Hilarious comedy romp!
August 12-28, 2022
Directed by Rob Thurmond
8:00 PM — August 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, & 27
2:00 PM — August 14, 21, 27, & 28
In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend Me a Tenor, fading stars of the 1950s are playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in repertory in Buffalo. On the brink of a disastrous split-up, they receive word that they might have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town. If he likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Unfortunately, everything that could go wrong, does.
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Buy Tickets for Moon Over Buffalo
Learn more about purchasing tickets.
Reviews
“Packs more comic genius onto the stage than anything in recent memory!” — USA Today
“Somewhere up above, George S. Kaufman, Abe Burrows, Moss Hart and all those clever fellows who wrote the comedies of yesteryear are rolling with laughter, echoing the audience last night at Moon Over Buffalo. The play is nothing less than a love letter to live theater.” — Boston Herald
“Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo tops the mayhem and pitch-perfect farce of his other hit, Lend Me a Tenor.” — Orange County Register
“Ken Ludwig is one of those rare contemporary playwrights who thinks in terms of old-fashioned knockabout farce, and that’s something to be cherished.” — The New York Times
“[R]oles that any actor of a certain age would give his or her soul to play.” — The Boston Herald
“The funniest show in New York… The comedy has audiences rolling in the aisles. The second act has a show-within-a-show spoof of Private Lives with everybody in the wrong costumes reading the wrong lines. This has to be one of the most hysterical things ever put onstage. I have seen Moon Over Buffalo three times! I expect you to see it once.” — Liz Smith, New York Post
“Hilarious! Ludwig stuffs his play with comic invention, running gags and neat sense of absurdity. An evening of farcical delight. Go and enjoy!” — Clive Barnes, New York Post
“By far Broadway’s funniest, most enjoyable lighthearted play. Buy a ticket!” — Entertainment Weekly
“Stuffed with comic invention, running gags and a superb sense of absurdity, this is truly a love-letter to live theatre.” — Insidebayarea.com
“Moon Over Buffalo is what a stage comedy should be. It is a wild and wacky farce. It’s Waiting for Guffman meets Noises Off meets your favorite Shakespeare comedy as performed by the Marx Brothers. Be prepared to leave the theater exhausted from laughter.” — The News Tribune, WA
About the Author
Ken Ludwig has had six shows on Broadway, seven in London’s West End, and many of his works have become a standard part of the American repertoire. His 28 plays and musicals have been performed in over 30 countries in more than 20 languages and are produced throughout the United States every night of the year.
Lend Me a Tenor won two Tony Awards and was called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th century” by The Washington Post. Crazy For You was on Broadway for five years and won the Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical.
In addition, he has won the Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two Helen Hayes Awards, and the Edwin Forrest Award for Contributions to the American Theater. His plays have starred, among others, Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Tony Shaloub, Joan Collins and Hal Holbrook.
His stage version of Murder on the Orient Express was written expressly at the request of the Agatha Christie Estate, and his latest play, Dear Jack, Dear Louise, won the 2020 Charles MacArthur Award for Best New Play of the Year and is optioned for Broadway.
His book How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare, published by Penguin Random House, won the Falstaff Award for Best Shakespeare Book of the Year, and his essays are published in the Yale Review.
He is a graduate of Harvard and Cambridge and is a frequent guest speaker for groups as varied as The Oxford-Cambridge Society, The Jane Austen Society of North America, The Folger Shakespeare Library, and The Baker Street Irregulars.
For more information, see his website at www.kenludwig.com.