Zero Hour.(Theater review)

Daily Variety | November 21, 2007| | Copyright

(New Conservatory Theater Center, San Francisco; 131 seats; $40 top)

A New Conservatory Theater Center presentation of a play in two acts by Jim Brochu. Directed by Brendan James. Lighting, John Kelly; production stage manager, Travis Clarke. Opened, reviewed Nov. 10, 2007. Runs through Nov. 25. Running time: 1 HOUR, 55 MIN

With: Jim Brochu.

Obnoxious can be funny if it's safely on the other side of the footlights. One is grateful for that unbreached fourth wall in "Zero Hour" which has Jim Brochu reincarnating the force of nature known as Zero ...

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