Noises Off

Written by:
Michael Frayn

Opening: October 7, 1988

Closing: October 16, 1988

Number of performances: 7

Setting:
"The living room of the Brent's country home, on a Wednesday afternoon"

Synopsis:
Called the funniest farce ever written, Noises Off returned to Broadway with a cast that included Patti LuPone and Peter Gallagher for the 2002 season and sent reviewers searching for new accolades to the hilarious. "The most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.... A spectacularly funny ... peerless backstage farce.... [This] dizzy, well known romp ... [is a] festival of delirium .... On every side are theatergoers barking, howling, hooting ... floating in the upper altitudes of comedy.... There are moments when everyone onstage and in the audience seems to be riding the same runaway roller coaster." N.Y. Times.