Neil Simon's 1963 hit comedy Barefoot in the Park is enjoying perhaps its millionth run with Prince George's Little Theatre production at the Bowie Playhouse. That kind of longevity is due to the comedy's timelessness: Despite its dated aspects, the themes of acceptance of limitations and differences remain relevant.

A self-described computer geek by day and photographer at night, PGLT director Jeffrey Lesniak seems adept at drawing out the comic richness in this story of a young married couple who try to understand and accept each other.

Lesniak has assembled a skilled cast to give life to this play, and he keeps the action fast-paced to bring out the comedy.

As in many of Simon's plays, Barefoot in the Park is set in New York City, where we meet a young lawyer and his bride who have just moved into a sixth-floor walk-up apartment after their honeymoon.

Free-spirited Corie -- played by vivacious Denise Levien -- convinces us she has rented this tiny apartment without noticing that there is no heat, no bathtub and a large hole in the skylight. She cheerfully greets the telephone installation man as she waits for her furniture to be delivered. Levien is bubbly and offbeat and brings comic timing to her conversation with her husband as he climbs those six flights of stairs.

In earlier productions of this show, I've found child-woman Corie grows tiresome for me no matter how skilled the portrayal, and I had the same difficulty here with Levien, who is excellent in the role.

As newlywed Paul, Steve Backus conveys the right blend of stodgy attorney and giddy groom. Backus' Paul is practical with career ambition, and he is more sensible than Corie, showing more concern for Corie's mother when Corie arranges a blind date for her with bohemian upstairs neighbor Victor Velasco.

As Velasco, Danny Brooks provides many comic moments, establishing fine rapport with Levien's Corie and with her mother, Ethel, delightfully played by Millie Ferrara. Having climbed those six flights (counting the outside stoop) Ferrara's Ethel Banks arrives breathlessly to portray the concerned mother who can't wait to see her daughter's apartment and to glimpse the kind of life she is beginning with Paul.

Ferrara's Ethel lights her own warm sparks with Brooks' Victor as they eventually settle for buttermilk and other comforts of middle age.

In his two scenes as the telephone repairman, William Powell Jr. masterfully delivers comic pauses and double takes while projecting his own considerable charm.

The set created by Keith Brown becomes the perfect backdrop for all action, transforming from move-in bare to charming mid-20th century urban chic complete with snow-laden skylight. Extra magic is supplied by Garrett Hyde's lighting design and the set decoration of Sarah Kendrick and Roy Peterson.

Barefoot in the Park continues at Bowie's White Marsh Park at 8 p.m. Feb. 15, 16, 22 and 23 and 2 p.m. Sunday. 301-937-7458.