The writer and producers of a Broadway play that references the legendary “Who’s on First” baseball sketch by Abbott and Costello are safe at home on accusations of copyright infringement.

Southern District Judge George Daniels found that the heirs to the famed vaudeville and Hollywood comedy duo failed to state a claim under the copyright act against the producers of the dark comedy “Hand to God.”

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