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Laughter On The 23rd Floor

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

By Neil Simon

Directed by David Ratliff

Warning: This production contains strong language and may be inappropriate for younger audiences

September 5th - September 21st, 2025

Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 3 PM

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Inspired by the playwright’s youthful experience as a staff writer on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, this ensemble comedy features all the attendant comic drama as the harried writing staff frantically scrambles to top each other with gags while competing for the attention of star madman Max Prince.
Laughter on the 23rd Floor was first presented on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City on November 22, 1993. It was directed by Jerry Zaks

 

Media

“Old style comedy: fast and furious.” – The Wall Street Journal

“One of [Simon’s] funniest…Comedy, comedy all the way.” – Newsweek

“Enough laughs per minute to assure [it] a long run and many happy audiences.” – USA Today

“The funniest comedy on Broadway in years and likely to remain the funniest comedy on Broadway for years.” – Variety

Cast

  • LUCAS- Dekan Mueller

  • MILT- Drew Perkins

  • VAL- Steve Trigg

  • BRIAN- Heath Trentham

  • KENNY- Michael Ebling

  • CAROL- Danielle Pressley

  • MAX- Jeff Eberting

  • IRA- Caleb Burnham

  • HELEN- Kelby Cox

This project is being supported in whole or in part, by federal award number 21.027 awarded to the City of Knoxville by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Arts & Culture Alliance