THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Previews

Coming from the West End (and following its 2015 win for the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy), The Play That Goes Wrong begins previews in just a few days (Thursday, March 9, 2017) at the Lyceum Theatre! Featuring the original London cast, opening is set for April 2 for an open run.

Who's going?!

Seeing it in April as the last show of an 8-show trip. Thought it might be nice to end with a light farce, so I wish the show all the best. It will have to be pretty hilarious, though, to be funnier than the comically small men's room in the balcony of the Lyceum. It's so small you have to dislocate your shoulder to zip up your pants.

Updated On: 3/7/17 at 09:57 AM

Carolinaguy, we are in the same situation. Seeing it in May as the last show of an 8 show trip! I haven't bought tickets yet, just waiting to get some opinions on seating as I believe the premise involves problems with the set etc, so I am wondering if lower balcony might be the best vantage point. But yes, looking forward to some silliness. My wife.....not so much haha.....

canadian fan said: "Carolinaguy, we are in the same situation. Seeing it in May as the last show of an 8 show trip! I haven't bought tickets yet, just waiting to get some opinions on seating as I believe the premise involves problems with the set etc, so I am wondering if lower balcony might be the best vantage point. But yes, looking forward to some silliness. My wife.....not so much haha.....



I'm seeing this on Thursday, but I wanted to warn you against the lower (front) balcony as there is a somewhat high railing that runs across the front and will block your view if you don't sit several rows back. I've sat up in the Lyceum balcony many times, but it's rarely to never preferable to the mezz. When I became obsessed with [tos], Scottsboro and The Visit it was a fine place to buy a cheap ticket for repeat visits, but if you're only seeing something once check out the rear mezz for a more affordable option.

Saw this two weeks ago in London, can't remember the last time I've laughed this hard, I wish it all the success it can get

Anyone going to the dress rehearsal tonight?

How have the Noises Off comparisons been? Are the two plays really that alike?

Smaxie said: "The Play That Goes Wrong is sort of like a full evening of Act 3 of Noises Off. Not as ingeniously constructed as the entirety of Noises Off, but funny nevertheless. "

100%. Noises Off has a structure that builds, it lays a lot of groundwork that pays off hugely in act 2 and 3. The Play That Goes Wrong is really just the act 3 "door handle falls off/phone is missing" bits. They build as well, but it's still basically the same joke of "well that goes wrong" for 2 hours. That said, I LOVED it in London and laughed out loud the entire time. This isn't a best play contender or anything, but it's great silly fun.

I was at the first preview tonight and had a ball. It's all very silly, but often the laughs went beyond chuckles to genuine belly laughs. There were even a few moments where I was laughing so hard that I could barely catch my breath.

Really there's nothing anyone can say without spoiling all the jokes. The premise is in the title- you are attending a production of "The Murder at Haversham Manor" and everything that could goes wrong does.

The actors are all wonderful, but I must give special mention to Dave Hearn who killed me with his mugging.

It's a real shame that this is being advertised so poorly because I think it has the potential to be a real crowd-pleasing hit. Highly recommended if you need a carefree night at the theater.

Sounds like an odd choice of theater for this production. I feel like the balcony is actually quite large.

I was there tonight and had a blast. The show is hysterical. First, a bit of fun. In front of my in line at will call was Victor Garber who was very apologetic when his larger group piled in in front of me. He said, "sorry they're with me." Among this group, Andrea Martin and Martin Short. Needless to say not a bad start to the evening!

One bit of negatives. Do NOT get side orchestra seats. My one complaint is that my seat while not labeled partial view, very much was so. I don't remember the details of the $25 ticket offer, but I don't remember it mentioning that they would be partial view? Listen, I'm not complaining as it was still a good deal for the price, but I do think you should know this in advance. I missed anything to the left of the door so I didn't see anything with the painting or the mantle which was a bit disappointing.

That said the show is so funny it doesn't matter. Yes, it is the third Act of noises off, but it is VERY, very funny. There is some brilliant physical humor here and I thought the cast was fantastic. I was in tears of laughter much of through act 2. The bit with clock in act 2 was among my favorites. My one complaint is that I do think the show could be done with no intermission.

It was a great evening out and I hope this catches on. I will definitely be returning. I heard Andrea Martin tell producer J. J. Abrams she "had a great time and thought the show was hysterical." Now if only there had been sardines!

Was in the balcony for the show last night, second row from the railing. Show was absolutely amazing! One of the funniest shows I've seen in awhile.

I stage doored with some people afterwards, and the whole cast, honestly, seemed awestruck by the amount of people waiting for them and the support they got.

Jonathan Sayer, who plays the butler character, when he came out to sign playbills and posters, asked me "Does......does this sort of thing happen a lot in America?" When I told him it did, he just looked around in awe and was all "This......this NEVER happened when we were in London......just incredible....."

I'm so glad to hear that this is as funny as advertised. I saw the recent revival of Noises Off, and although I loved some of the performances, I found the play kind of tedious. I guess that's because of its structure, that you see the play from the audience perspective, then you hear much of the same material again, from "backstage." One of my favorite shows is One Man, Two Guvnors, although of course the great Richard Corden had a lot to do with that. I hope this play is along those lines. I have tickets for the first row in the mezzanine via the $25 ticket offer, and I'm looking forward to it!



Edied to add: Yes, sorry, James Corden!

Updated On: 3/12/17 at 11:12 AM