‘The Sunshine Boys’

Danny DeVito’s Willie Clark and Judd Hirsch’s Al Lewis are former vaudeville stars in “The Sunshine Boys.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Judd Hirsch, left, and Danny DeVito have reunited for “The Sunshine Boys” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. It is their first time working together since TV’s “Taxi.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ms. McIntosh (Annie Abrams) and Willie Clark (Danny DeVito) rehearse a scene for “The Doctor Will See You Now,” the sketch that made the Sunshine Boys famous.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Danny DeVito, left, with Gibby Brand, won over critics in the London staging of “The Sunshine Boys.” The revival is at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Danny DeVito, left, and Judd Hirsch play a former vaudeville duo in “The Sunshine Boys” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Hirsch replaced Richard Griffiths, who died unexpectedly in March.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Danny DeVito’s Willie Clark has met his match in Johnnie Fiori’s no-nonsense registered nurse in “The Sunshine Boys” at the the Ahmanson Theatre.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Justin Bartha, left, with Danny DeVito, has a dual role as a put-upon nephew and an agent in Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Judd Hirsch, left, and Danny DeVito star in Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)