If broad British farce is your preferred cup of Earl Grey, you won't want to miss San Francisco Playhouse's production of Michael Frayn's 1982 "Noises Off." It must be difficult to keep a 40-plus-year ...

In 1970, the playwright Michael Frayn was observing his farce "The Two of Us" from the wings, noting that flurried quick changes and mad dashes from one entrance to another made his backstage view "at ...

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 ...

Upon entering the San Francisco Playhouse, one doesn’t find programs for “Noises Off,” Michael Frayn’s 1982 play. Instead, ...

Call a play a farce and it damn well better be funny. Michael Frayn's Noises Off is far and away the farciest of all modern farces. Full of slamming doors, sexy girls, mistaken identities and stray ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. NOISES OFF by Michael Frayn is hailed as one of the funniest plays ever written.

Jealousies spark mock violence worthy of the Three Stooges. Because there’s virtually no dialogue as the physical comedy ...