That first Broadway production (original cast and replacements) was a gorgeous thing; I was in pain from laughter.

I've never seen it done so well since (particularly that amazingly unfunny Lupone/Gallagher revival, where only Katie Finneran got laughs).

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NOISES OFF revival...#6
Posted: 1/16/14 at 3:42pm

^ I laughed at everyone and everything in the 2002 production and so did the entire audience I saw it with. So it wasn't only Finneran that got laughs.

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NOISES OFF revival...#7
Posted: 1/16/14 at 3:52pm

I have never seen this live and was just thinking a week or so ago that it's time for a revival.

Pumped for this.

....but the world goes 'round

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NOISES OFF revival...#8
Posted: 1/16/14 at 3:52pm

Why? A revial again in such a short time-frame. It is a great show - but really.......

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NOISES OFF revival...#9
Posted: 1/16/14 at 3:58pm

Hope they get Harriet Harris to play Dotty.

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NOISES OFF revival...#10
Posted: 1/16/14 at 4:02pm

"Why? A revial again in such a short time-frame. It is a great show - but really...…."

It's been twelve years...

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NOISES OFF revival...#11
Posted: 1/16/14 at 4:04pm

And we try to revive all the hits within 5 years these days.

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NOISES OFF revival...#12
Posted: 1/16/14 at 4:05pm

Slamming doors and mistaken identity are not enteratainment

Valid opinion, but so much disagrees with this, including classic comedy films and Shakespeare

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NOISES OFF revival...#13
Posted: 1/16/14 at 4:08pm

I too saw the Broadway production in 1983, and remember so well literally laughing out of my seat with my best friends...one of the best Broadway experiences I ever had...:)...I do not remember the cast but I do remember the play itself...it is almost cast proof imho...

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NOISES OFF revival...#14
Posted: 1/16/14 at 5:08pm

oh, fun!!

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NOISES OFF revival...#15
Posted: 1/16/14 at 5:13pm

"Don't muck it up, Roundabout."

You've never seen a Roundabout production, have you? That's all they do is muck it up. I think it's in their mission statement: hire famous actors who are wrongly cast and muck it up.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

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NOISES OFF revival...#16
Posted: 1/16/14 at 6:13pm

"My least favorite show EVER.

Slamming doors and mistaken identity are not enteratainment."

I guess we are in the minority because I felt the same way about this show.

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NOISES OFF revival...#17
Posted: 1/16/14 at 6:21pm

I agree with Morosco, I really hope they get Harriet Harris for the part. She nailed every laugh and I would love to see her do the role on Broadway.

Now living in DC. I really have to change my name on the board.

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NOISES OFF revival...#18
Posted: 1/16/14 at 6:46pm

Noises Off was revived by the Old Vic in London about two years ago, surprising Roundabout hasn't transferred that version since they've had success with The Winslow Boy which was an Old Vic production. Jeremy Herrin is a great director although it remains to be seen whether he can pull off Noises Off.

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NOISES OFF revival...#19
Posted: 1/16/14 at 6:55pm

Zzzzzzz...

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NOISES OFF revival...#20
Posted: 1/16/14 at 7:29pm

I've seen Noises Off where some of the senior members of the audience left after the first act. The art of comedic timing truly begins with Act 2

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NOISES OFF revival...#21
Posted: 1/17/14 at 12:22am

I saw Harriet Harris play Dotty in a little regional production somewhere in north Jersey about 4 years ago.

She was absolutely sensational. A Tony worthy performance. I would love for her to repeat the performance on Broadway.

My name is neither "adam" nor "greer."

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NOISES OFF revival...#22
Posted: 1/17/14 at 8:07am

If done right, it plays like gangbusters.

if done by Roundabout, it probably won't.

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NOISES OFF revival...#23
Posted: 1/17/14 at 10:53am

The greatest farce ever written.

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NOISES OFF revival...#24
Posted: 1/17/14 at 11:08am

"My least favorite show EVER.

Slamming doors and mistaken identity are not enteratainment."

I guess we are in the minority because I felt the same way about this show.

I get the feeling that you either love this show or hate this show. And I agree about Lupone/Gallagher vs. Finneran. She was the only palatable thing about that production.

I'm fine with Farce. I loved "La Bete", which, when you look in Encyclopedia Britannica under "farce", they show Rylance's character from that show. Is He Dead is a great show. Twelfth Night is great (gee, Twain and Shakespeare, go figure).

Noises Off is just a stain on Broadway, but on the other hand, I guess all those supporters bodes well for the inevitable Three Stooges: The Musical

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