39 Steps: The Biggest Disappointment on Broadway

Posted by on October 5th, 2008 at 06:13am

While in New York City, after getting the chance to see In the Heights, I bought a couple of tickets to see 39 Steps after hearing nothing but raving reviews from the critics. I hadn’t seen one bad comment about the show, so I was very excited to see what the whole craze about 39 Steps really was.

As I walked through the theatre’s main hallway to get my seat, I looked around and it looked like the average sort of setting you would see at any theatre. There were some concession stands, restrooms, and people roaming all around. I would say the theatre setting was very average, and there truly wasn’t anything significant about it.

I was sitting in the front row of the Mezzanine section, right in the center. They were really great seats, and I was really happy with them, even being so used to sitting in the orchestra up close to the stage. As I watched the show I realized that I was extremely mislead by the description of the show. I was expecting to see a very thrilling, Alfred Hitchcock murder mystery. But they turned it into a comedy, that truthfully, I didn’t find to be funny whatsoever. Now, I will say that as I looked through the audience, a lot of them were just laughing like there’s no tomorrow, while others had the exact same, disappointed expression as me. So I wasn’t the only one mislead about 39 Steps.

39 Steps was by far, the absolute worst Broadway show out there. I don’t know how the show even made it to Broadway, but I wouldn’t suggest seeing the show to anyone. WorldBroadway.com gives it out of 5 stars. I would put this on the way bottom of your priority list to go see, if you even want to go see it. This misleading Broadway show was the worst show I have ever seen, on and even off Broadway.

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