Light Up the Sky (1948)

Moss Hart’s brilliant backstage comedy masterpiece 'Light Up the Sky' completed a celebrated original Broadway premiere run at the Royale Theatre in 1948, running for an accomplished 214 performances. The fast-paced farcical narrative unfolds entirely inside a luxurious hotel penthouse suite in Boston, Massachusetts during a sweltering out-of-town pre-Broadway tryout night, tracking a tight-knit, flamboyant circle of theatrical elite—including a temperamental diva, an unprincipled producer, and a nervous director—whose fake professional devotions collapse into a hilarious war of vitriol before the reviews drop. Directed by Hart, it starred Sam Levene.