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Laughter on the 23rd Floor: Neil Simon's Beloved Backstage Comedy

Gunston Arts Center, Adjacent to Gunston Middle School (2700 S. Lang Street Arlington, VA 22206)
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$15.00
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$7.50*
3.5 by 11 members
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon provides a peek behind the scenes of TV's golden age in the hit comedy, Laughter on the 23rd Floor. The show, which is based on Simon's own time spent on the writing staff of Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, enjoyed both Broadway and West End runs. It is set in 1953 and depicts a harried comedy writing staff frantically scrambling to top each other with gags while vying for the attention of star madman, Max Prince. Max's habit of boozing and popping too many pills is growing under the pressures of a rising McCarthyism, network executives, and sponsors who want him to cut back his "too-smart" show and staff so that they can chase after the Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best audience. A skillful mix of nostalgia, laughter, classic Catskills humor, colorful characters and more, Laughter on the 23rd Floor remains an enduring classic from a master of the form.

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The last date listed for Laughter on The 23rd Floor was Friday February 17, 2012 / 8:00pm.

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Gunston Arts Center
Adjacent to Gunston Middle School,
2700 S. Lang Street
Arlington, VA 22206
Website
703-228-1850
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    Cafe Caturra is right down the street, enjoy food and wine before seeing the show.

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This production contained nothing laughable and was replete with f-words and sh-words, which I haven't heard in any other Neil Simon play. Were they added to this show by the producers to compete with contemporary playwrights? I, along with a number of others, left during intermission.
Written on Feb 06 2012

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Great play and a great job by an always dependable volunteer community theatre. Go see their productions; they deserve your support.
Written on Feb 20 2012

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This comedy was well executed and quite enjoyable. We thoroughly enjoyed the crazy, sarcastic and humorous moments and highly recommend this event for a night out in Arlington.
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We left at intermission. Unfortunate because we generally like the Arlington Players.
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About the Ticket Supplier: The Arlington Players

The Arlington Players is a nonprofit, volunteer theater company. Their mission is to produce artistically challenging theater in the grand style, cultivating an environment of artistic excellence and education for artists, audiences and the community of Arlington County, Virginia, by providing opportunities to advance knowledge, skills and participation in the theater arts.