No photos from last night’s premiere of “Fish in the Dark” on Broadway. All press was banned, including all photographers. “No photo op,” the edict from Scott Rudin’s office according to the photo agencies. Unusual? Unheard of. What were they afraid of?

While reviewers were busy finding metaphors for the play’s deficiencies– how about this fish stinks from the head?– a blackout occurred from the premiere. Earlier in the day yesterday, the publicist planted an item in the Daily News extolling who would be coming to the opening night. Sally Field! Tom Hanks!

But were they there? There’s no evidence of it on line. I will assume Tom Hanks saw the show– his wife, Rita Wilson, is in it. But the “Seinfeld” cast? Most of them were in Los Angeles, where Jessica Seinfeld had had a fundraising event at The Palm for her Baby Buggy charity. Jerry, George, and Kramer were all there having a reunion.

Meantime, as I knew on that first day, “Fish” is getting fried. I feel bad. It’s not a play. It’s completely dependent on Larry playing “Larry,” here called “Norman.” No one in the audience cares. They are by and large David’s TV fans and not theatergoers. One reviewer called this a celebrity appearance. True enough.

I am a devout “Curb Your Enthusiasm” fan. One episode, called “Palestinian Chicken,” should have gotten a Pulitzer prize. The show is pure genius. I’m one of those people who keeps waiting for a new season. One of the great seasons was the one in which Larry was set to appear in “The Producers” on Broadway. Mel Brooks and the late Anne Bancroft are in it. The final episode, a parody of “The Producers” within “The Producers” is beyond brilliant. There’s another episode which a member of the show “Survivor” meets a Holocaust survivor. Again. Come on. I’m still laughing.

But “Fish” is coarse. It’s bathroom humor, it’s stupid. I think the flashes of greatness in it, if boiled down, would fill a half hour. Even though David’s done it before, there’s a riff on tipping that’s excellent. But the whole business of Larry’s “mother” (actress Jane Houdyshell, much younger than Larry David) having sex with a young man she supposedly thinks is her dead husband– not ready for Broadway. And all the relatives who show up– it’s like they’re from an early 1960s movie. They’re stereotypes that don’t work anymore except in revivals.

What does it matter, anyway? I said from that first preview that this would be like printing money. They’ve made $13 million. People are selling kidneys to get a seat. Maybe if they can’t get in they’ll try something a little heftier by accident and have a theater revelation.

There’s nothing worse for an actor (or anybody) to have your work compared to your parents’. But it’s a thrilling coincidence that the talented adult children of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall, and Richard Burton, are giving knockout performances this month at Los Angeles’s Mark Taper Forum. Sam Robards and Kate Burton triumph on their own in Arthur Miller’s 1967 play “The Price.”

Los Angeles theatergoers are lucky enough to still be able to catch the ‘The Price,’ which runs until March 22nd. Garry Hyne’s production is a robust, humorous and heartbreaking play. The story is about two estranged brothers, one a policeman who sacrificed his scientific career to care for their father whose life was ruined in the 1929 stock crash, the other a successful surgeon who forged ahead on his own path.

The setting is in the attic of the family brownstone in Manhattan, which is about to be torn down, filled with outdated furniture. The cast is top notch, led by the talented Robards, who gives a complex, anguished performance as Victor, the Policeman who lives in duty, regret and what could have been. The powerful Robards is on stage the entire play and is riveting.

Victor hires Solomon, delightfully played by Alan Mandell, who is an 89-year-old furniture appraiser who has seen it all and provides the wisdom needed as well as the most welcome comic relief.

Kate Burton– whom audiences probably now know better from “Grey’s Anatomy” than from her wonderful theater resume– plays Victor’s long suffering wife Esther. Burton invests the character with compassion, anger, wit and more; this gifted actress always shines.

The other brother, Walter, skillfully played by the polished John Bedford Lloyd, joins them and calls his brother out on his version of their checkered family history. Robards is revelatory throughout, and especially in the second act, when the dust really flies, he is superb. Miller’s ‘The Price,’ is a constant, rewarding haunting kick in the gut theatrical experience.

Larry David’s Fish in the Dark opens Thursday night on Broadway. It’s all sold out, so there’s no question it’s a financial hit. A critical hit? We’ll see. There are a lot of laughs, but “Fish in the Dark” plays like three episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” woven into one. It works– the final tapestry is one piece– but its seaworthiness as a piece of drama with a capital D is yet to be decided.

One thing worth noting: Larry’s mother in the play is veteran actress Jane Houdyshell. The producers have tried to make her look older. But in real life Houdyshell is 60. Larry Davis is 67. And unless things have changed since the first preview, Larry looks older than Houdyshell, hands down.

But that’s the craziness of “Fish in the Dark.” Ben Shenkman plays Larry’s brother. That’s a stretch, since Shenkman is 46. He looks more like Larry’s son from the audience. Does it matter? No, since the “Seinfeld” and “Curb” fans are there for Larry. These inconsistencies go by the wayside.

I do hope Rita Wilson is cited in the reviews. At first you think she’s playing “Cheryl” from “Curb.” But she’s quite distinctly herself and very very funny. The big surprise of “Fish” is that Wilson may find herself much in demand for Broadway roles. She’s a natural Neil Simon actress, for instance.

The age thing, by the way, is not new. On soap operas, the actors playing parents and children can be as little as ten years apart. On “I Love Lucy,” Vivian Vance was younger than Lucille Ball. But Lucy and Desi wanted Ethel to look older than Lucy, so they dressed her matronly, and made sure she Vance weighed more.