Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Classic Screwball Comedies?

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   I agree that "Moon Over Buffalo" is great, we did that show recently and it was a big hit, not to mention EVERY role is fit for a ham. Big time fun to perform.

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eveharrington Celebrity Joined: 8/28/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 198	Posted: 8/31/06 at 1:19am
	I agree that "Moon Over Buffalo" is great, we did that show recently and it was a big hit, not to mention EVERY role is fit for a ham. Big time fun to perform.
	"If nothing else, there's applause... like waves of love pouring over the footlights."
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DnoMan Walk-On Joined: 7/01/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 9/05/06 at 12:21am
	"It Runs in the Family" is a very funny Ray Cooney farce. We had 'em in stitches-play is set in a hospital!
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red diva Celebrity Joined: 5/15/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 199	Posted: 9/26/06 at 11:12am
	There's an old chestnut called "The Male Animal", I believe by Lindsey and Crouse. It's set on a college campus, and revolves around the campus homecoming celebration and a mild-mannered professor's conflict with the college administration over his reading of the famous letter by Sacco and Venzetti in his classroom. So, there's a message, but a lot of laughs while getting to it.
	"I've worked long and hard to earn the right to be called Diva!"
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Juror #3 Lead Joined: 9/28/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Posted: 9/29/06 at 4:38pm
	Consider "Once in a Lifetime" by Kaufman and Hart (I think). It is set in Hollywood just as the sound era is coming in. Some out-of-work and modestly talented actors decide to open an elocution academy. Excellent satire of Hollywood as it moves into its Golden Age. Has nothing in it that would turn away audiences, if that matters. In the hands of actors who know how to do a fast paced brand of humor, it would be hysterical. One caution: It has an enormous cast, as shows produced in the 30s tended to do (Kaufman's in particular, since he tried to give as many actors work as he could) but many parts can be doubled, even tripled.
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kiwiholly Player Joined: 10/01/06 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 10/04/06 at 4:25am
	"The Sex Fiend", by Stephen Sinclair. It's a New Zealand play, and one of the funniest ones I've ever seen, a bit rude though, in case you didn't guess already, so it'd depend on where you were performing. Other than that, I agree with "Noises Off"!
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suzecue1 Star Joined: 9/19/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 90	Posted: 10/04/06 at 9:05am
	"Accommodations", the female version of the "Odd Couple", "Fools", "Foreigner". All funny shows that were fun bring to the stage.
	Sue ***** So many hats.....so few heads!
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tcpmatt Walk-On Joined: 10/03/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 10/04/06 at 12:44pm
	Over the River and Tru the Woods
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Sister Bob Walk-On Joined: 10/19/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 10/19/06 at 6:40pm
	Anything by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Millmore: "What the Bellhop Saw" and "Lie, Cheat, and Genuflect" are two of the zaniest shows I've ever done.
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Sister Bob Walk-On Joined: 10/19/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 10/19/06 at 6:49pm
	How could I forget? How about "Over the Tavern" ?
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falstaff29 Celebrity Joined: 9/17/04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 155	Posted: 10/25/06 at 12:30am
	Not technically screwball, but two hilarious, "clean" comedies, both underrated: Steve Martin- The Underpants Thornton Wilder- The Matchmaker
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