The 39 Steps to play on Broadwayin 2007 - 2008 season.

The 39 Steps, Patrick Barlow's comic adaptation of by John Buchan's novel, from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, is to have a Broadway run, the comedy is will open during the 2007 - 2008 Broadway season.

The 39 Steps is best known as Hitchcock�s 1935 classic move thriller. This brand new version is performed by four actors playing a minimum of 150 roles and contains every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie � including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the sensational death-defying finale in the London Palladium, besides many other favourite cinematic moments, including the memorable and controversial �stockings and suspenders� scene!

The 39 Steps opened at The Tricycle Theatre, a fringe theatre, on 14 Aug 2006 where it ran to 9 Sep 2006 before transferring to The Criterion, in the West End from 14 Sep 2006, where it is currently booking to 15 Sep 2007.

The show won the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. The London production currently features Rachel Pickup, Simon Gregor, Robert Portal and Jimmy Chisholm.

The Boston based Huntington Theatre Company is to present the pre-Broadway run of The 39 Steps from 14 Sep - 14 Oct 2007. The comedy will be directed by Maria Aitkin, who directed the original London production.

The cast is still to be announced.

The 39 Steps will be produced on Broadway by Bob Boyett.