Arts & Entertainment

Iconic Play Within A Play, "Noises Off" Is Ready To Make Boston Audiences Laugh

Often called the ultimate farce, it's heightened comedy, something director Ilyse Robbins knows is difficult to pull off well.

(CBS Boston)

December 3, 2024

BOSTON - For more than four decades, "Noises Off" has made audiences all around the world laugh. Now, the play within a play is at The Lyric Stage Company in Boston's Back Bay.

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Often called the ultimate farce, it's heightened comedy, something director Ilyse Robbins knows is difficult to pull off well, telling us the set is key.

"Doors, doors, doors, doors, doors. They have to work. They have to slam. They have to slam, and they have to work. And then it has to happen constantly."

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