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.
Noises Off - 2015 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Noises Off
Roundabout Makes a Slam Dunk With 'Noises Off'
9 / 10
An A-list ensemble, led by beloved comedienne Andrea Martin, takes classic scenes and amps them up. So here, an actor doesn't just fall down a flight of steps -- he flips over a banister with an acrobatic flourish, breaking the handrail right off its balusters. It's the sort of commitment that leaves audiences concerned for the well-being of a performer...Wonderful here, Martin conveys that Dotty Otley, leading lady of the show-within-a-show, is essentially a highly paid showgirl talking down to her character. Torturing every vowel ('saw-dines'), Martin puts her stamp on the script with wiggly-fingered antics...Of Hilty, as inept ingenue Brooke Ashton, let's note: You have to be an excellent actress to play a bad actress...'Noises Off' takes its time building to full-fledged nuttiness. But director Jeremy Herrin ('Wolf Hall') shrewdly pulls off 'Off' with one intermission, combining the traditional second and third acts into one. Things here just flow.
‘Noises Off’ has a funny cast — but they forget to have fun
6 / 10
At times it seems as if the cast is so focused on hitting its marks - 'Noises Off' requires Swiss-like precision - that the actors forget to have fun. Let's hope that with time, they'll become as comfortable as sardines in oil, and the production should gear up into the required breakneck speed and unhinged lunacy.
Noises Off History
Other Productions of Noises Off
| 1983 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 2001 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2015 | Broadway |
Roundabout Theatre Company Production Broadway |
| 2019 | West End |
West End Production West End |
| 2023 | West End |
West End |
| 2023 | West End |
West End |
Noises Off - 2015 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jeremy Herrin |
| 2016 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Megan Hilty |
| 2016 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Noises Off |
| 2016 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Christopher Cronin |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Furr |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Megan Hilty |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Megan Hilty |
| 2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Michael Frayn |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Michael Krass |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | David Furr |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Megan Hilty |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Andrea Martin |
| 2016 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Noises Off |
Videos

