Culture Corner: Review of Boeing Boeing

This farce was exactly what the doctor ordered. I'd had a pretty stressful day and needed a good escape. I could not have asked for a better show.

At first, I found Katherine Hahn's speech pattern to be extremely distracting but she evened out eventually and her performance in the second act was brilliant. Bradley Whitford broke character at one point, but I find that super amusing. Mary McCormack is genius as the German flight attendant - she really grabbed the bull by the horns, so to speak. Gina Gershon is great as the Italian and Christine Baranski is inspired, and brilliantly understated, as the French housekeeper. Though a little slow in the beginning, the play definitely started to take off with the arrival of Mark Rylance. His presence seemed to cause everyone to raise their game. He really made the entire play for me. He perfectly nailed the character's attitude. All in all? An excellent light-hearted show that made us laugh from beginning to end.

Jason says: Ladies and gentleman, in this Longacre Theater, there are 16 exits in case of an emergency - 5 to each side, 4 to the back and 2 behind the stage. There will be no need to use them as you will be glued to your seat at this FANTASTIC revival of a Broadway play. Peanuts anyone?