“A gift and a rarity: a superb new romantic comedy that’s moving, smart and flat-out hilarious. .. You will have difficulty breathing. Stage Kiss is that funny. ” — Jesse Green, New York “In Stage Kiss passion and fidelity engage in a kind of elegant pas de deux…At once a knowing send-up of the hazy half-truths of stage naturalism and a meditation on the nature of desire and sexual fantasy, the play manages to be both wholly original and instantly recognizable. ” — John Lahr, New Yorker “A knockabout farce that channels Noël Coward and Michael Frayn. ” — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune “Wickedly clever. .. Ruhl’s unique, breezily elegant dialogue is fully present. ” — Steven Oxman, Variety “A lively blend of romantic comedy and backstage farce. .. Stage Kiss reminds us of how the artifice of theater can stir real emotions not just for those who create it, but for those who attend it, too. ” — Charles Isherwood, New York Times