The Play's the Thing
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 5, 2007
Closed Jul 1, 2007
Opened Jun 5, 2007
Closed Jul 1, 2007
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This witty house-party of a play portrays a famous team of playwrights who have to rescue their favorite actress from an "indiscretion," or else they'll have a heartbroken composer who can't compose -- and they have to manage it in less than 24 hours. Ferenc Molnar's The Play's the Thing is a play where the theatre itself is the medium, the subject, the problem, and the solution.
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How soothing and soul-comforting is the appeal of the well-made play in these post-Sopranos, post-modern times. Despite a healthy dose of self-referentiality, the very old-fashionedness of Ferenc Molnar's The Play's the Thing, now being presented at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, feels invigorating. Moreover, the company has, for the most part, found the proper airy tone for this soufflé-like comedy.
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