Follow Farce Side Comedy Hour on a race against time to write, rehearse and finally perform their hour-long show in just six days. Peer behind the curtain and witness comedy prevail over adversity as ...

Between its short opening and closing bursts of revolutionary dogma, Dario Fo's "We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!" at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven is a silly farce that borders on the tasteless. Fo, ...

Whether you prefer hilarious performed scripts, yelling absurd suggestions at a cast, or a solo performance on stage with audience engagement, the comedy line-up on Fridays at the Memorial Union ...

I love attending dress rehearsals when things can – and often – go wrong. Case in point, a performance of Meylinda Kiring’s wonderful romantic comedy “Quadrille.” I attended the final dress rehearsal ...

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - John Cleese says farce is best seen in the theatre as he brings a new stage version of his classic 1970s comedy show "Fawlty Towers" to London's West End. "Fawlty Towers The ...

We live in an age of political anxiety that at times escalates into doom, gloom and outright alarm. We could all use a little laughter. Not just from the latest social media meme, talk show monologue ...

An aging brother and sister moan and groan about their mundane existence until their much more successful sibling visits, and they realize they’re not so badly off after all. Or, Anton Chekhov’s ...

Melbourne Civic Theatre is set to tickle some funny bones with John Chapman and Ray Cooney's classic British farce, "Move Over, Mrs. Markham." The play opens Friday, March 21 for a run through April ...

Even as he works to best understand and connect with his character in the comedy “Don’t Dress for Dinner” at Florida Studio Theatre, actor Gil Brady knows that some of his most important preparation ...

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DYSART — Wolf Creek Players will host a read-through audition for ”Unnecessary Farce" from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Dysart Library. Anyone interested in auditioning but unable to attend can contact ...