After a decade’s absence from Broadway, Kevin Kline returns as the aging matinee idol in Present Laughter. Kline, the swashbuckler of Pirates of Penzance and the hunk of On The Twentieth Century, would be welcome back in almost any theatrical vehicle. Yet this sixth Broadway production of Noel Coward’s 1939 comedy doesn’t add up to any special kind of thrill ride

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Present Laughter

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline and Kate Burton

Kevin Kline and Kate Burton

Kristine Nielsen, Kate Burton and Kevin Kline