Written by Neil Simon in 1972, "THE SUNSHINE BOYS" opened on Broadway starring Jack Albertson and Sam Levene. The movie version with Walter Matthau and George Burns was released in 1975. The current version at the Falcon Theatre--starring Dick Van patten and Frank Gorshin -- has been on a national tour since September, and it really shows.

Credit Curt Wollan with the sure direction and stage veterans Van Fatten and Gorshin with uncanny onstage timing that seems to flow effortlessly as they pay tribute to the heyday of American vaudeville -- as well as the words of Simon.

"Sunshine" tells the story of Lewis and Clark, who appeared in vaudeville for 43 years as the Sunshine Boys,...