Beth Henley's Laugh produced pratfalls and profundity
Wacky ain't for wimps. Capturing that seltzer fizz, cream pie lightness of classic slapstick is far trickier than it looks. Even the queen of loopy Southern Gothic, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley, slips on the banana peel trying to recreate the side-splitting in Laugh, a world-premiere comedy at Studio Theatre. The impetus for the work, […] The post Beth Henley’s Laugh produced pratfalls an…