'Boeing-Boeing'

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Taking farcical comedy to new heights

Zany British sex farces like this can offer a comfy, retro sensibility and this one's more cool and retro than most. Once the longest-running comedy in London theater history, "Boeing-Boeing" is set in the golden era of the mid-1960s, just after the miniskirt and just before women's lib, when no girl was sexier than a stewardess. In fact, a swinging businessman is juggling three at once out of his Paris bachelor pad, with the help of his long-suffering housekeeper. You can expect more confusion than an episode of "Three's Company."

The show stars Bradley Whitford, Christine Baranski, Gina Gerson, Mary McCormack, Kathryne Hahn and Mark Rylance, who won an Olivier Award for his turn as the inevitable best friend in the London run.