Noises Off (NJ)
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Noises Off (NJ)
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Noises Off (NJ) NJ Reviews and Tickets

86%
(16 Ratings)
Positive
94%
Mixed
6%
Negative
0%
Members say
Funny, Entertaining, Great staging, Great acting, Hilarious

About the Show

Screwball antics, sight gags, pratfalls, misplaced props, slamming doors, and flying sardines all combine in Tony Award winner Michael Frayn’s celebrated farce-within-a-farce.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (16)

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324 Reviews | 52 Followers
85
Ambitious, Delightful, Great staging, Hilarious, Refreshing

See it if you enjoy farce done very well. This is a difficult show to get perfect but this production does it!

Don't see it if you want deep thought or don't like farce and backstage comedies.

100 Reviews | 15 Followers
83
Delightful, Entertaining, Funny

See it if U LIKE FARCE GREAT FUN & UNBELIEVABLY WELLTIMED SUPER SLAPSTICK

Don't see it if U DO NOT LIKE FARCE & EXCELLENTLY TIMED FEVERISH SLAPSTICK Read more

104 Reviews | 32 Followers
83
Funny, Great acting, Great staging, Silly, Great sets

See it if would like to see a cohesive and talented cast with impeccable comedic timing give their all in a fantastically farcical show

Don't see it if Not a fan of door-slamming absurdist British comedies Read more

144 Reviews | 29 Followers
69
Funny at times

See it if I usually love farces but something here didn't connect i really only had one great laugh

Don't see it if ....

22 Reviews | 3 Followers
91
Must see, Masterful, Funny, Entertaining

See it if you need to laugh. This is the funniest script ever written.

Don't see it if you're a stick in the mud.

30 Reviews | 3 Followers
89
Funny, Fluffy, Hilarious

See it if you enjoy farce (or enjoy seeing a farce of farce), like shows about theater, want a laugh, enjoy slapstick

Don't see it if you don't like physical comedy, are looking for strong social messaging

28 Reviews | 3 Followers
87
Clever, Funny, Entertaining

See it if hysterical romp thru 3 partial performances of the same play as performers develop bad blood!

Don't see it if you don't like farces.

29 Reviews | 37 Followers
83
Hilarious, Clever, Entertaining, Great staging, Great acting

See it if you enjoy door slamming British farce, appreciate intricately precise physical comedy, and just want to laugh!

Don't see it if you don't like British farce, are looking for drama, hate laughing till your sides ache!

Critic Reviews (6)

BroadwayWorld
January 21st, 2019

“You'll laugh, laugh, and laugh some more at this truly timeless comedy...The TRT production...featuring a marvelous cast, is an absolute pleasure...Don't miss the hilarious rendition...The cast masters the play within a play format with its absurd, fast paced action. You never know what is going to happen next. Their comedic timing is perfect and they bring enormous energy to every scene...Audiences will love all of the unique, distinctive characters, wonderfully portrayed.”
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NJ.com
January 22nd, 2019

“This is an unabashed celebration of the pure zaniness that is farce...Those laughs come through steadily at Two River. As affairs in the play get more and more madcap...Lapine does truly impressive work in choreographing and emphasizing the gags to get the most out of this hectic script...Expertly executed and masterfully unpretentious, it is little more than slapstick for the sake of slapstick, and in that regard it is simply a whole lot of fun.”
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Broad Street Review
January 21st, 2019

“Frayn’s durable farce-within-a-farce, takes place during a disastrous dress rehearsal. The production currently running at TRT...too often feels like one itself...TRT’s production directed with a general lack of timing and taste...never hits on the right balance...The company work so hard and achieve so little...The actors use slapdash physical comedy to overcompensate...It falls a few doors short of a successful farce.”
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Scene on Stage
January 22nd, 2019

“’Nothing On’ is the play being rehearsed within...‘Noises Off’ by a troupe of inept actors...Two River’s cast is anything but inept; their bungling of the third-rate inner play is a rib-tickling delight, a masterclass in comic timing...The confusion is so well written and performed that we can follow it even when the on-stage characters cannot...The stellar nine-member cast functions as one...Comedy really is hard. This 'Noises Off' pulls it off. It hits its marks and gets its laughs."
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NJArts.net
January 25th, 2019

“Lapine doesn’t try to find new dimensions in Frayn’s script. This is a straightforward, dependably hilarious production of a dependably hilarious play...This is an action-packed, physically demanding comedy, with characters frequently breaking through windows, or falling down stairs, or crawling around helplessly...The actors in ‘Noises Off’ hit their marks — even when the craziness reaches a feverish peak, in the second act — with the precision of ballet dancers.”
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T
January 21st, 2019

“Described as the funniest farce ever written, this perennial play has been performed by hundreds of actors...and the Two River Theater version is every is bit as fierce as the best of them...The talented cast really deserves kudos for the aerobic workout we witness in the audience and the timing of this team of actors is spot on, despite all the craziness that never stops for a minute...It’s a fast, funny farce and a welcome bit of fun in the chilly months.”
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