Broadway's 'The Imaginary Invalid' Gets a Rough Review

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new Broadway revival of Molière's The Imaginary Invalid has critics saying the comedy is missing its laughs, the New York Post reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe Post reviewer imagined the audience had laryngitis. That's the entire review, and it's the best line in the building, and it isn't even the play's.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBill Irwin adapted it and stars as Argan. He cut it to ninety minutes with no intermission. The original reportedly ran over three hours.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree hours, with two intermissions, and liquor in them. So the old audience had a plan. This one has a seat.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTime Out says not recommended. New York Theatre Guide says it's as dull as a medical waiting room.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTickets run forty-nine to two hundred seventy-nine dollars. Pricey for a seat in the waiting room.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne review says the sound designer supplies the toilet flushes and the noises for the enemas. So there is a department that's working.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe Drama Index gives it a four. One point for the cast, three for the plumbing.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd go higher. Ninety minutes of flushing and nobody can leave to use the actual bathroom.