Noises Off Revival 2016
Run Time:
Two hours and 25 minutes, with one intermission
Two hours and 25 minutes, with one intermission
Ages: 12+
Opened: January 14, 2016Closing: March 06, 2016
Noises Off - 2015 - Broadway History , Info & More
Todd Haimes Theatre (Broadway)
229 W. 42nd St. New York, NY
Tony Award-winner Andrea Martin (Pippin, Young Frankenstein) makes her Roundabout Theatre Company debut in a rip-roaring new production of Michael Frayn's (Copenhagen) beloved comedy Noises Off!
The Opening Night performance of the farce Nothing On is just hours away, and as the cast stumbles through their final dress rehearsal, things couldn't be going any worse. With lines being forgotten, love triangles unraveling and sardines flying everywhere, it's complete pandemonium- and we haven't even reached intermission! Can the cast pull their act together on the stage even if they can't behind the scenes?
Full of shocking surprises and gut-busting humor, Noises Off is the classic show-within-a-show that "voyages to the outer limits of hilarity" (The New York Times). Two-time Olivier Award nominee Jeremy Herrin (This House) directs.
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comments 'Noises Off' review: Why fix a classic that isn't broken?
7 / 10
What makes the show so enjoyably delirious -- at least when it's staged well -- is the anarchic nature of Frayn's imagination; just when things can't possibly get any worse for the actors onstage, ten more disastrous things happen, usually all at once. The good news is that the new Roundabout Theatre Company revival is directed (by Jeremy Herrin) and performed with tremendous speed, spirit and affection. The actors, especially Megan Hilty (TV's 'Smash), as the bombshell ingenue who needs to mouth the words of her co-stars in order to keep up with the text, and Andrea Martin, as the alternately matriarchal and diva-ish star of 'Nothin On,' are completely attuned to the helium rhythms of Frayn's writing. The brilliantly staged second act, in which the backstage actors attempt to remain silent as chaos erupts onstage, is a tour de force; a ballet of incongruity and incompetence.
Review: Michael Frayn’s ‘Noises Off’ Returns to Broadway
9 / 10
Keeping the turbulent backstage goings-on at the court of Henry VIII coherent must have been excellent training for orchestrating the intricately ordered chaos of Mr. Frayn's backstage comedy. While some tightening of a bolt here and a screw there might marginally improve matters, once it hits its lively stride, Mr. Herrin's production rollicks along with machine-tooled precision, churning out belly laughs as if from an assembly line...Dazzling though Mr. Frayn's engineering is, 'Noises Off' would be a mere dissertation in clever dramaturgical mechanics, were it not for the expertly drawn characters, here embodied by a first-rate cast well aware of the addictions, indulgences, pretensions and general egotism of actors (some actors!) that Mr. Frayn is gently playing for laughs.
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Noises Off FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of Noises Off have there been?
Noises Off has had 7 productions including Broadway which opened in 1983, Broadway which opened in 2001, Broadway which opened in 2001, Broadway which opened in 2016, West End which opened in 2019, West End which opened in 2023 and West End which opened in 2023.
What Tony Awards has Noises Off been nominated for?
Noises Off has been nominated for Best Costume Design of a Play for Michael Krass and Best Revival of a Play.
What awards has Noises Off been nominated for?
Noises Off has been nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Megan Hilty and for Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards for Michael Frayn.
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