Neil Simon's Rumors

Phoenix Theatre
9673 Firdale Ave. Edmonds

After leaving audiences in stitches with Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple, Neil Simon cranks the comedy up to 11 in Rumors. A farce in the grand door-slamming, ridiculous-lie-piled-atop-ridiculous-lie tradition, Rumors starts swirling when Charlie, the Deputy Mayor of New York, invites his society pals to a swanky black-tie party at his townhouse. What could go wrong? Well, Charlie shooting himself in the earlobe certainly sends the action in a decidedly wacky direction. One comic mishap after another whips up this frothy and funny evening of misunderstanding, intrigue and (yep) rumors.