Theatre Talk: 'The 39 Steps'

If you wish to be in on the joke, watch Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 "The 39 Steps" first. Then see the new play at New Village Arts in Carlsbad.

If you don't watch it, you may fall into the same chasm I did wondering what the blazes was A.J. Knox up to? And why? All was revealed after I watched Hitchcock's film noir on YouTube this morning. That's when I got it! The play is absolutely brilliant.

It went from, "oh, golly, will I be banned from another playhouse for telling the truth?" to A.J. should send me flowers. (My favorite being daisies in case he asks).

Without knowing the show, it appears t...