Boeing Boeing, a play by Marc Camoletti at the Longacre Theatre. Starring Christine Baranski, Mark Rylance, Bradley Whitford, Gina Gershon, Kathryn Hahn, Mary McCormack; directed by Matthew Warchus. "Boeing Boeing" is a high octane French sex farce, suitably translated for American sensibilities. Although I've seen the great Shakespeare actor Mark Rylance (probably the finest Hamlet of his generation) in such roles as Olivia in Twelfth Night, I was not prepared for his great gifts for physical and slap stick comedy. Channeling Stan Laurel, Rylance makes a long delayed Broadway debut in great style. Keeping up with his antics is Bradley Whitford (of West Wing fame) Christine Baranski hilarious as a ditsy maid and above all the hysterical trio of voluptuously sexy stewardesses (the play is set in the 1970's -- the days before political correctness when airlines could still hire stewardesses solely for their looks and sex appeal - the days when to date a stewardess was to be instantly "lucky.") Gina Gershon does a fantastic riff on Gina Lollobrigida, Mary McCormack is a Teutonic wonder as the Lufthansa girl and there is Kathryn Hahn who is a very free and horny American. The stereotypes play well into the comedy. Without a stitch of redeeming value or purpose, "Boeing Boeing" is a fast moving and always funny French farce (people are going in and out of doors the whole time) and it's brilliantly paced and staged by Matthew Warchus. We had a miserable day yesterday in New York, it was cold and rainy and the traffic was terrible. "Boeing Boeing" was the perfect cure. Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test Grade A-