Funniest Plays- Page 2

[titleofusername]

re: Funniest Plays#25

Posted: 4/6/08 at 1:58am

I fourth HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES. Just saw a production in Los Angeles that had me in stitches throughout the entire show. If you have actors with strong comedic skills, it's the perfect choice.

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[husk_charmer]

re: Funniest Plays#26

Posted: 4/6/08 at 2:44am

House of Blue Leaves is a favorite.

Greater Tuna is really funny, and having done it in HS with a larger than 2 cast, it doesn't do that much damage to the show.

Edited to add Sly Fox. It's written by Larry Gelbart, and while the 2004 revival was...well, awful...the show itself is hysterical.

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Updated On: 4/6/08 at 02:44 AM

[LimelightMike]

re: Funniest Plays#27

Posted: 4/6/08 at 3:01am

My Top 5 Suggestions For You:
(in no particular order)

Arsenic and Old Lace
Brighton Beach Memoirs
FOOLS
Prelude to a Kiss
The Man Who Came to Dinner

[dramamama611]

re: Funniest Plays#28

Posted: 4/6/08 at 4:23am

I Hate Hamlet! (I love this play, if you don't know the premise: a soap opera actor is stunt cast into a production of Hamlet and is horrible. The the ghost of Barrymore comes to help him.) To die for.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Gravid Water]

re: Funniest Plays#29

Posted: 4/6/08 at 4:34am

How about The Importance of Being Earnest, Italian-American Reconciliation, or The Devil's Disciple? Nicky Silver, David, Lindsay-Abaire, and Aristophanes are good places to look as well.

[Weez]

re: Funniest Plays#30

Posted: 4/6/08 at 8:23am

'Absurd Person Singular' is NOT funny, it's the most depressing Ayckbourn play I can think of! I did enjoy 'How The Other Half Loves', but it needs to be very well choreographed (yes it is a straight play). If you're up for Shakespeare, I've also found 'A Comedy Of Errors' pants-wettingly hilarious. Anyhoo...

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