Heard Any 'Rumors' Lately? You Can Tonight at the Raven

offer a riotous Broadway farce starting tonight, Friday, at the

Four couples gather to celebrate their friend Charley's anniversary. The first couple to arrive discover Charley, the Deputy Mayor of New York, upstairs bleeding.

Attempted suicide or...? That's the plot of "," the play by Neil Simon playing at the Raven until Sept. 4.

Given everyone's upper-crust status, they decide they've got to create the right "story" to protect themselves from police and media. A missing wife, missing cook, damaged car, whiplash, recurring back spasms, and rumors galore add to the comic mayhem.

plays Aug. 19 - Sept. 4. Fri/Sat 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Value night, Thursday, Aug. 25 ($11, no advance sales).