The Importance of Intimate Simplicity By TERRY TEACHOUT
The revival of Noël Coward's "Present Laughter" that opened on Broadway this week under the auspices of the Roundabout Theatre Company is the same one that I saw performed in Boston three years ago by the Huntington Theatre Company, give or take a couple of new cast members. I liked it with significant reservations in 2007, and I feel the same way now: It's effective, but not the "Present Laughter" of my dreams.