--- description: Treehouse Theater in New York will hold a free reading of the script of 'The Interview' this Saturday, featuring Upright Citizens Brigade title: NYC Theater Will Host Live Reading of 'The Interview' Script image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b0341ee845fcaef/6987707c06f2c189643330df/460348256.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New York Theater Will Host Live Reading of _The Interview_ Script  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2014 7:54 PM CUT  James Franco and Seth Rogen at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Interview" on December 11, 2014. James Franco and Seth Rogen at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Interview" on December 11, 2014.Michael Tran—2014 Michael Tran  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2014 7:54 PM CUT In the wake of a [massive hack](http://time.com/3639237/sony-hack-north-korea-the-interview/ "undefined") that led Sony to cancel the theatric release of the buddy comedy _The Interview_, one theater has come up with a novel way for eager fans to experience the movie. The Treehouse Theater in New York City will hold a free reading of the script for _The Interview_ as “an opportunity for people to come together in the name of free speech, in defiance of all who have threatened it,” [reports The New York _Times_](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/new-york-theater-plans-live-reading-of-the-interview-script/?%5Fr=0&gwh=8D49E99F42CE97E1279355EB01D96DC2&gwt=pay "undefined"). The reading of the film, which stars James Franco and Seth Rogen as journalists tasked with assassinating North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, will feature comedians from the Upright Citizens Brigade and be take place this Saturday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3644614/new-york-theater-interview-script-reading/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3644614/new-york-theater-interview-script-reading/"},"headline":"New York Theater Will Host Live Reading of The Interview Script","datePublished":"2014-12-22T19:54:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:05:00.228Z","description":"Following the cancelation of the film's release in theaters","url":"https://time.com/3644614/new-york-theater-interview-script-reading/","keywords":["movies","Theater"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b0341ee845fcaef/6987707c06f2c189643330df/460348256.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b0341ee845fcaef/6987707c06f2c189643330df/460348256.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"460348256","caption":"arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of \"The Interview\" held at The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown LA on December 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Michael Tran—2014 Michael Tran","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3644614/new-york-theater-interview-script-reading/","name":"New York Theater Will Host Live Reading of The Interview Script"}}]}] ```