NILES — “Boeing-Boeing” lands successfully at Trumbull New Theatre.

A capable cast and director Josh Crank handle the many twists and turns in Marc Camelotti’s play with minimal turbulence to open TNT’s 2025-26 season.

“Boening-Boeing” — which was adapted into English, turned into a 1965 Tony Curtis-Jerry Lewis comedy and won a 2008 Tony Award for best revival of a play — is the story of an American in Paris with three fiancees. One’s American (Nina Miller as Gloria), one’s French (Casey Murphy as Gabriella) and one’s German (Molly Cravalho as Gretchen).

Bernard (Josh Robinson) uses their different flight schedules to keep each one from finding out about the others. But it wouldn’t be a farce if well-laid plans continued to work, and bad weather and faster jets are just some of the things that lead to all three women crashing at the flat at the same time.

That plot summary leaves out two of the most important characters, at least in this production. Chase Miles plays Bernard’s college friend Robert, who arrives unexpectedly. He isn’t one of the complications. If anything, his presence and assistance helps Bernard keep the ruse up longer than it should as he goes from appalled to intrigued to willing accomplice (with motives of his own) over the course of two acts.

Robert really is the main character in the play, and Miles revels in the role. He knows how to deliver a punchline, and he knows how to get a laugh from his reactions and facial expressions to the lunacy around him. He’s also a deft physical comedian, taking an assortment of slides and pratfalls on the set, also designed by the director. Miles even gets laughs with just his legs in one bit where it’s the only part of his body that’s visible.

Michelle Jones plays Bernard’s maid / cook / housekeeper Berthe, who is devoted but exasperated by the demands on her to keep track of Bernard’s lies and constantly shift the menu and the decor in the flat depending on the particular taste of whichever fiancee is there (and they have some peculiar culinary tastes). Berthe falls into the familiar storytelling device of “the help” who serves as a Greek chorus, expressing what the audience is thinking about the foolishness of the other characters. Jones has impeccable timing in the role.

The entire cast is strong. Cravalho, Murphy and Miller all make their characters unique and entertaining in different ways (kudos to whoever is responsible for Murphy’s second act hair design). Robinson convincingly goes from over-confident to panicked as his plans unravel.

Crank has the cast working like cogs in a well-oiled machine, ramping up the tension and letting the anticipation build until the comedic lunacy explodes.

TNT’s production even got laughs before the show even started as Cravalho read off preshow instructions (turn off phones, no photos, etc.) in that flight attendant monotone while Murphy punctuated Cravalho’s words with equally familiar gestures to frequent fliers.

The irony with “Boeing-Boeing” is the plot hinges on a new supersonic Boeing jet that speeds up travel times and messes up Bernard’s well-calculated relationship schedule while the show itself clocks in at a leisurely 2 hours and 40 minutes, including intermission. It’s difficult to maintain the tightly wound pacing that farce demands for that long, and it would be a better show if it was at least 15 minutes shorter.

At least with TNT’s production, it’s a case of too much of a good thing.

If you go …

WHAT: “Boeing-Boeing”

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 21

WHERE: Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles

HOW MUCH: Tickets are $17 for adults and $15 for students and are available online at . trumbullnewtheatre.tix.com and by calling the TNT box office at 330-652-1103 between 7 and 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.