Zero Mostel Bio Zero Hour to Transfer to DR2 Theatre

Zero Hour, Jim Brochu’s play about the last days of theater legend Zero Mostel, will move to the DR2 Theatre for an open-ended run. The solo play, starring Brochu as Mostel and directed by Piper Laurie, will begin performances on February 24. Zero Hour opened to strong reviews at the Theatre at St. Clement’s on November 22 for a run scheduled to continue through January 31.

Zero Hour is set at Mostel’s West 28th Street painting studio where a naive reporter attempts to interview the famously volatile actor, prompting an explosion of memory, humor, outrage, and juicy backstage lore. It is July 1977, and Mostel, who gained fame as the star of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Fiddler on the Roof, is giving his final interview before leaving for the pre-Broadway tryout of The Merchant in Philadelphia. Mostel played only one performance as Shylock before his sudden death at the age of 62.

The off-Broadway production of Zero Hour is presented by Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes in association with Peccadillo Theater Company.