VIDEO: Andrea Martin, Rob McClure and Company Looking Forward To The Madcap Silliness of NOISES OFF

Some would call Michael Frayn's NOISES OFF the funniest play of the 20th Century and it's hard to argue against that when seeing audiences rolling with laughter during its three madcap acts.

Frayn got the idea for his backstage farce in 1970, while watching from the wings a performance of an earlier farce he had written, THE TWO OF US.

"It was funnier from behind than in front, and I thought that one day I must write a farce from behind."

Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of Noises Off begins previews tonight, December 17, 2015 and opens officially on Thursday, January 14, 2016. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, March 6, 2016 on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street).

The cast includes Andrea Martin as "Dotty Otley", Campbell Scott as "Lloyd Dallas,"Tracee Chimoas "Poppy Norton-Taylor,"Daniel Davis as "Selsdon Mowbray," David Furr as "Garry Lejeune," Kate Jennings Grant as "Belinda Blair," Megan Hilty as "Brooke Ashton," Rob McClure as "Tim Allgood" and Jeremy Shamos as "Frederick Fellowes." Tony nominee Jeremy Herrin will direct the new Broadway production as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's 50th anniversary season.

The creative team for NOISES OFF includes: Derek McLane (Sets), Michael Krass (Costumes), Jane Cox (Lighting) and Christopher Cronin (Sound).

In this lively video, cast members take a few moments during a photo shoot to talk about the wonderful silliness of the play.

NOISES OFF premiered on Broadway in 1983 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. The original production ran more than 550 performances and was lauded as "the funniest show on Broadway" (The New York Times).

Full of shocking surprises and gut-busting humor, NOISES OFF is the classic show-within-a-show. The opening night performance of the farce Nothing On is just hours away, and as the cast stumbles through their final dress rehearsal, things couldn't be going any worse. With lines being forgotten, love triangles unraveling and sardines flying everywhere, it's complete pandemonium...and we haven't even reached intermission! Can the cast pull their act together on the stage even if they can't behind the scenes?