Review: ‘The Cottage’ on Broadway is a freewheeling farce that may not be for everyone

NEW YORK — Did somebody cancel the word “farce?” The new Broadway show by Second Stage is billed as a reconstructed romantic comedy, a feminist tale, they say, of “sex, betrayal and love.” But if you have an elongated joke involving flatulence, folks, and “The Cottage” breaks an epic amount of wind as part of its myriad country-house shenanigans, you’re doing farce. Farce, farce, farce, farce, farce. Just to be clear. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, especially in the summer. And if you are in the mood for matchstick penis jokes, more gag props than a Coney Island funhouse and an ens…

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