It's Shakespeare's classic story of mistaken identities in Ephesus.
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For once, William Shakespeare has not earned his top billing. At least half of CST's latest show, about a scrappy English studio filming "The Comedy of Errors" during the Blitz, is actually written by Ron West ("The People vs. Friar Laurence"). This makes "Comedy" a rare bird: too much Shakespeare for a new backlot comedy, too much West for a concept production of a classic. Lucky for us, it flies. This big, gorgeous production has an aureate glow, like a perfect machine of a Broadway musical with iambic pentameter instead of songs. The cast is packed with star turns: arch, sexy comediennes, vaudeville weirdos, and dashing leading men with shockingly strong comic chops. A piece of expert entertainment, "Comedy" warms its audience in the feeling of dozens of top professionals teaming up across centuries, for no other purpose than to delight.
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