Put Christopher Durang down in indelible ink as one of America's funniest writers. When it comes to comic bits, he can always be counted on to reduce audiences to extended giggles and even tears of laughter. But often what he puts forth as his plays are a series of comedy sketches that don't quite add up to finished works. However, a case can be made that
The Marriage of Bette and Boo -- now being given a well-crafted Roundabout Theatre Company revival at the Laura Pels -- is his one truly successful play, even if it probably doesn't need to be the two-act length at which it clocks in.

Admittedly the author's most autobiographical play, Bette and Boo started theatrical life as a 45-minut[...]