The Play That Goes Wrong (NYC)
Open run 2h 0m
The Play That Goes Wrong (NYC)
88

The Play That Goes Wrong (NYC) NYC Reviews and Tickets

88%
(4197 Ratings)
Positive
92%
Mixed
6%
Negative
2%
Members say
Entertaining, Funny, Clever, Hilarious, Delightful

About the Show

This Tony Award winning farce portrays the doomed opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor.

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65 Reviews | 8 Followers
96
Fun, Entertaining, Delightful, Must see, Hilarious

See it if you want to spend the whole show laughing. The funniest play I've ever seen.

Don't see it if You don't like slapstick humor. It's silly, but very smart at the same time.

302 Reviews | 87 Followers
96
Refreshing, Great staging, Funny, Entertaining, Delightful

See it if you love vaudeville, slapstick, physical comedy, “Mousetrap” style Victorian British mystery, parody, and an evening of no identity politics

Don't see it if you lack patience to sit through slow, banal, sometimes tedious first scenes to reach energetic, fast paced, hilarious overacting and action Read more

228 Reviews | 42 Followers
95
Hilarious, Entertaining, Delightful, Clever

See it if you like your funny bone tickled. you like physical humor and slapstick, you can laugh at mishaps

Don't see it if you want straight drama, satire, or sophisticated comedy Read more

62 Reviews | 13 Followers
95
Great acting, Great staging, Clever, Enchanting, Entertaining

See it if you want mindless fun and want to witness some great comedic acting. You love meticulously crafted stages and stage design.

Don't see it if you want a pensive evening? But otherwise, why not? A good show to have in your back pocket for a simple laugh, which we all need at times. Read more

65 Reviews | 17 Followers
95
Super funny, tons of fun for all ages

See it if You want to have an incredibly enjoyable evening of laughs. Adults and kids alike were laughing out loud. The actors were great.

Don't see it if Absolutely no reason not to see it.

51 Reviews | 7 Followers
95
Hilarious, Funny, Entertaining, Delightful, Clever

See it if You like slapstick, farce, and top notch physical comedy.

Don't see it if You don't like laughing

61 Reviews | 23 Followers
95
Must see, Hilarious, Great acting, Entertaining, Clever

See it if you want to laugh so hard you cry a little and love shows where the humor comes mostly from actions instead of jokes (might cure depression)

Don't see it if you want a more serious piece of theatre because this is the wrong show for that

55 Reviews | 12 Followers
95
Hilarious, Great staging, Funny, Entertaining, Clever

See it if You want to laugh nonstop

Don't see it if You aren’t into slapstick humor, though I think you’d still like it

Critic Reviews (77)

Theatre Reviews Limited
April 10th, 2017
For a previous production

"Under Mark Bell’s direction, the ensemble cast delivers a high-energy, brilliantly acted farce that celebrates the magic of the theatre by highlighting its foibles—a resplendent conception concocted by writers Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields...A gift to audience members: two hours to let their guard down and allow themselves to laugh again...Your brain will thank you for the resplendent release of endorphins and the boost in happiness and well-being."
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Broadway Blog
April 3rd, 2017
For a previous production

“This is a show you can laugh, chuckle, giggle, chortle, snicker, guffaw, hoot, titter, and roar at as a farcical illustration of Murphy's Law...Under Mark Bell's inspired staging, everything works to make it seem like nothing's working, including a truly remarkable set...A good reason the havoc works is the sangfroid with which the...mummers play their idiotic characters...as they advance in perpetual combat with walls, windows, floor boards, pillars, doors, heads, and props.”
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DC Theatre Scene
April 2nd, 2017
For a previous production

"A silly slapstick backstage farce that has improbably opened on Broadway...Its silliness is relentless, beginning before all the playgoers have even taken our seats...The running jokes are repeated with what I suppose is intended as mounting hilarity, although some might see it as diminishing returns. 'The Play That Goes Wrong' could just as easily have had a running time of 20 minutes as two hours, without losing anything essential."
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Upstage-Downstage
April 2nd, 2017
For a previous production

"Exquisitely timed, perfectly performed slapstick comedy...Clever as all get-out, without resorting to the kind of visible-seams cleverness that separates slapstick from classic farce, a form I admire but that rarely gets me laughing out loud...There is nothing arch about 'The Play That Goes Wrong,' no in-jokes that only a native Brit could appreciate. It's just damn funny...The real director, Mark Bell, and the rest of the company all deserve the highest praise for this glorious romp!"
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Times Square Chronicles
April 6th, 2017
For a previous production

“Expect pratfalls galore, sight gags and a set that is timed for disaster by Nigel Hook, who will most definitely be nominated for a Tony Award…This whacked-out company of actors will have you laughing for almost two hours and, though each is superb, another Tony nod will go to Dave Hearn who steals the show just by being so amazingly super hyped to be there…This play may have gone wrong but when it does, it comes out deliriously right."
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B
April 9th, 2017
For a previous production

"One must admire the cast of eight for creating vivid characters and precisely executing the script’s many slapstick bits...Director Mark Bell keeps things moving relentlessly. While I feel a bit churlish criticizing a work that had me laughing uncontrollably several times, I had a problem with the play’s length. I would have liked it twice as much if it had been half as long. Two plus hours of repetitive slapstick without much plot or any wit is more than I can enjoy."
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T
April 6th, 2017
For a previous production

"Two hours of hilarity...You would think this one-joke premise would run out steam after an hour, but Mark Bell’s breakneck staging keeps the guffaws building as the play-within-a-play keeps deteriorating. The English company is an inspired lot of buffoons...'The Play That Goes Wrong' is marvelously right with English visitors giving us Americans a welcome break."
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Wolf Entertainment Guide
April 7th, 2017
For a previous production

"Uproariously funny...I was uninhibitedly laughing aloud through much of the mayhem created on stage by this superb gang of actors who show themselves to be expert in physical comedy as well as dialogue meant to go with raised eyebrows...Under the direction of Mark Bell, the mayhem persists with ingenious complications at virtually every turn...I could bestow an ensemble award for the lot, so smoothly do they mesh into the overall hysteria."
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