The Angel Next Door

The Angel Next Door

A romantic screwball comedy
by Paul Slade Smith

May 17 – September 6

From the playwright who brought last summer’s smash-hit The Outsider, comes a rollicking romp that captures the sheer joy, sophistication, and wit of 1940s screwball comedies. 

Paul Slade Smith’s brand-new adaptation of Ferenc Molnár’s classic Hungarian farce (Play at the Castle) is set in an opulent Newport mansion in 1948. It’s populated with playwrights, actors, a young starstruck author, and a housekeeper who would like all of them to leave. A comedy that’s in love with theatre and the artists who might have to give reality a rewrite to arrive at a happy ending.

Young Oliver Adams is on the brink of a major success. His novel The Angel Next Door is set to be published, and famed Broadway playwrights Charlotte and Arthur Sanders have already adapted his book for what is sure to be a huge stage hit. And who do they have their eye on as the leading lady? Margot Bell, of course, the very person Oliver adores and about whom he has written his novel (though he hasn’t told her yet). When they all converge for a weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, the thin walls of the well-appointed mansion reveal that the angel may not be angelic, and only the power of theatre can save the play, Oliver’s novel, and perhaps most importantly, his heart.

Perfect for fans of: Rumors (2024), She Loves Me (2023), Leading Ladies (2022), Boeing Boeing (2019)