Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, Broadway’s longest running comedy, plays its 700th performance on November 10, at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York City. At that performance, the production will tie the runs of such legendary plays as The Miracle Worker (1959) and That Championship Season (1972). The 39 Steps also recently passed such long-running shows as Purlie (1970), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), The Children’s Hour (1934) and August: Osage County (2007).   And, soon the national touring production of The 39 Steps will play The Curran Theatre—tickets are now on sale.

39 Steps Stories

The 39 Steps is the first show of the 2009-2010 SHN
Best of Broadway season.  To check out recent news stories:

The New York Times

LA Times blog

And take a peek backstage, click here to watch a correspondent from "Good Morning America" on ABC TV get into the spirit of the mad costume changes that happen during every performance of The 39 Steps.

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In the Contra Costa Times, read all about the "Super Swings," performers who travel all over the country to cover multiple ensemble roles in WICKED. Samantha Zack knows over 20 "show tracks."

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