Went to the SoHo Playhouse tonight to see the Off-Broadway production "Room Service."

What fun! It's a revival of a screwball comedy fit for the Marx Brothers. A Broadway producer is trying to get a new show up and running with no money and his creditors demanding payment. This set-up allows several of New York's best character actors an opportunity to chew the scenery.

The SoHo Playhouse has an interesting history. It stands on land that was once Richmond Hill, a colonial mansion that served as headquarters for General George Washington and later home to Aaron Burr. Purchased from Burr in 1817, the land was then developed into federalist-style row houses by fur magnate John Jacob Astor. The building, at 15 Van Dam Street, was designated as the Huron Club, a popular meeting house and night club for the Democratic Party. The turn of the century brought the Tammany Hall machine to the Huron Club.