‘Money’ Is Still a Prize

Can “Other People’s Money” fit other people’s stages?

“Yes” is the answer indicated by the Pasadena Playhouse production’s move to tighter quarters at the Westwood Playhouse. Even the Deborah Raymond set squeezes onto the smaller stage, with some loss of spaciousness but not of functionality. Director Kevin Conway (who gives a sizzling lead performance as Larry the Liquidator) has made minor adjustments to accommodate the new space.

Claudette Sutherland (as Bea Sullivan) is the only newcomer to the company and handles the role of the boss’s lifetime assistant and mistress with spirit and dignity. The rest of the cast is in fighting form, though some deepening from John Anderson as that boss would be welcome. Still.

But “Money” is ultimately a duel of wits between Larry (Conway) and Kate Sullivan (Margaret Reed), the firebrand lawyer for the opposition, and the parries and thrusts those two can deal continue to lift this clever comedy from the mundane to the must-see. It’s impure but terrific entertainment. “Other People’s Money,” Westwood Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood. Tuesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 5 and 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Indefinitely. $31.50-$35; (213) 208-5454.