Broadway Production
MAY 2008
"UP, UP & AWAY! 'Boeing-Boeing' is PURE PLEASURE and UNCONDITIONAL BLISS! It soars right out of its time zone and into some stratosphere of classic comedy. The happy cast, led by BRADLEY WHITFORD and CHRISTINE BARANSKI, is A ROARING SUCCESS. MARK RYLANCE gives a priceless performance, evoking the great Buster Keaton. A DELICIOUS, DELIRIOUS PRODUCTION."
–Ben Brantley, The New York Times
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! MILE-HIGH HILARITY! 'Boeing-Boeing' is A BREATH OF FRESH LAUGHING GAS. MATTHEW WARCHUS' jet-propelled production is filled with fantastic performances: MARK RYLANCE creates one of the funniest characters in memory, and MARY McCORMACK is so sensational, you never want her to leave the stage!"
–Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News
"A RIOT! Director MATTHEW WARCHUS and his sparkling cast fine-tune this production with clockwork precision. KATHRYN HAHN is like Paris Hilton on steroids: her voracious sexual appetite threatens to devour everyone on stage. GINA GERSHON channels vintage Sophia Loren, her curves all but exploding out of her uniform. She exudes love, desire, maternal warmth, petulant impatience and fiery anger in perfect measure -- sometimes all at once. MARK RYLANCE is a master of physical comedy. Digging deep into the Stan Laurel vaults for inspiration, he manages to stay in character through even the most outlandish collisions and gives shape to Robert's sly blossoming with inexhaustible inventiveness."
–David Rooney, Variety
"THE FUNNIEST PLAY TO HIT BROADWAY IN AGES! FLAWLESSLY CAST AND DIRECTED. Matthew Warchus has staged “Boeing-Boeing” with the split-second exactitude of a traffic cop at rush hour. The cast is TERRIFIC! It is exceedingly nice to have CHRISTINE BARANSKI back on Broadway. If ‘BOEING-BOEING’ doesn’t run for at least a year, there’s something seriously wrong with the world"
–Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
"At ‘Boeing-Boeing,’ I did something I hadn’t done in a theater for at least a year: I laughed, I really laughed."
–Jacques le Sourd, The Journal News
"Wanna really split your sides laughing? Wanna see the wittiest farce in town? Then for heavens sake slip on over to the Longacre Theatre and take in the uproarious new revival of Boeing-Boeing! It’s the most nutball comedy you’ll see this season or any other season since Noises Off. Just watching Mark Rylance is spellbinding. If you want to just have a good time, run or fly as fast as you can to the box office and buy tickets to Boeing-Boeing. To be honest, I’m still laughing!"
–David Richardson, WOR Radio
"A MATTERHORN OF COMICAL FROTH! Everybody better tape their ribs to prevent fractures from laughing so furiously at the madness galloping across the stage in this giddy revival. 'Boeing-Boeing' is expertly performed by a tip-top ensemble under MATTHEW WARCHUS' sharp direction. These tasty performances should please folks who like saucy fun."
–Michael Sommers, The Star-Ledger
"The WHOLE CAST, particularly the agile BRADLEY WHITFORD and the beautifully acidulated CHRISTINE BARANSKI, prove to be accomplished farceurs."
–Clive Barnes, New York Post
"A DELIRIOUSLY FUNNY COMEDY that refuses to come down to earth. When this STERLING revival lifts off, it remains GIDDILY AIRBORNE!"
–Michael Kuchwara, AP
