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Laughter
on the 23rd Floor
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Rana Teresa Tan
Performance dates: September 2-25, 2011
Based on Neil
Simon's early career experiences as a writer for Sid Caesar's
Your Show of Shows - and with characters based on Larry Gelbart,
Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and Selma Diamond, among others -
Laughter highlights the fighting, writing, and craziness that
happens in a 1950's TV show's writers' room, and the star's battles
with network executives regarding the sophistication of the show's
humor. Max Prince, the star of The Max Prince Show, is
locking horns with the network in an effort to keep his show on the
air. NBC is looking to replace it with shows that appeal to a wider
audience, as television is expanding to new markets. The show is
about this 'family' of writers trying to deal with a divorce of
sorts, a comedy tinged with all-too-human emotions. Laughter's
Broadway premiere production opened in November 1993, starring
Nathan Lane, Mark Linn-Baker, Bitty Schramm and others.
Photos: Matt Voorsanger
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