Who's the Funniest Playwright?- Page 2

[Theatreboy33]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:21am

And how could i forget, Charles Ludlam!

[seymour krelborn]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:22am

Durang, Simon and Nicky Silver are some of my favorites.

[Tricky Joe]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:56am

Christopher Durang
and David Sedaris

Updated On: 8/17/06 at 11:56 AM

[Flash-In-The-Pan]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 12:09pm

Yes, David Lindsay-Abaire.

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 12:18pm

I do find Durang hilarious - lately I've found Alan Aykbourn's works to be of a very humorous quality, lol. "Role Play" is quite funny.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 2:56pm

Neil Simon

[Someday]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:06pm

For my money, Larry Shue's The Foreigner is the tops in the modern era. I did not see the recent Broderick revival but would not be surprised to hear that it was weak. Broderick seems totally wrong for the lead role. But the show's script really packs in the laughs, using various kinds of humor effectively. I'd love to see a great professional production of it.

Shue's The Nerd can be humorous in places but is not on the same level. How I wish Larry Shue had not died in that plane crash. He might have had a Neil Simon-like career.

[WalkOn]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:51pm

Kaufman and Hart

Updated On: 8/17/06 at 07:51 PM

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:17pm

David Lindsay Abaire- I loved Fuddy Meers.
Neil Simon-
Sam Shepard(Just kidding)
But the funniest show I have ever seen was written by:
BRUCE VILANCH.
The show at Westbeth was the funniest show I have ever seen.
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom was a close second- I adore Charles Busch. Updated On: 8/17/06 at 11:17 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:20pm

Pre-"Allergist's Wife" Charles Busch.

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:24pm

What about Vilanch, Namokins?
His tee shirt collection alone cracks me up.
He just cracks me up. He just has to show up and he cracks me up.
I love his brain.
I want Bruce Vilanch, Charles Busch and Gerard Alessandrini to write a musical together.
Updated On: 8/17/06 at 11:24 PM

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:26pm

I love Nicky Silver.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:27pm

Steven Adly Guirgis does a wonderful job at combining powerful, moving stuff and hilarious comedy.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:33pm

I recall Nicky Silver's play "The Food Chain." First act was this hilarious satire about a poet and the poet's lover, a complete play with beginning, middle and perfect ending. The play should have stopped right there as a sensational one-act and been done with another one-act. The second act felt like a tack-on to make it full-length that wasn't as funny.

I think I also saw Raised in Captivity at the Vineyard but it didn't hit me as funny as that perfect first act of the other play.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:50pm

Chris Durang
Larry Shue
Ken Ludwig

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 12:04am

Did anyone here see Almost Famous by Bruce Vilanch?
The night I went I literally almost hurt myself from laughing so hard. I had never seen Bruce onstage before.
He is the funniest man alive.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 12:09am

Corine, were either of those Vilanch shows actually PLAYS? Or just stand up.

And you didn't just call Namo "Namokins", did you? That is hysterical!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 12:15am

Got a funny playwright, Sueleen?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 1:02am

I was just in "Earnest" this year. Wilde is very funny.

But my favorites?
Christopher Durang and Moliere

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 1:10am

Huge Durang fan here, but I also find Albee to be quite deliciously, wickedly hilarious.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 9:23am

Moss Hart and George Kaufman are hilarious. I once played Mr. Kirby in a workshop production of You Can't Take It With You. When we did the first read through and we got to the sex-wall street bit, I cracked up. And The Man Who Came To Dinner is hilarious.