In the West Village of Manhattan, Jimmy Zoole, a thirty-ish actor is having a run of bad luck. He's been robbed twice (they even took the only copy of his first novel), fired from a play, has a cat on the critical list, a girl friend who's leaving, and he discovers a burglar hiding in his loft. To avenge his life, he ties "Vito" to the kitchen sink and keeps him prisoner over the long New Year's Eve.
Written by James Kirkwood, Jr. Premiered on Broadway in April 1975 at the John Golden Theatre where it ran for 16 performances. After re-writes and successful runs in San Francisco in 1975 and Los Angeles in 1976, the play opened off-Broadway in February 1978 at the Promenade before moving to the Circle in the Square where it ran until December of that same year.
