Lane is a Tony-winning producer ( Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage aux Folles ) and part-time playwright. Based on the evidence here, Lane should stick to producing. He has attempted to write a romantic comedy/farce/backstage play. It fails as all three The playwright goes to remarkably tacky lengths to get laughs and still doesn't get them Even the intentionally rotten musical numbers from I Married a Communist aren't funny. Perhaps that's because the clueless comedy surrounding them is just as amateurish. William Stevenson