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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. The play 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. Written by and starring Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel, directed by Piper Laurie.
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Ticketing and Show Information |
| Category |
Off-Off Broadway |
| Presenter |
Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes in association with Peccadillo Theater Company. |
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| Opening |
Feb 24, 2010. |
| Closing |
Open Run |
| Schedule |
Mon at 7pm Wed - Sat at 8pm
Wed and Sat at 2pm
Sun at 3pm |
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| Theatre |
DR2 Theatre (99 seats) |
| Location |
103 East 15th St (at 20 Union Square East) |
| Price |
$59.50 |
| Box Office |
(212) 375 - 1110 103 East 15th St. (Just east of Union Square) |
| Phone |
Telecharge (212) 239 - 6200 |
| Online |
http://www.telecharge.com/ |
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Handicapped Accessible |
| Subway |
L, N, R, Q, W, 4, 5, 6 to Union Square |
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M1, M2, M3, M5, M6, M7, M9, M10, M11, M14, M15, M101, M102, M103 |
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Ernest in Love
"It's almost redundant to make a musical out of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest, but the score of just such a musical entitled Ernest in Love by Anne Croswell (book and lyrics) and Lee Pockriss (music) is charming enough with a nod to Gilbert and Sullivan and with enough of the original play intact that the experience is an enjoyable one."
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Zero Hour
"In the bio-play, Zero Hour, Jim Brochu captures the man’s zest for living and his painful anger at things unjust and baffling as well as conveying Mostel’s signature quirks."
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FESTIVALS
Mar 25 - Apr 5, 2010 The 2010 New York Maria Irene Fornés Festival
See schedule at website.
Apr 15 - Apr 24, 2010 Left Out Festival
Stage Left Studio Gay-themed work, mostly solo plays, cabaret acts, stand-up comedy, monologues, and spoken word pieces.
June 3 - June 27, 2010 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity New York's premiere eco-friendly theatre festival. Fostering a diverse cross-section of performances.
At Robert Moss Theater (440 Lafayette Street), The Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street) and Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (Bleecker Street Theatre and Green Room Theatre). Available online at http://tinyurl.com/ycpxz5e or by calling 866-811-4111.
June 4 - July 3, 2010 The Too Soon Festival The Annual Summer Theme Festival runs for 4 weeks every June. The theme changes every year. This year's festival is "The Too Soon Festival."
July 12 - Aug 1, 2010 Midtown International Theatre Festival Welcomes any kind of stage play, musical or otherwise.
July 13 - July 18, 2010
Samuel French Inc. Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival
35th annual edition of this short play festival, where contenders vie for publication prizes.
At Lion Theatre.
Aug 8 - Sept 5, 2010
Theater for the New City will present a month long anthology of wide-ranging and original theatrical visions embracing drama, poetry, music, and dance in the summer of 2010 from performing artists representing theater and performance companies in their theater complex downtown. In 2010, Dream Up Festival hopes to offer at least 20 shows on the festival line up. The motto of the festival is "Dream Up: Invent, Concoct."
Aug 13 - Aug 29, 2010
New York International Fringe Festival.
The 14th annual edition of North America's largest multi-arts performance festival, featuring 200+ shows from all over the world in every genre.
Sept 27 - Oct 17, 2010
New York Musical Theatre Festival. The seventh annual edition of this festival of new musicals.
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