LEND ME A TENOR A REVUE

With this revival of LEND ME A TENOR,Broadway has aquired something as rare as a bank mistake in your favor or an unexpected tax refund, a truly funny and sometimes riotous theatre evening.

This is a most pleasant surprise to me because I was not a big fan of Ken Ludwigs' 1986 farce about the opera racket when it was done on Broadway three years after its first production in London. This proves as much as anything that that going to the theatre with an open mind is a good thing to do.
Slapstick comedy is one of the most difficult of theatre feats to pull off but director Stanley Tucci [a fine actor himself in his freshman outing on Broadway] has managed it superbly,orchestrating the pratfalls and door slamming with split second timing and a wonderful sense of humor.
He is helped enormously by one of the most talented and enthusiastic cast in New York, and Anthony LaPaglia, Tony Shalhoub, Justin Bartha and all the rest are having as much fun on stage as the audience I saw it with was having out front.
As I said before I was not a big fan of this show 21 years ago, but with Mr Tuccis' superb slam-bang staging and a beautifully chosen cast LEND ME A TENOR is a fine example of a classic farce and unless my judgement is way off should be an unqualified crowd pleaser.
At THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE 239 WEST 45th STREET N.Y.C.