Laughter on the 23rd Floor (film)


Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a 2001 American-Canadian made-for-television comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Nathan Lane. It is based on Neil Simon's 1993 play of the same name.

Plot

Set in the 1950s, the story follows comedian Max Prince and all the people with whom he works on a TV Show patterned after the classic program Your Show of Shows. Max is used to a good TV show, but he has to
fight to get it from the writers with whom he works, along with the executives who want his routines to be different and not about "Middle America".

Cast

The film was shot in Toronto. Both Nathan Lane and Mark Linn-Baker reprised their Broadway roles.