The 39 Steps Extends Broadway Run One Week

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced a one-week extension of its Broadway production of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, through March 29. The show opened at the American Airlines Theatre on January 15 and had been scheduled to close on March 23.

Patrick Barlow's Olivier Award-winning adaptation of the classic film and John Buchan's book is directed by Maria Aitken, based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon. The company includes Arnie Burton Man #2, Charles Edwards Richard Hannay, Jennifer Ferrin Pamela/Margaret and Cliff Saunders Man #1. Edwards starred in the original hit London production, which won the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

The 39 Steps is part espionage thriller and part slapstick comedy. Shots ring out across a crowded theater and Richard Hannay is lured into a world of intrigue by a mysterious woman claiming to be a spy. When she winds up dead in his flat, he flees London with the police hot on his trail.