Peter Pan Goes Wrong or The Sign in Sidney Brustein's window?

Please help me choose: Peter Pan or The Sign? I'll be in Time square area next weekend and will have time for a Saturday matinee.

I know both plays couldn't be more different (and cast doesn't particularly matter to me), but which one is more urgent to see?

Thanks!

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But to answer your question, Peter Pan Goes Wrong.

I haven't seen Peter Pan, and I thought Sidney Brustein's was a mixed bag with some great performances, but a great playwright's rarely-produced work on Broadway with A-list leads is more "urgent" viewing, in my opinion. It quite literally might be the only time you'll ever have the opportunity to see it performed.

Updated On: 4/18/23 at 05:55 PM

TaffyDavenport said: "I haven't seen Peter Pan, and I thought Sidney Brustein's was a mixed bag with some great performances, but a great playwright's rarely-produced work on Broadway with A-list leads is more "urgent" viewing, in my opinion. It quite literally might be the only time you'll ever have the opportunity to see it performed."

Thank you, Taffy.

Would definitely agree about Sidney Brustein being more urgent. Peter Pan is fun but of the same ilk as The Play That Goes Wrong and all of the other variants, which I'm sure will continue popping up here and there, while it's unlikely that we'll see such as major a production of Sidney Brustein again (at least not for a while). I definitely enjoyed Peter Pan more, but seeing Sidney Brustein felt more generally fulfilling.

I agree with the points in favor of Sidney Brustein. Even if you end up having mixed-to-negative feelings about it, at least you'll have taken advantage of a rare opportunity, and seen something with substance.

I don't knock Peter Pan Goes Wrong for being insubstantial, btw - that's part of its fun. And if you're looking for "just a fun time," Peter Pan Goes Wrong is a great option. But based on the way you framed the question, it doesn't sound like that's the case.