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The 39 Steps by Diane Snyder
February 17, 2008, 10:34.40 pm ET

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The Roundabout Theatre probably isn't doing itself any favors by billing its quirky Olivier award-winning transplant as Alfred Hitchcock meets Monty Python. As both a send-up and an homage of one of the suspense master's lesser known films, this freewheeling stage adaptation (technically based on John Buchan's book) employs enough lighthearted tomfoolery to induce a few chuckles but hardly reaches the gut-busting hilarity of a show like the Monty Python musical Spamalot. more


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