW spotlight on THE 39 STEPS, running for just 39 more shows on Broadway! Click here to follow the show on Twitter!

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre invites you to look, listen and learn during an evening devoted to the great film director Alfred Hitchcock.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS.

WICKED Cast Members to perform at Barnes & Noble on Friday, December 4 @ 5pm at 28801 Chagrin Boulevard, in Woodmere, Ohio.

Atlanta Broadway Series invites fans to sit back, enjoy the show...and then reap the benefits! Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS is playing its Atlanta debut at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre through Sunday, December 6, offering a remarkable performance and thrilling story to theatre patrons.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2010 season at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. The Festival is pleased to offer a Subscriber Six-Pack discount package.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) will present the world premiere of POP!, a new musical with book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs, directed by Mark Brokaw, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street), November 27-December 19, 2009. Opening Night is December 3.

Mauckingbird Theatre Company delves into the lives of two influential gay writers Truman Capote and James Baldwin - both authors of literary touchstones of the mid-twentieth century.

Roger Michell will direct Patrick Hamilton's classic thriller Rope running from 10 December 2009 - 6 February 2010, with press night on 16 December.

The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American Stories - with A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration, a new uplifting holiday event by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive, The Mineola Twins, The Baltimore Waltz). Steppenwolf Associate Artist Jessica Thebus (Intimate Apparel, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sonia Flew) directs. Andrew Resnick (A Civil War Christmas at Long Wharf Theatre) provides musical direction of beloved holiday music supervised, arranged, and orchestrated by Daryl Waters (Tony and Grammy Award nominee for Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk). The Huntington's production will be enhanced by local choirs caroling from the stage before each performance.

Ignite your passion with William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Alfred Hitchcock, Anne Frank, and Charles Dickens - all featured in the 2010 season at the Utah Shakespearean Festival (300 W. Center Street, Cedar City, UT).

The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American Stories - with Grammy Award winner, Broadway star, and pop icon Maureen McGovern's world premiere musical memoir A Long and Winding Road, conceived and written by Philip Himberg and Maureen McGovern and presented in cooperation with Arena Stage.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Brian Colburn, concludes its 2009 mainstage season with Robert E. Sherwood's Abe Lincoln in Illinois, directed by Intiman Associate Director Sheila Daniels.

The gladness of your heart is the greatest gift of all. The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American Stories - with A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration, a new uplifting holiday event by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive, The Mineola Twins, The Baltimore Waltz).

The New York Times is reporting that the producers of THE 39 STEPS have begun discussions to move the play to New World Stages (where it could take the place of The Toxic Avenger, which announced this morning that it was closing). No decisions have been made, but Bob Boyett, the lead producer, tells the paper that they hope to follow Avenue Q's successful lead if business arrangements can be made.

Actor Joe Maross, whose career as a performer spanned over forty years beginning with early live television, died this weekend on November 7 of natural causes in Barnsboro Pennsylvania. He was 86.