American Players Theatre turns to farce with 'A Flea in Her Ear'

By Mike Fischer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

July 1, 2017

Reviewing an early Georges Feydeau comedy, a droll critic predicted that this master farceur would go mad and end his days in an asylum. 

That’s exactly what happened, which suggests there might be more going on than all the laughs you’ll enjoy in watching American Players Theatre’s exquisitely executed and ferociously funny production of Feydeau’s “A Flea in Her Ear.”  It’s now on stage under David Frank’s direction, in the company’s outdoor amphitheater in Spring Green.  

Feydeau’s plays don’t get done much in America; they’re too hard, require too much rehearsal time and demand extraordinarily gifted actors who, ideally, work in repertory and therefore know and trust one another. Voilà APT, which features such actors as well as a newly revamped stage, able to accommodate the nearly 300 entrances and exits in this complicated play.

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