It's to the great credit of director Des McAnuff that while only Farnsworth and Sarnoff are fully drawn characters, several others come reasonably and entertainingly to life.
"Is He Dead?" is the title of a never-produced Mark Twain comedy opening on Broadway on Sunday.
It's also a fair question to ask about the show's box- office vigor, given the release late yesterday of ticket sales for 33 Broadway shows since a stagehands strike was settled on Nov. 28.
It seems incredible that rumbling gangs of stagehands (the Jets) and producers (the Sharks) have blundered into the dumbest strike in decades.
Bob Clyman's laudable off-Broadway drama "Secret Order" grabs your attention right away and never lets go.