The 39 Steps

Alley Theatre
615 Texas Houston

This clever comic stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The 39 Steps turns a cast of just four actors into more than 130 zany characters with a mix of film-noir panache, spy-novel thrills and more than a touch of Monty Python-esque absurdity. The winner of both Tony and Drama Desk Awards, this crowd-pleasing show's a fast-paced and funny whodunit about a man accused of a murder he didn't commit, who flees from the authorities and encounters a string of hair-raising adventures, as well as an unlikely love connection. Brace yourself for an onstage plane crash, missing body parts and some good old-fashioned romance in Houston's Alley Theatre production of The 39 Steps, part of the ExxonMobil Summer Chills series.