Laughter on the 23rd Floor at Little Fish Theatre

Little Fish Theatre presents Neil Simon's LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR, directed by Holly Baker-Kreiswirth. Playwright Neil Simon got his first big break in the early 1950s as a staff writer on Sid Caesar's celebrated television series "Your Show of Shows." Laughter on the 23rd Floor takes a fictionalized look at the backstage bedlam that went into producing one of the precedent-setting shows of television's golden age. Max Prince is the star of "The Max Prince Show," a hugely popular variety series that is a major hit on the coasts. But the network insists that it's too sophisticated for the Midwest and urges Prince to dumb down his act. Between the tensions of producing and being pestered about his ratings, Prince is beginning to unravel. His last line of defense is his writing staff, which spends its days coming up with sketches for the show while hurling hilarious barbs at each other and anyone else within earshot.