OFF BROADWAY'S ZERO HOUR STAR JIM BROCHU WINS DRAMA DESK AWARD
Published 2010-05-28
ZERO HOUR Star Jim Brochu Wins Drama Desk Award For His Acclaimed Performance As Zero Mostel
Zero Hour to Move to Actors Temple Theater Beginning June 12th
On the heels of Jim Brochu winning the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance as theatre legend Zero Mostel in the critically acclaimed play ZERO HOUR the producers today announced the show would continue its run at the Actors Temple Theater (339 West 47th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues), beginning June 12th. It is currently at the DR2 Theatre until Sunday May 30th.
Three-time Academy Award nominee Piper Laurie directs ZERO HOUR, which is set at Zero 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.
ZERO HOUR 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.
"Plenty of big laughs as well as hushed drama" - New Yorker
"Singularly captivating. Zero Hour is a success. Brochu is the spitting image of the bearish Mostel, down to the strands of hair barely covering his head. His wildly expressive gestures are particularly spot on. It brings Mostel back to life, just the way his fans want him." - The New York Times
"Very funny! Brochu's living restoration has brought Mostel's larger-than-life personality back into the spotlight for a laugh-filled, much-welcomed presentation." - The Associated Press
"Frequently funny and always engaging, Brochu evokes the kind of prickle on the back of the neck usually delivered by David Lynch movies." - Variety
ZERO HOUR is produced Off-Broadway by Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes in association with The Peccadillo Theater Company.
The playing schedule at the Actors Temple Theater will be Wednesday @ 3pm, Saturday @ 2pm, Sunday @ 3pm . Tickets from $36.50 to $59.50. For online info, click here or call 212-239-6200.
For more information about ZERO HOUR, visit www.ZeroHourShow.com.
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