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Zero Hour

Wednesdays: 3pm
Saturdays: 2pm
Sundays: 2pm

Actors' Temple Theatre
339 West 49th Street
Neighborhood: Midtown

Running Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes
Prices: $59.50, $36.50

“In this solo bioplay directed by Hollywood veteran Piper Laurie, writer and performer Brochu is freakishly convincing as the blustery, brilliant Mostel. It’s more than just the ridiculous comb-over, the bug eyes and the Tevye beard. Brochu seems to have captured the soul of the bombastic clown who could wring laughs out of an audience with a bit of mime or a booming punch line…a funny tribute to a funny man.”
– NY1
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Starring Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel, 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.

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.

Cast: Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel

Creative Team: Scenic Design: Josh Iacovelli
Lighting Design: Jason Arnold
Assistant Lighting Designer: David Roy
Produced by Edmund Gaynes and Kurt Peterson
Produced in Association with The Peccadillo Theater Company
Associate Producer: Richard I. Bloch
General Manager: Jessimeg Productions
Press Representative: David Gersten & Associates
Production Stage Manager: Donald William Myers
Assistant Stage Manager: Jeramiah Peay

Director: Piper Laurie

Playwright: Jim Brochu

Driving Directions/Parking
Queens Mid-town Tunnel into Manhattan, bear right and exit off uptown exit which will let you off @ 37th Street and 3rd Avenue. Head west on 37th to 6th Avenue, take a right onto 6th Avenue North to 45th or 47th Streets and head left to Times Square area.

Queensboro 59th Street Bridge into Manhattan, exit bridge @ 59th Street and 2nd Avenue or onto 60th Street heading East if the upper roadway is taken. Head South (downtown) on 2nd Avenue to any West bound street from 52nd Street down to 42nd Street. Head West about 6-8 blocks into the theatre district.

Holland Tunnel into Manhattan empties onto Canal Street. Stay to the right and follow directions to Hudson Street. Follow Hudson Street North which becomes 8th Avenue. Stay on 8th Avenue to 42nd Street or above for Broadway theatre district.

George Washington Bridge On upper level, first right hand exit off bridge. On lower level, exit is 175th Street/9A, North Henry Hudson Parkway. Go right where exit forks towards the Henry Hudson. Make a left at second fork and follow onto Henry Hudson Parkway South (becomes Westside Highway). Westside Highway ends at 57th Street or any eastbound cross Street ( 5 to 6 blocks).

Lincoln Tunnel Take the New Jersey Turnpike to the Lincoln Tunnel. Exit in Manhattan. Follow the signs for 42nd Street & make a right onto 42nd Street. Follow to 8th Avenue (second light) making a left onto 8th Avenue heading North.

The Brooklyn Bridge Take the FDR North exit. Stay on FDR Drive to 42nd Street, go straight for about 6 to 8 blocks until you reach Times Square. Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Gowanus Parkway from Brooklyn. Exit from the tunnel and bear left. Make a right hand turn onto West Street (Old Westside Highway) and follow to 42nd. Make a right onto 42nd Street and follow 8th Avenue. Make a left onto 8th Avenue and head North. A majority of the theatres are situated on the side streets between 8th Avenue and Broadway (to the right) from 44th to 53rd Streets.

Trains
Long Island Rail Road to Penn Station (Under Madison Square Garden at 34th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.) On foot, walk North (Uptown) where 7th Ave merges with Broadway at Times Square. Theatre district is above 42nd Street.
New Jersey Transit to Penn Station (see above for walking directions) Metro North (Harlem, Hudson & New Haven lines) and other Northern lines to Grand Central on 42nd Street between Lexington & Madison Aves. By foot or car, travel west on 42nd Street or any West bound cross street 5 or 6 blocks to the theatre district. By subway, take the subway shuttle to Times Square and walk North to appropriate street.

Subway
A - To 42nd Street, walk North to appropriate street.
C, E - To 50th Street, walk North or South to appropriate street.
N, R, W - To 49th Street, walk North or South to appropriate street.
Q - To 42nd Street, walk North to appropriate street.
B, D, F - To 47th-50th Street (at 6th Ave), walk West, and then North or South to appropriate street.
1 - To 49th Street, walk North or South to appropriate street.
2, 3 - To 42nd Street/Times Square and walk North to appropriate street.
4, 5, 6 - To 42nd Street, transfer to shuttle to Times Square and walk North. 7 - To Times Square and walk North to appropriate street.

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