Comedy Theater

Westport Country Playhouse summer season started with Christopher Durang's comedy "Beyond Therapy" set in early eighties in Manhattan. Very well done, fast paced, great set and acting.... It's nice that in the age of 10 laugh-per-minute sitcoms and comedy shows, the theater continues to entertain. The audience - especially those in more advanced age and more familiar with the era references - was rolling on the floor in spasms and stitches.

During the past few years, the playhouse artistic direction seems to move away from avantgarde to traditional, which probably works better for the box office, but is not as exciting (bad or good) as it used to be.

A week later, we saw Roundabout production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. Extremely well done and a pleasure to watch. This thing would kick ass of any 10 laughs-per-minute sitcom.