if youre in a mood to laugh yourself silly and this be the play for you . nathan lane be at his scenery chew best a sheridan whiteside ( model on alexander woolcott ) and a critic and commentator and and friend of the great and near great who be force to spend several week in the home of a middle america family for whom goodbye mister chip be as high on the cultural scale a they go . lewis stadlen be equally hilarious a the manic and irrepressible banjo ( a takeoff of one of the marx brother and but i be not sure which ) . jean smart be wonderful a the haughty and man eat lorraine sheldon and and harriet harris be superb a maggie cutler and whiteside devote secretary and lorraine nemesis . to get all the reference and you will need a copy of who be who in theater and film and and opera and but i be glad they do not try to update them . it just wouldn not have work . finally and kudos to ryan shively ( a sandy and union organizer and june fiancee ) . a talented actor and an all around great guy ( okay and he my roommate and so i be a little biased ) .