An old friend is returning to the Mansfield Playhouse stage. Ryan Kiley, who has been away from acting for five years, is one of four cast members in "Who's on First?" The play will take place the ...

This newly restored screwball comedy is a buoyant romp. The director revisits and refines the techniques used here in his later work in other genres. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Slapstick comedy often gets a bad rap as mindless popcorn entertainment rather than serious art. Great Lakes Theater’s production of “Noises Off,” now at the Hanna Theatre through ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Based on Sam Raimi's classic horror films, Evil Dead the Musical takes all the ...

Paramount’s slapstick comedy The Naked Gun is off to a strong start at the box office. The movie opened in third place in North America, earning $17 million from 3,344 theaters, which was right on ...

There’s only so much directing you can do when you send your lead actor, who is holding several bags of goldfish, in water, on a roller coaster with a 35 mm camera strapped to the front. You just have ...

For a certain type of anime fan (i.e., ones with exceptionally good taste), Nichijou is considered one of the best examples of slapstick comedy the medium has to offer. Based on Keiichi Arawi’s manga, ...