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February 2, 2012
Washingtonian: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Decades before Saturday Night Live, Caesar and company were inventing political sketch comedy. The writers faced network pressures to dumb down the show, as well as a growing right-wing political...
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February 2, 2012
The Washington Post: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Who knew that Keegan Theatre, a company better known for staging Irish and American melodramas, and more recently musicals, could dive into Simon at his shtickiest and come up trumps.
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February 2, 2012
Washington City Paper: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
An extended act of hero worship masquerading as a laff riot, Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor is filled with one-liners, peopled entirely by folks who either write or...
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January 27, 2012
The Washington Examiner: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
...think how funny "30 Rock" would be if it included some of the extraordinary 1950s comics who wrote for Caesar, like Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks.
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January 26, 2012
ShowBizRadio: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
It will undoubtedly make you laugh–and also think a little, too. The production has that certain “I don’t know what” about it that one always hopes to have at the...
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January 26, 2012
Rich Massabny Reviews: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Do you want a laugh every 30 seconds?
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January 25, 2012
MD Theatre Guide: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
If you are a Neil Simon fan, a fan of Sid Caesar and Jackie Gleason, and a writer – and just want to go back to the good ol’ days...
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January 24, 2012
Helen Hayes Recommends: LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR
The Helen Hayes Awards has recommended Keegan's production of LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR, now playing through February 18.
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January 24, 2012
DC Theatre Scene: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
You want funny? Keegan Theatre has funny. Laughter on the 23rd Floor. They killed it, nailed it, knocked it out of the park.
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January 19, 2012
A Washington Post Preview: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
The Keegan Theatre’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” a Neil Simon play based on Simon’s experiences as a joke writer for 1950s NBC variety show “Your Show of Shows,” opens...
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January 1, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Inspired by the playwright’s youthful experience as a staff writer on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, this Neil Simon favorite depicts the harried writing staff as they frantically scramble...
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December 12, 2011
Helen Hayes Recommends: AN IRISH CAROL
The Helen Hayes Awards has recommended Keegan's world premiere production of AN IRISH CAROL, now playing through December 31! Set in a Dublin pub, this world premiere by Matthew Keenan...
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