Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off by Michael Frayn presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Upon entering the San Francisco Playhouse, one doesn’t find programs for “Noises Off,” Michael Frayn’s 1982 play. Instead, playbills for “Nothing On,” an English bedroom farce, lay on tables near the ...