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From: "Puppet People" <puppetpeople-AT-nycap.rr.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:55:35 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 39 Steps on Broadway


Intresting...it is coming to Proctors in Schenectady and was not sure if it 
would be worth the ticket...now it is a strong consideration!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:40 PM
Subject: [Puptcrit] 39 Steps on Broadway


> Today I saw a performance of a comedy/play version of the classic Alfred
> Hitchcock movie "The 39 Steps."  For the scene in which the hero, Richard
> Hannay, is chased by police across the moors of Scotland, a curtain was
> suddenly drawn across the stage, lit from behind, and the characters were
> portrayed by shadow puppets.
>
> I thought, how knowledgeable of the director & designer to think of
> incorporating puppets in the production.  Ten years ago, I don't think
> that would have happened.
>
> By the way, it's an inspiring production, and if you can, run to see it
> (even if you haven't seen the original film).  It's at the Helen Hayes
> Theater in NYC.
>
> Robert Rogers
>
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