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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: New York Post.

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

  2. Dale BearmanThe 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.

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

  4. Dale BearmanThree hours, with two intermissions, and liquor in them. So the old audience had a plan. This one has a seat.

  5. Hank LedgerTime Out says not recommended. New York Theatre Guide says it's as dull as a medical waiting room.

  6. Dale BearmanTickets run forty-nine to two hundred seventy-nine dollars. Pricey for a seat in the waiting room.

  7. Hank LedgerOne review says the sound designer supplies the toilet flushes and the noises for the enemas. So there is a department that's working.

  8. Dale BearmanThe Drama Index gives it a four. One point for the cast, three for the plumbing.

  9. Hank LedgerI'd go higher. Ninety minutes of flushing and nobody can leave to use the actual bathroom.

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